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Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964) on Tubi

This is what my brothers and I consider the weirdest Christmas movie of all time.

It's has some three stooges comedy, children working longing to work the factory, and a delightfully festive and unhinged plot, and is a scathing review of what the 1960's thought the future could be.

P.S. There's also a Rifftrax version which I have not seen.

P.P.S the movie is in the public domain!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

my favourite part was the hilariously inconsistent and terrible makeup for the martians. i swear, its like they filmed all the scenes in a random order in one sweaty afternoon with no breaks to touch it up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I was laughing early on when one of their moustaches was falling off

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We watch this every year. Its awful.

Also, not only is there a Rifftrax version, It's also an episode of MST3K, and Cinema Titanic did it as well

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We watch the mst3k of it yearly, mostly for Patrick Swayze Christmas

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Watching it right now

I learned a new Christmas song today!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

It's such a weird movie, but so are all the Christmas movies from around this time. This one really is the Christmas equivalent of Manos: Hands of Fate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Oh yeah, I know this one. Didn't Austin McConnel talk about it? Watching this with my friends as soon as possible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I watch the MST3K version every Christmas Eve!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

My sister and I used to watch this all the time, not even just during Christmas. It was so weird. Haven't seen it in years, I'll have to give it another watch!