I'd been wanting to see this classick Brit piece of sci-fi for many decades, and must say that it was almost worth the wait. This flick is almost like a poor man's "Day the Earth Stood Still," except that instead of Michael Rennie, we get a British lassy playing some kind of Martian dominatrix, and instead of the wonderful Gort, we get one of the most lumbering and ridiculous-looking robots in film history. Still, the acting is fair, especially the always wonderful Hazel Court, and the effects pretty cool...especially the incredible explosion at the film's end. All in all, not the worst time killer that one could imagine, and a must for all fans of British sci-fi and/or Martian dominatrix movies.
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Gams From Mars
flapdoodle6413 June 2011
A couple things upon which we can all agree: At the time of this production, Patricia Laffan had an absolutely wonderful set of gams, and those gams were very nicely displayed by her Martian costume. Another thing we can all agree upon is that within the parameters of this very genteel English 'Invasion Literature' flick, there is a window into some of the kinky thoughts lurking within the very genteel English writer who penned this yarn.
Certainly, this is the one of the quietest and perhaps dullest of the Alien Invader films of the 1950's...the opening credits telegraph this when they tell the audience that this film was based upon the PLAY of the same name. That fact alone, that somewhere upon the British Stage in the early 1950's, someone produced a play titled 'Devil Girl From Mars', is a thing very amusing to contemplate.
So yes, this film is quite talkative, and filled with recognizable stage play types as our cast of characters, and containing a prominent subplot involving a romantic and perhaps redeemable escaped murderer...these are the elements that keep this extra-terrestrial tale unduly Earth-bound. Worse, there appears to be a kind of gentlemen's agreement in effect between the eponymous Devil Girl and her earthly opponents to avoid any serious attempts to overcome the other, until the last moments of the film. And after about the first 20 minutes of the story, it is impossible to stop one's mind from repeating the question: Why doesn't the Devil Girl simply liquidate these annoying people since they are of no use to her?
But weaknesses aside, it is impossible to hate a 1954 British B-movie about an outer-space dominatrix with fabulous gams wearing shiny black leather and visiting Earth in search of male breeding stock. And besides giving her credit for great gams, I should also credit Ms. Laffan for giving what is actually a very good performance, radiating intelligence and menace, and seeming to be both simultaneously prim and lusty.
Also of interest to scifi fans would be the flying saucer design, which is interesting, and the robot, which is not bad. Additionally, Gerry Anderson worked on this pic, as a sound editor, thus beginning his long career in British celluloid scifi.
As I said previously, this opus began it's life as a stage play. The same thing is true of the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which also featured a black clad quasi-dominatrix from outer space, stuck in the English countryside. I have to think that the Devil Girl helped pave the way for Dr. Frankenfurter.
Certainly, this is the one of the quietest and perhaps dullest of the Alien Invader films of the 1950's...the opening credits telegraph this when they tell the audience that this film was based upon the PLAY of the same name. That fact alone, that somewhere upon the British Stage in the early 1950's, someone produced a play titled 'Devil Girl From Mars', is a thing very amusing to contemplate.
So yes, this film is quite talkative, and filled with recognizable stage play types as our cast of characters, and containing a prominent subplot involving a romantic and perhaps redeemable escaped murderer...these are the elements that keep this extra-terrestrial tale unduly Earth-bound. Worse, there appears to be a kind of gentlemen's agreement in effect between the eponymous Devil Girl and her earthly opponents to avoid any serious attempts to overcome the other, until the last moments of the film. And after about the first 20 minutes of the story, it is impossible to stop one's mind from repeating the question: Why doesn't the Devil Girl simply liquidate these annoying people since they are of no use to her?
But weaknesses aside, it is impossible to hate a 1954 British B-movie about an outer-space dominatrix with fabulous gams wearing shiny black leather and visiting Earth in search of male breeding stock. And besides giving her credit for great gams, I should also credit Ms. Laffan for giving what is actually a very good performance, radiating intelligence and menace, and seeming to be both simultaneously prim and lusty.
Also of interest to scifi fans would be the flying saucer design, which is interesting, and the robot, which is not bad. Additionally, Gerry Anderson worked on this pic, as a sound editor, thus beginning his long career in British celluloid scifi.
As I said previously, this opus began it's life as a stage play. The same thing is true of the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which also featured a black clad quasi-dominatrix from outer space, stuck in the English countryside. I have to think that the Devil Girl helped pave the way for Dr. Frankenfurter.
Pretty good, all things considered
graduatedan12 July 2016
It's chock full of clichés and is a bit stagy at times, but Devil girl from Mars still manages to entertain. The story concerns a group of guests at a remote Scottish inn who witness the landing of a strange unearthly craft and are subsequently held captive by its occupant, the comely Nyah, who is here to take back eligible men to repopulate Mars. Yikes! Needless to say the eligible men want nothing to do with this and plot to prevent her from carrying out her mission. Devil girl from Mars suffers from a number of problems, prime among them the absolutely inept acting of Hugh Mcdermott, who plays the newspaper reporter. He has a key role in the film, which really weakens it dramatically. The other actors can't quite make up for this, although Patricia Laffin is really quite menacing as Nyah. The film has a stagy feel to it, not surprising since it was based, believe it or not on a play. I can just imagine a local theater group trying to mount this! The movie's special effects are the real stars. The spacecraft is really pretty cool, and the robot Chani is a typical 50s conception of an automaton, even if he does resemble a refrigerator. This film belies its bargain basement budget much of the time and can be quite atmospheric with the sound of the wind and the shots of the studio bound Scottish moors. The scene of Nyah entering the drawing room of the inn for the first time still makes me jump.
