When it comes to old sci-fi, there are only 3 possible categories.
A) Good (example: "The Day the Earth Stood Still")
B) Bad (example: "Devil Girl from Mars")
C) So bad it's good (example: "Plan 9 from Outer Space")
The problem with this film is that it had all the makings of a category C, but it didn't quite get that low. So instead of being "Awesomely fantasmagorically bad!" it's just "meh... bad".
With a title like "Devil Girl from Mars", how could you go wrong? With a plot like "Mars women need Earthling men to repopulate the species", how could you go wrong? With an old frigidaire of a robot playing the part of Gort from "The Day the Earth Stood Still", how could you go wrong? With all these classic cheezy clichés, how??
I'll tell you how. The dialogue was just good enough to be intellectual but not good enough to be engaging. The Mars girl was hot, but she never showed any skin. And the special effects were not good enough to impress but not bad enough to laugh at. Everything was just right down the middle. It's like a WWF wrestling match where everyone plays by the rules. No fun.
I still have hopes that they'll remake this flick and give it all the cheeze it should've had the first time around. What a golden opportunity. Paris Hilton should be in it.
Sigh, until then I'll just have to watch my old tapes of "Barbarella" over & over.
A) Good (example: "The Day the Earth Stood Still")
B) Bad (example: "Devil Girl from Mars")
C) So bad it's good (example: "Plan 9 from Outer Space")
The problem with this film is that it had all the makings of a category C, but it didn't quite get that low. So instead of being "Awesomely fantasmagorically bad!" it's just "meh... bad".
With a title like "Devil Girl from Mars", how could you go wrong? With a plot like "Mars women need Earthling men to repopulate the species", how could you go wrong? With an old frigidaire of a robot playing the part of Gort from "The Day the Earth Stood Still", how could you go wrong? With all these classic cheezy clichés, how??
I'll tell you how. The dialogue was just good enough to be intellectual but not good enough to be engaging. The Mars girl was hot, but she never showed any skin. And the special effects were not good enough to impress but not bad enough to laugh at. Everything was just right down the middle. It's like a WWF wrestling match where everyone plays by the rules. No fun.
I still have hopes that they'll remake this flick and give it all the cheeze it should've had the first time around. What a golden opportunity. Paris Hilton should be in it.
Sigh, until then I'll just have to watch my old tapes of "Barbarella" over & over.