Darth Vader's Fairy Godmother Revealed!
symmachos12 March 2002
There's no other movie quite like Devil Girl from Mars. It's cheesy and low-budget, unfolding like a stage-play ineptly filmed, with a script dulled by timid ideas and old-school misogyny. Yet in Patricia Laffan, the British actress who plays Nyah the Devil Girl, this picture presents a space-queen unrivaled in the annals of B-movie campiness. Her dominatrix boots and patent-leather cape, not to mention her highbrow imperious accent, easily outclass the features on display from those Venusian babes in Queen of Outer Space (1958) or the Martianettes in Flight to Mars (1951). And check out that Devil Girl headgear, a cross between medieval helmet and Egyptian sphinx! In silhouette, Nyah is the image of Darth Vader, striding about with cape swirling to do something unspeakably naughty. But before you conclude that Ms. Laffan's over-the-top performance is an instance of bad acting, consider this: there's no way to play a character like Nyah with psychological depth. The Devil Girl is a comic-book villainess, an icon, somebody who has to be bigger than big. Patricia Laffan is the perfect drama queen to meet the challenge. If you like her in this movie, be sure to see her in Quo Vadis? (1951), a glorious sword and sandal epic that also features the burning of Rome and the martyrdom of the Christians. In that film Laffan plays Poppaea, wicked Empress of Rome, opposite Peter Ustinov's even more formidable Emperor Nero. From bride of the Roman Antichrist to warrior-woman of Mars is just a small step -- or should I say, it's a small step for Patricia Laffan, but a giant leap for anyone else.
It almost works (sort of)...
Space_Mafune23 April 2006
Nyah(Patricia Laffan), a Martian woman, is forced to land her ship in the Scottish highlands instead of her intended target London but decides to continue her mission to select healthy male subjects, to be used for breeding purposes, to return with her to Mars.
There's things I like about this movie. I like the hulking robot, even if it is a little clunky and clumsy-looking. I like the spaceship with its unique spinning top design. I like the ideas at work in the film including an organic spaceship, a self-perpetuating fuel source and the whole inward atomic fission bit. I like the look of the outdoors settings. And I like Patricia Laffan's portrayal of Nyah as a sort of Martian dominatrix clad in black leather. She certainly makes a lasting memorable impression on the viewer.
Then there's a number of things for which I do not care. I don't like that the film is so set-bound and talky, with far too many grand opening the curtain entrances by Nyah. A large part of the problem with this film is they seemed to be, most inadequately I must say, trying to add a comedic element to the proceedings when our performers were far more capable at playing it straight. Hugh McDermott is particularly bad at delivering his often over-the-top lines.
This could have been better but I have to admit I enjoy it more than most others I know. I suspect Patricia Laffan's leather clad dominatrix has something to do with that along with the luscious miss Hazel Court.
There's things I like about this movie. I like the hulking robot, even if it is a little clunky and clumsy-looking. I like the spaceship with its unique spinning top design. I like the ideas at work in the film including an organic spaceship, a self-perpetuating fuel source and the whole inward atomic fission bit. I like the look of the outdoors settings. And I like Patricia Laffan's portrayal of Nyah as a sort of Martian dominatrix clad in black leather. She certainly makes a lasting memorable impression on the viewer.
Then there's a number of things for which I do not care. I don't like that the film is so set-bound and talky, with far too many grand opening the curtain entrances by Nyah. A large part of the problem with this film is they seemed to be, most inadequately I must say, trying to add a comedic element to the proceedings when our performers were far more capable at playing it straight. Hugh McDermott is particularly bad at delivering his often over-the-top lines.
This could have been better but I have to admit I enjoy it more than most others I know. I suspect Patricia Laffan's leather clad dominatrix has something to do with that along with the luscious miss Hazel Court.
Devil Girl!
BandSAboutMovies29 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Edward J. and Harry Lee Danziger may have come from America, but their films were all over UK screens through the 50's and 60's. Devil Girl from Mars is a great example of the kind of movies they made money with.
Patricia Laffan was Empress Poppaea in Quo Vadis - with costumes by Herschel McCoy, hairstyles by Sydney Guilaroff and jewelry by Joseff of Hollywood - before this movie and an international fashion impresario after this. She owns every single moment of screen time as Nyah, the title character.
Accompanied by one of the goofier robots ever - Chani is its name - she also has a raygun that she uses to kill anyone that gets in her way, seeking men to come back to help repopulate her planet, which has been dying off ever since a devastating battle between the sexes that one would assume that the women have won.
She can't find a single man willing to go back to Mars with her. This is why this movie is science fiction, because Nyah - and Laffan herself - is absolutely stunning.
Maybe it's because she's landed right in the middle of a soap opera, because she's outside a bar where a fashion model (Hazel Court, Dr. Blood's Coffin) is running away from the runways of New York City and a relationship with a married man. And at the very same place, a convict who accidentally killed his wife has come to reunite with the barmaid (Adrienne Corri, Mrs. Alexander from A Clockwork Orange) who he really loves.
What's even more interesting is that while The Day the Earth Stood Still presents Klaatu as Jesus, this movie pretty much presents Nyah as an evil Virgin Mary. Or seeing as how Laffan had dark reddish eyes and green eyes, perhaps we can see her as the Scarlet Woman, come to Earth to lead us to the End Times.
One final irony: Laffan was a lesbian and the last girlfriend of divorce lawyer Frances Blacket Gill, the first female lawyer in the UK. So how strange is it that she's here on Earth ready to kill men to get them to copulate with her?
Patricia Laffan was Empress Poppaea in Quo Vadis - with costumes by Herschel McCoy, hairstyles by Sydney Guilaroff and jewelry by Joseff of Hollywood - before this movie and an international fashion impresario after this. She owns every single moment of screen time as Nyah, the title character.
Accompanied by one of the goofier robots ever - Chani is its name - she also has a raygun that she uses to kill anyone that gets in her way, seeking men to come back to help repopulate her planet, which has been dying off ever since a devastating battle between the sexes that one would assume that the women have won.
She can't find a single man willing to go back to Mars with her. This is why this movie is science fiction, because Nyah - and Laffan herself - is absolutely stunning.
Maybe it's because she's landed right in the middle of a soap opera, because she's outside a bar where a fashion model (Hazel Court, Dr. Blood's Coffin) is running away from the runways of New York City and a relationship with a married man. And at the very same place, a convict who accidentally killed his wife has come to reunite with the barmaid (Adrienne Corri, Mrs. Alexander from A Clockwork Orange) who he really loves.
What's even more interesting is that while The Day the Earth Stood Still presents Klaatu as Jesus, this movie pretty much presents Nyah as an evil Virgin Mary. Or seeing as how Laffan had dark reddish eyes and green eyes, perhaps we can see her as the Scarlet Woman, come to Earth to lead us to the End Times.
One final irony: Laffan was a lesbian and the last girlfriend of divorce lawyer Frances Blacket Gill, the first female lawyer in the UK. So how strange is it that she's here on Earth ready to kill men to get them to copulate with her?
British Are The Best Breeding Stock
bkoganbing6 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
The title role in Devil Girl From Mars is played by Patricia Laffan who is probably best known to film viewers as the sultry and evil Poppaea in Quo Vadis. That is all except those who favor camp science fiction. And this film is camp from the opening credits.
As is the normal Mars is the infinitely superior planet to Earth, but they've divided their society by sex and the men lost the war to the women years ago. In being enslaved for generations, something's taken the old mating urge out of the male Martians (think about what happened in Zardoz). Patricia Laffan has been sent to Earth to bring back breeding stock and apparently her target is London.
But she collides with a meteor and is forced to make a landing in the highlands of Scotland to make repairs. The ship lands on the property of the Bonnie Charlie Inn, a nice country establishment with a few guests, some of whom happen to be scientists.
The film other than its Martian connection plays like one of those old closed circle English murder mysteries and this select group of people are going to try to save Earth from being enslaved for their male members.
The film is a laugh riot with all the cast playing it so absolutely straight that it comes out funny. Patricia Laffan in that tight get up is an unforgettable sight. Could mating with her and others like her be all that bad?
No great production values went into this, but someone in creating it had a great sense of humor.
As is the normal Mars is the infinitely superior planet to Earth, but they've divided their society by sex and the men lost the war to the women years ago. In being enslaved for generations, something's taken the old mating urge out of the male Martians (think about what happened in Zardoz). Patricia Laffan has been sent to Earth to bring back breeding stock and apparently her target is London.
But she collides with a meteor and is forced to make a landing in the highlands of Scotland to make repairs. The ship lands on the property of the Bonnie Charlie Inn, a nice country establishment with a few guests, some of whom happen to be scientists.
The film other than its Martian connection plays like one of those old closed circle English murder mysteries and this select group of people are going to try to save Earth from being enslaved for their male members.
The film is a laugh riot with all the cast playing it so absolutely straight that it comes out funny. Patricia Laffan in that tight get up is an unforgettable sight. Could mating with her and others like her be all that bad?
No great production values went into this, but someone in creating it had a great sense of humor.
Although science fiction genre is not my cup of tea...
marcin_kukuczka22 March 2009
Having read many comments written by various sorts of movie buffs and having checked some original posters and adverts of the movie, one can watch this film with some prefabricated expectations. On the one hand, one may look for an innovative gift from England that includes some aspects of early science fiction genre; on the other hand, being curious of a sexy Martian woman wearing black leather and rousing challenging lusts in men. Yet, DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS roused my interest in a slightly different way though science fiction isn't my cup of tea whatsoever.
DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS is, first of all, the movie that beautifully combines the virtues of old cinema with the elements of early science fiction. What we get here is an excellent, psychological insight into the contrast between "Earthmen" and "Martians", between the ability to use the senses and the ability to use the machines; between the ability to love sacrificially and the ability to gather selfishly; finally the contrast between obeying orders blindly and following own's will freely. The accurate representation of this contra-worlds is revealed in the character of the Martian girl Nyah (Patricia Laffan) and the Professor. While she parrots the slogans about the invisible war of the sexes, he experiences the innate war of the senses. These factors are memorably entailed in the old cinema style and charming scenes that portray human feelings like affection, curiosity and fear. That makes DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS convincing for various movie buffs.
Of course this highlighted aspect cannot be treated too seriously, as one of the commentators stated, it's no psychological movie nor any thought provoking story but only a fiction that deals with many shallow effects and odd "space talk" about a super technology of another planet. Nevertheless, this aspect of "earthmen" vs "martians" should not be neglected. Why? Because of a dangerous condensation...
Indeed, the character that is most memorable in this movie is Nyah (Patricia Laffan), not only due to her "Martian origin" nor sexually challenging looks nor even due to her good acting. She remains memorable because of her cold eyes, strict voice, so to say: her strength appeal. That was something extremely important about this new cinematic heroine and must have been very difficult for the actress to portray an alien in this way; yet she crafted the role perfectly. Yet, where does the danger lie? Many modern viewers tend to condense her role to sex appeal only. The earthmen around her are creatures of free will, they are not sex machines that would dream to make love to her. Therefore, it is significant to state here that you cannot watch this movie from today's perspective. Nyah and her robot that some science fiction buffs find ridiculous represent dominance through fear, through intolerance and cold cruelty. Mars vs Earth indicates unbelievable technology of weapons vs old fashioned toys but at the same time tyranny vs freedom. In this respect, we could as well say that this role of Ms Laffan highly refers to the one 3 years earlier in a sword and sandal colossal epic where she could, as well, constitute an object of lust only though there was something different about her role, too. But that's a different story...
The supporting cast include good British talents from beautiful Hazel Court as longing for love Ms Prestwick to Hugh McDermott as strong personality Michael Carter. The aforementioned Professor also does a good job as one who thinks what his brain tells him to think. Together with the performances come other artistic features of the film including cinematography, mood, pace. Although some aspects may irritate you as seriously dated, the mood is impressive. Since the movie is not long and the content is primarily built upon the dialogs and reactions in the particularly scary situations, much of the communication with viewers builds upon image. Consider, for instance, the memorable arrival of the Martians and Nyah's coming out of her spaceship. Therefore, lots of movie buffs will perhaps not find this movie scary; yet they will still find it thrilling.
Just in a nutshell, DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS is one the movies of the genre that I see with interest and recommend to the viewers for whom science fiction isn't their cup of tea. Not primarily because of its content, nor sexy/scary Nyah, but a cinematic surprise from England made more than 50 years ago but still impressive in a way.
DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS is, first of all, the movie that beautifully combines the virtues of old cinema with the elements of early science fiction. What we get here is an excellent, psychological insight into the contrast between "Earthmen" and "Martians", between the ability to use the senses and the ability to use the machines; between the ability to love sacrificially and the ability to gather selfishly; finally the contrast between obeying orders blindly and following own's will freely. The accurate representation of this contra-worlds is revealed in the character of the Martian girl Nyah (Patricia Laffan) and the Professor. While she parrots the slogans about the invisible war of the sexes, he experiences the innate war of the senses. These factors are memorably entailed in the old cinema style and charming scenes that portray human feelings like affection, curiosity and fear. That makes DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS convincing for various movie buffs.
Of course this highlighted aspect cannot be treated too seriously, as one of the commentators stated, it's no psychological movie nor any thought provoking story but only a fiction that deals with many shallow effects and odd "space talk" about a super technology of another planet. Nevertheless, this aspect of "earthmen" vs "martians" should not be neglected. Why? Because of a dangerous condensation...
Indeed, the character that is most memorable in this movie is Nyah (Patricia Laffan), not only due to her "Martian origin" nor sexually challenging looks nor even due to her good acting. She remains memorable because of her cold eyes, strict voice, so to say: her strength appeal. That was something extremely important about this new cinematic heroine and must have been very difficult for the actress to portray an alien in this way; yet she crafted the role perfectly. Yet, where does the danger lie? Many modern viewers tend to condense her role to sex appeal only. The earthmen around her are creatures of free will, they are not sex machines that would dream to make love to her. Therefore, it is significant to state here that you cannot watch this movie from today's perspective. Nyah and her robot that some science fiction buffs find ridiculous represent dominance through fear, through intolerance and cold cruelty. Mars vs Earth indicates unbelievable technology of weapons vs old fashioned toys but at the same time tyranny vs freedom. In this respect, we could as well say that this role of Ms Laffan highly refers to the one 3 years earlier in a sword and sandal colossal epic where she could, as well, constitute an object of lust only though there was something different about her role, too. But that's a different story...
The supporting cast include good British talents from beautiful Hazel Court as longing for love Ms Prestwick to Hugh McDermott as strong personality Michael Carter. The aforementioned Professor also does a good job as one who thinks what his brain tells him to think. Together with the performances come other artistic features of the film including cinematography, mood, pace. Although some aspects may irritate you as seriously dated, the mood is impressive. Since the movie is not long and the content is primarily built upon the dialogs and reactions in the particularly scary situations, much of the communication with viewers builds upon image. Consider, for instance, the memorable arrival of the Martians and Nyah's coming out of her spaceship. Therefore, lots of movie buffs will perhaps not find this movie scary; yet they will still find it thrilling.
Just in a nutshell, DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS is one the movies of the genre that I see with interest and recommend to the viewers for whom science fiction isn't their cup of tea. Not primarily because of its content, nor sexy/scary Nyah, but a cinematic surprise from England made more than 50 years ago but still impressive in a way.
Mars needs men!!
Sterno-214 August 2000
Warning: Spoilers
The War between the Sexes. Other than that Riggs-King tennis match and some jokes floating across the internet, it's been relatively harmless. Apparently, things didn't go quite as well on Mars, where men and women began shooting at each other in an all-out war. That is the premise behind DGfM.
Nyah, dominatrix extraordinare, lands in the Scottish highlands to procure men to help repopulate Mars. (This begs an obvious question: At some point, doesn't mean a dilution of the Martian race, since most offspring from this point will have at least half Terran blood?) Her ship is hit by a meteor, otherwise she would have landed in London, where the pickings would be a lot better.
DGfM introduces us to a truly futuristic concept of a spaceship made of organic metal and powered by reverse atomic explosions. The drawback is the hokey robot, whose arms makes Tom Servo's look downright authentic. Nyah is shown way too many times thrusting open the patio doors to intimidating music.
In our sex-obsessed world, this movie if made now would focus on men falling all over themselves to get on board to mate with Martian women. As this movie is done, it focuses more on man's free will and his natural aversion to submit to things more powerful than he than on sex, something that would be lost in any remake.
The cold, calculating Nyah's desire for breeding stock contrasts nicely with the three examples of human love expressed by those couples in the inn. Another interesting contrast is that of the arrogant scientist, who refuses to believe that which does not fit his worldview, with that of the wide-eyed wonderment of the child, who accepts what he sees on faith and doesn't question Nyah's strength or power.
The ending is an imperfect allegory of Christ's saving work for sinful mankind, but only because of who sacrifices themselves for the benefit of the others. Overall, this is a quality movie that is both thought-provoking as well as entertaining.
Sterno says follow Nyah "of your own free will."
Nyah, dominatrix extraordinare, lands in the Scottish highlands to procure men to help repopulate Mars. (This begs an obvious question: At some point, doesn't mean a dilution of the Martian race, since most offspring from this point will have at least half Terran blood?) Her ship is hit by a meteor, otherwise she would have landed in London, where the pickings would be a lot better.
DGfM introduces us to a truly futuristic concept of a spaceship made of organic metal and powered by reverse atomic explosions. The drawback is the hokey robot, whose arms makes Tom Servo's look downright authentic. Nyah is shown way too many times thrusting open the patio doors to intimidating music.
In our sex-obsessed world, this movie if made now would focus on men falling all over themselves to get on board to mate with Martian women. As this movie is done, it focuses more on man's free will and his natural aversion to submit to things more powerful than he than on sex, something that would be lost in any remake.
The cold, calculating Nyah's desire for breeding stock contrasts nicely with the three examples of human love expressed by those couples in the inn. Another interesting contrast is that of the arrogant scientist, who refuses to believe that which does not fit his worldview, with that of the wide-eyed wonderment of the child, who accepts what he sees on faith and doesn't question Nyah's strength or power.
The ending is an imperfect allegory of Christ's saving work for sinful mankind, but only because of who sacrifices themselves for the benefit of the others. Overall, this is a quality movie that is both thought-provoking as well as entertaining.
Sterno says follow Nyah "of your own free will."
"May I introduce your latest guest? Miss Nyah. She's from Mars"
hwg1957-102-26570411 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
To an inn in Scotland comes a reporter, a scientist, a woman escaping from a sour relationship, an escaped criminal and a woman from the planet Mars dressed in black leather who wants men to help repopulate her world. Based on a play and mainly set in the inn this cult film has a charm about it that is hard to define. Perhaps it is the beguiling design of the the space ship and the robot and Nyah's costume. Perhaps it is the sterling way the cast keep a straight face while reciting the unintentionally hilarious dialogue. Perhaps it is the melodramatic music score pounding away. Whatever it is, this is a movie to treasure.
The cast do their best with their roles, and what a cast! Hazel Court, Joseph Tomelty, Sophie Stewart, John Laurie and Adrienne Corri but even they are outshone by Patricia Laffan as the alien who manages to do sinister and sexy simultaneously. The Danziger Brothers who produced the film made some better and many worse films but never one quite like it.
The cast do their best with their roles, and what a cast! Hazel Court, Joseph Tomelty, Sophie Stewart, John Laurie and Adrienne Corri but even they are outshone by Patricia Laffan as the alien who manages to do sinister and sexy simultaneously. The Danziger Brothers who produced the film made some better and many worse films but never one quite like it.
Marooned in the Highlands in the Depth of Winter
richardchatten11 July 2020
No one drawn by the title will be disappointed with tall, amazonian Patricia Laffan in the title role of this nonsense in which Oscar-winning wartime documentarist David MacDonald shows the same respect for matriarchal aspirations he later did in 'Petticoat Pirates'. The title is misleading, though, since dressed in leather by Ronald Cobb to resemble a particularly ferocious principal boy, Martian warrior Nyah is plainly all woman.
The Danzigers seem to have read about 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' rather than actually seen it since Nyah is plainly Klaatu and Gort rolled into one; and her pet robot merely an afterthought.
Enlivened by a dramatic percussive score by Edwin Astley and a cast of familiar faces (too bad Nyah was seeking men, since Hazel Court & Adrienne Corri are by far the most impressive specimens). It also marks an interesting overlap of careers on the set of veteran cameraman Jack Cox - who shot 'The Lady Vanishes' - and child actor Anthony Richmond, who later shot 'Don't Look Now'.
The Danzigers seem to have read about 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' rather than actually seen it since Nyah is plainly Klaatu and Gort rolled into one; and her pet robot merely an afterthought.
Enlivened by a dramatic percussive score by Edwin Astley and a cast of familiar faces (too bad Nyah was seeking men, since Hazel Court & Adrienne Corri are by far the most impressive specimens). It also marks an interesting overlap of careers on the set of veteran cameraman Jack Cox - who shot 'The Lady Vanishes' - and child actor Anthony Richmond, who later shot 'Don't Look Now'.
Everything you want from 50s sci fi
thorstenkrings12 May 2023
By giving this film 10/10 I'm not comparing it to Citizen Kane. But if you like cheesy 50s science fiction films, this has got everything you want. The setting is in a remote Scottish hotel in the winter, an escaped convict who hides out, an Alien in a dominatrix outfit, a funky robot and a flying saucer. What more can you want? The story itself is thing but well told with the subplot of the escaped prisoner. The film ist relatively short and well paced so it's really entertaining to watch. There are some great actors in this film and the special effects are funny from today's point of view but reasonably well executed for the time.
Had a good time laughing with it, not at it.
mark.waltz5 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
There's no princess like a space princess, and after this, you will not soon forget Patricia Lafari's leather clad visitor from Mars who lands in Scotland after issues with her cool looking space ship got lost on their way to London. It is quickly revealed that Martian feminists have taken over their planet but are forced to bring earth men to their planet to keep the species going. Combining subtle hints of misandry in Lafari's absolute disgust with the male gender with good old fashioned earthly male chauvinism, this actually reveals a scary future where only one gender has a say in how any civilization is run.
With its claustrophobic setting of a Scottish country in, this actually becomes even more tense as Lafari's intentions become known especially after she introduces the Scottsmen to her sole companion, a giant robot with the capacity to destroy anything in its path. An aging scientist gets a first hand look at the space ship's energy source, while a pretty model (Hazel Court) seems to have a mysterious connection to Lafari as if she had escaped from the planet of the misandrists and was being hunted. I could point out all the silly aspects of this British science fiction film, but it actually makes some very important observations about society, science and gender issues. The ensemble takes everything seriously, even if issues established before Lafari's arrival (mainly concerning the presence of an escaped murderer) seem inconsequential afterwards. I had hoped for a bigger bang of an ending, but I guess you can't have everything.
With its claustrophobic setting of a Scottish country in, this actually becomes even more tense as Lafari's intentions become known especially after she introduces the Scottsmen to her sole companion, a giant robot with the capacity to destroy anything in its path. An aging scientist gets a first hand look at the space ship's energy source, while a pretty model (Hazel Court) seems to have a mysterious connection to Lafari as if she had escaped from the planet of the misandrists and was being hunted. I could point out all the silly aspects of this British science fiction film, but it actually makes some very important observations about society, science and gender issues. The ensemble takes everything seriously, even if issues established before Lafari's arrival (mainly concerning the presence of an escaped murderer) seem inconsequential afterwards. I had hoped for a bigger bang of an ending, but I guess you can't have everything.
Not bad enough to be good.
rooprect15 October 2006
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.
British take on early sci-fi
asinyne29 August 2005
At first you may think this is another fifties low budget sci-fi saga, the type Hollywood churned out by the truckloads(and still do.) The big difference here is the fact that its actually a brit production and that makes it rather rare. The English take their movie making seriously(sometimes to seriously) so the production values, writing, lighting, etc. are a notch above that of the typical Hollywood production.
The wildest thing about the movie is the alien babe who is pretty darn sexy in that freaky outfit she wears. The biggest negative is probably the robot who must have been made out of an old refrigerator. However, to the robots credit he has a cool disintegration ray. First his head lights up , a beam of light shoots out and anything it hits glows then disappears leaving only a bit of smoke. This is by far the best special effect and this technique showed up later on many American sci-fi shows including THE INVADERS and STAR TREK. As i recall from my childhood, the aliens glowing and disappearing after being killed was the coolest thing about THE INVADERS. The robot appears to be really huge also and that alone might have scared the bejesus out of its audience back in the day.
I can imagine that back in the fifties most people who put down their change to see THE DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS left feeling they got their money's worth and then some. Its still pretty entertaining. Better than most from that era no doubt!!!
The wildest thing about the movie is the alien babe who is pretty darn sexy in that freaky outfit she wears. The biggest negative is probably the robot who must have been made out of an old refrigerator. However, to the robots credit he has a cool disintegration ray. First his head lights up , a beam of light shoots out and anything it hits glows then disappears leaving only a bit of smoke. This is by far the best special effect and this technique showed up later on many American sci-fi shows including THE INVADERS and STAR TREK. As i recall from my childhood, the aliens glowing and disappearing after being killed was the coolest thing about THE INVADERS. The robot appears to be really huge also and that alone might have scared the bejesus out of its audience back in the day.
I can imagine that back in the fifties most people who put down their change to see THE DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS left feeling they got their money's worth and then some. Its still pretty entertaining. Better than most from that era no doubt!!!
Plan 666 From Outer Space - The Devil Girl from Mars
arthur_tafero25 December 2021
It is so seldom that a movie title tries to create three genres with one sentence, but this film succeeds in that effort. Devil (which might lead us to believe it could be a cult movie). She-Devil (which has a distinct lascivious overtone) and Mars (which one might believe it is connected to science or science-fiction. This low-budget British film has a Brit female Martian in the lead. The plot is fairly hilarious. A remote Scottish Inn gets not 2, nor 3 or even four customers one late night, but 5, yes, count'em FIVE customers, all within an hour. Some motels on 95 or 195 dont get that many customers in one hour. The Devil Girl is looking for men to take back to her planet. May I volunteer? Must be seen to be appreciated.
La diabla de Marte
EdgarST10 June 2021
Not as bad as I was told, but its stage origins show: the characters do not stopt talking for 75 minutes! It is the story of a fugitive that choses a bad day to escape from jail, for on that same day Martian officer Nyah comes to collect men for breeding and she does not have a method, manners or talent for casting a good bunch of guys. Both have the bad luck of going to a pub where most male characters do not stop drinking alcohol during the whole running time. And they have to endure Hugh McDermott's horrible performance as a shouting reporter. Hazel Court, Adrienne Corri and the impressive Patricia Laffan as Nyah are all wasted, especially Court as a romantic model who falls for the shouting reporter. But the film is good evidence of how stupid we human beings can be. And Martian females, too.
A Cult (Bad) Movie
claudio_carvalho19 August 2016
In a Scotish inn, the owners, employees and guests are reunited in the bar. Our of the blue, a flying saucer lands nearby and a woman dressed in black leather like a dominatrix with cape arrives in the bar armed with a ray-gun. She explains that she is Nyah (Patricia Laffan), from Mars, and she was heading to London. However her spacecraft collided with an airplane and was damaged; therefore she had to land to repair the saucer. She also explains that she is looking for men to breed her female race since the male population is dying after warfare between males and females and they need offspring. Nyah has the robot Chani to help her to capture men, but she wants that one of the men volunteers to go with her to Mars. Who might be the volunteer?
"Devil Girl from Mars" is an awful campy film, but also a cult-movie. The main reason is the character Nyah, the alien from Mars, who dresses like a dominatrix. The storyline is funny since the Martians have high technology but are unable to develop artificial insemination. The romantic subplots are boring and the sacrifice of Robert Justin, alias Albert Simpson, is simply forgotten by the ungrateful survivors. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil): "Mulher Diabólica de Marte" (Diabolic Woman from Mars")
Note: On 26 February 2024, I saw this film again.
"Devil Girl from Mars" is an awful campy film, but also a cult-movie. The main reason is the character Nyah, the alien from Mars, who dresses like a dominatrix. The storyline is funny since the Martians have high technology but are unable to develop artificial insemination. The romantic subplots are boring and the sacrifice of Robert Justin, alias Albert Simpson, is simply forgotten by the ungrateful survivors. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil): "Mulher Diabólica de Marte" (Diabolic Woman from Mars")
Note: On 26 February 2024, I saw this film again.
Good adaptation from the play by John C. Mather and James Eastwood
Bernie44445 November 2023
A lonely inn in the Scottish highland is visited by what appears to be a meteor. This film also has the usual collection of personalities. After we get all the introductions and drinks in the house, an unexpected visitor appears from the sky.
Yep, looks like a neighboring planet is deficient in a certain commodity (males). The visitor is Nyah (Patricia Laffan) an aloof min-skirted manless female alien. To satisfy the sci-fi in all of us they mention "antimatter" (in so many words) and the next dimension. Does the space vehicle look like a prototype of the familiar Spielberg vehicles?
Will Ellen Prestwick (Hazel Court) suddenly switch from tomato juice to whiskey?
Will Robert Justin (Peter Reynolds) kill or make time?
Will Nyah get what she came for or more than she bargained for?
See Patricia Laffan in a more dangerous role as Miss Alice MacDonald in "23 Paces to Baker Street" (1956) adapted from the book "Warrant for X" by Philip MacDonald.
Yep, looks like a neighboring planet is deficient in a certain commodity (males). The visitor is Nyah (Patricia Laffan) an aloof min-skirted manless female alien. To satisfy the sci-fi in all of us they mention "antimatter" (in so many words) and the next dimension. Does the space vehicle look like a prototype of the familiar Spielberg vehicles?
Will Ellen Prestwick (Hazel Court) suddenly switch from tomato juice to whiskey?
Will Robert Justin (Peter Reynolds) kill or make time?
Will Nyah get what she came for or more than she bargained for?
See Patricia Laffan in a more dangerous role as Miss Alice MacDonald in "23 Paces to Baker Street" (1956) adapted from the book "Warrant for X" by Philip MacDonald.
Decent special effects and a few interesting scenes here and there but it moves at a snail's pace!
planktonrules22 April 2007
I love old 50s sci-fi films--both the really good ones and the really bad ones. The good ones make you think and are very entertaining and also sport decent budgets (such as WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL or THIS ISLAND EARTH). The bad ones are so silly, so inept and so stupid that they make me laugh and are great for parties (such as PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE or TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE). The problem here is that while this film isn't good, it's good enough and slow enough that it isn't good for a laugh and isn't really entertaining enough to make it worth a look either. It's a real shame, though, as the film did have some good special effects--with a silly looking space ship by today's standards, but looking awfully good for 1954. Plus, I really liked the Devil Girl--her outfit and style was, in a strange way, kind of sexy. But, unfortunately, the acting was the pits and many of the actors' strong Scottish accents and lack of subtitles made watching this a bit of a chore for this American. With a healthy injection of energy and perhaps if it had taken a less serious tone it could have been worthwhile. As it is, it's a very talky film you'd probably like to pass on and find something better or a lot worse!
Mars needs men!
Wuchakk26 November 2019
A Martian flying saucer inadvertently lands in the Scottish moors wherein the arrogant female occupant & her merciless robot harass the people at a remote Inn. It turns out, she needs male breeding stock!
"Devil Girl from Mars" (1954) is a serious (not campy) B&W British sci-fi that borrows from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and "The War of the Worlds" (1953). It lacked the budget of those premier science-fictions and so the story is way less ambitious, but it still works in its one-note quaint way. The haughty Nyah (Patricia Laffan), the titular "devil girl," is pretty babelicious on the female front, augmented by the presence of Hazel Court (Ellen) and Adrienne Corri (Doris).
There are some interesting sci-fi ideas, like the regenerative space ship and the Mars needs men angle. Speaking of the latter, all Nyah had to do for a successful mission was kindly announce her need to Earthlings and quality men from all over the planet would sign-up without hesitation. Her problem is that she's arrogant, which means she has a chronic case of superiority complex. She felt it was beneath her to good-naturedly work WITH humans, even though it would've made her mission successful.
Needless to say, the denouncement of the folly of hubris is a great moral.
The film runs 1 hour, 17 minutes, and was shot at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England.
GRADE: B
"Devil Girl from Mars" (1954) is a serious (not campy) B&W British sci-fi that borrows from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and "The War of the Worlds" (1953). It lacked the budget of those premier science-fictions and so the story is way less ambitious, but it still works in its one-note quaint way. The haughty Nyah (Patricia Laffan), the titular "devil girl," is pretty babelicious on the female front, augmented by the presence of Hazel Court (Ellen) and Adrienne Corri (Doris).
There are some interesting sci-fi ideas, like the regenerative space ship and the Mars needs men angle. Speaking of the latter, all Nyah had to do for a successful mission was kindly announce her need to Earthlings and quality men from all over the planet would sign-up without hesitation. Her problem is that she's arrogant, which means she has a chronic case of superiority complex. She felt it was beneath her to good-naturedly work WITH humans, even though it would've made her mission successful.
Needless to say, the denouncement of the folly of hubris is a great moral.
The film runs 1 hour, 17 minutes, and was shot at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England.
GRADE: B
Indescribably Awful
mike-ryan4559 August 2009
Without a doubt "Devil Girl from Mars" is the single worst science fiction movie I have ever seen. It isn't the low budget or small cast. "The Man from Earth" was made with a smaller cast, fewer sets and with no special effects, yet I'd rank it as sublime.
This movie lacked something critical, and that was a decent script. It didn't have even a decent premise. It was just a chop suey of bad movie clichés with dialogue that made you cringe.
It had no compensating virtues. The acting was poor, like the cast had been held hostage. The special effects were ludicrous, even for that time period. The robot was a joke. It looked like a guy wearing a cardboard box suit, which it probably was. The space ship was quite passable, but when that's the only virtue for the movie it has little indeed. The costume for the title character was absolutely cliché, black evil and short tights.
This movie lacked something critical, and that was a decent script. It didn't have even a decent premise. It was just a chop suey of bad movie clichés with dialogue that made you cringe.
It had no compensating virtues. The acting was poor, like the cast had been held hostage. The special effects were ludicrous, even for that time period. The robot was a joke. It looked like a guy wearing a cardboard box suit, which it probably was. The space ship was quite passable, but when that's the only virtue for the movie it has little indeed. The costume for the title character was absolutely cliché, black evil and short tights.
The only Star Wars prequal worth watching.
plan9920 December 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The title might be puzzling but she was definitely the Granny of Darth Vader as the family resemblance is striking. I was expecting the usual "call for the army" type flying saucer alien invasion film but there was not a soldier to be seen. This was a great fun 50s Sci-Fi "B Movie" in great contrast to the other Star Wars' prequals which were anything but fun to watch. The Martians went about recruiting human males for their breeding programme in completely the wrong way. If they had landed their craft outside a school containing hundreds of teenage boys the flying saucer would have been full of willing volunteers within ten minutes. This would have resulted in a very short film of course so the film makers had to ignore this very obvious plot hole. Not as bad (good) as Plan 9 From Outer Space but a better film in every way, brilliant.
Devil Of A Good Brit Sci-Fi Flick From Fifties
oldblackandwhite10 January 2012
Don't listen to the pundits who have been trashing Devil Girl From Mars as a cheap, low budget quickie, so bad you watch it only for laughs. Whether you view it as high camp or harmless entertainment, this early British entry in the genre is really quite good, a classic example of the science fiction from the 1950's when it was mostly for fun. Production values are actually a bit above average for space operas of the period, whether Brit or American. Stylish costumes, good special effects for the time, tight direction, a competent cast, and intelligent story and dialog, all work to keep this picture well above the mass of cheap sci-fi flicks flooding the market at the time. While it is a bit slow moving at times, intense characterization, sharp editing, and a number of subplots keep it from ever dragging.
Entertainment value is considerably boosted by the presence of three of the sexiest lassies ever to grace the silver screens of Albion in the winsome persons of Patricia Laffan, Hazel Court, and Adrienne Corri. Ms. Court and Ms. Corri were best known for spilling gallons of comely cleavage in Hammer and Roger Corman's horror pictures and other lurid productions of the late '50's and '60's. But they manage to project plenty of sex appeal here while staying buttoned up to their throats by the simple old time expedient of being feminine and vulnerable. Not to mention both showed terrific figures in any duds. Hazel looks so shapely and elegant in her stylish, frilly-front suit, we are easily convinced she could be the professional model her character is -- at least in the days before models were expected to look as if they have barely survived years in a concentration camp.
Though billed behind Court and Corri, gorgeously gammed Patricia Laffan is the real star as the exotic Martian femme fa-tale invading the British Isles to kidnap virile earth males back to man-starved masses of amazons on the Red Planet. Costumer Ronald Cobb decked out the long-legged Laffan in one of the kinkiest space babe outfits seen on the screen to date -- flared-shouldered cape, neck-length cloche, hot pants, and boots, all in black leather, with smoked nylon hose showing her terrific legs to best advantage. Wow! she looks like a space tootsie designed for a Busby Berkeley extravaganza!
But the intent is perfectly serious, and the Devil Girl is deadly serious about her wicked plans for World conquest. The movie is kept serious by David MacDonald's taut direction, and an intelligent script by James Eastwood from his and John C. Mather's play. They give us full-bodied characters we can care about, rather than the usual sci-fi stereotypes, all expertly portrayed by a fine cast including Court, Corri, Hugh McDermott, John Laurie, Sophie Stewart, Peter Reynolds, and Joseph Tomelty. In the best tradition of 'fifties science fiction Jack Whitehead's special effects are well augmented by a clever use of light and sound and Edwin Astley's eerie score. The Mars babe's giant robot, somewhat resembling a massive electric space heater may seem laughable to some jaded moderns, but low angle camera shots to make him loom, and closeups of his giant mechanical feet walking with appropriate sound effects would have made him ominous enough to 'fifties audiences. The destructive effects of his heat ray, on the other hand, were well done by any standard, and the flying saucer was one of the best of the era.
Devil Girl From Mars is a fine example of the fun, stimulating science fiction movies of the generation before the genre degenerated into pointless special effects exercises and vehicles for thinly disguised New Age theology. The title itself tells what the more sober and more Christian movie makers and audiences of the 'fifities thought of the common New Age cliché that the space aliens are coming to save us. Laffan's Devil Girl oozing cold-hearted evil from every leather covered pore would have been quite the demonic menace -- if she just weren't so darned sexy! Come to think of it, no one would follow the Devil if he -- or she -- didn't make it attractive.
Never mind, Devil Girl From Mars isn't all that heavy-weight. It is just plain fun!
Entertainment value is considerably boosted by the presence of three of the sexiest lassies ever to grace the silver screens of Albion in the winsome persons of Patricia Laffan, Hazel Court, and Adrienne Corri. Ms. Court and Ms. Corri were best known for spilling gallons of comely cleavage in Hammer and Roger Corman's horror pictures and other lurid productions of the late '50's and '60's. But they manage to project plenty of sex appeal here while staying buttoned up to their throats by the simple old time expedient of being feminine and vulnerable. Not to mention both showed terrific figures in any duds. Hazel looks so shapely and elegant in her stylish, frilly-front suit, we are easily convinced she could be the professional model her character is -- at least in the days before models were expected to look as if they have barely survived years in a concentration camp.
Though billed behind Court and Corri, gorgeously gammed Patricia Laffan is the real star as the exotic Martian femme fa-tale invading the British Isles to kidnap virile earth males back to man-starved masses of amazons on the Red Planet. Costumer Ronald Cobb decked out the long-legged Laffan in one of the kinkiest space babe outfits seen on the screen to date -- flared-shouldered cape, neck-length cloche, hot pants, and boots, all in black leather, with smoked nylon hose showing her terrific legs to best advantage. Wow! she looks like a space tootsie designed for a Busby Berkeley extravaganza!
But the intent is perfectly serious, and the Devil Girl is deadly serious about her wicked plans for World conquest. The movie is kept serious by David MacDonald's taut direction, and an intelligent script by James Eastwood from his and John C. Mather's play. They give us full-bodied characters we can care about, rather than the usual sci-fi stereotypes, all expertly portrayed by a fine cast including Court, Corri, Hugh McDermott, John Laurie, Sophie Stewart, Peter Reynolds, and Joseph Tomelty. In the best tradition of 'fifties science fiction Jack Whitehead's special effects are well augmented by a clever use of light and sound and Edwin Astley's eerie score. The Mars babe's giant robot, somewhat resembling a massive electric space heater may seem laughable to some jaded moderns, but low angle camera shots to make him loom, and closeups of his giant mechanical feet walking with appropriate sound effects would have made him ominous enough to 'fifties audiences. The destructive effects of his heat ray, on the other hand, were well done by any standard, and the flying saucer was one of the best of the era.
Devil Girl From Mars is a fine example of the fun, stimulating science fiction movies of the generation before the genre degenerated into pointless special effects exercises and vehicles for thinly disguised New Age theology. The title itself tells what the more sober and more Christian movie makers and audiences of the 'fifities thought of the common New Age cliché that the space aliens are coming to save us. Laffan's Devil Girl oozing cold-hearted evil from every leather covered pore would have been quite the demonic menace -- if she just weren't so darned sexy! Come to think of it, no one would follow the Devil if he -- or she -- didn't make it attractive.
Never mind, Devil Girl From Mars isn't all that heavy-weight. It is just plain fun!
Boring and stupid.
13Funbags8 January 2019
They spend tons of time on the back stories of the characters and none of it matters. The "Devil Girl" can speak every language in the world but uses the word "semantics" as a measurement of speed. There's no scientists with guns but there is a reporter who is an expert on car engines. I've seen worse but this is really bad.
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