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Writers:
Glenville Mareth (screenplay)
Paul L. Jacobson (based on a story by)
Release Date:
14 November 1964 (USA) more
Tagline:
Blast off for Mars... with Santa and a pair of Earth kids! Blast off for Mars... with Santa and a pair of Earth kids! Science-Fun-Fiction at its height! more
Plot:
The Martians kidnap Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents. full summary | add synopsis
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Pretty not good. more (178 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Call | ... | Santa Claus | |
| Leonard Hicks | ... | Kimar | |
| Vincent Beck | ... | Voldar | |
| Bill McCutcheon | ... | Dropo | |
| Victor Stiles | ... | Billy | |
| Donna Conforti | ... | Betty | |
| Chris Month | ... | Bomar | |
| Pia Zadora | ... | Girmar | |
| Leila Martin | ... | Momar | |
| Charles Renn | ... | Hargo | |
| James Cahill | ... | Rigna | |
| Ned Wertimer | ... | Andy Henderson | |
| Doris Rich | ... | Mrs. Claus | |
| Carl Don | ... | Chochem / Von Green | |
| Ivor Bodin | ... | Winky |
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Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens (video title)
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81 min | USA:86 min (DVD)
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Color (Pathécolor)
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Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (2002) | UK:U (video rating) | USA:Unrated (2005 DVD release) | Australia:PG | USA:Not Rated
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When Santa starts making toys, one of the Martians is fascinated by a toy that's "a coiled spring that walks down stairs." The year this film was released (1964) was a huge year for Slinky, which had a resurgence in the early 1960s. more
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Factual errors: In the beginning credits, instead of costume designer, it says "custume designer". more
Quotes:
Rigna:
Chochem is eight hundred years old, you can't dismiss the wisdom of centuries.
Voldar:
I can.
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Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V) more
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Horray For Santa Claus more
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Don't let the title of this movie mislead to into believing that this is some sort of B-horror, it isn't. It's a children's movie... a very bad children's movie. I've sat through movies that have put me in more pain than this (mostly sequels) but there really isn't anything good about this. First off the title of the movie is enough to pull in nearly any B-horror fan before they realize that Santa isn't up in the sky blasting away at the Martians. Rather he is kidnapped and ends up going pretty quietly. The problem with Mars is that there is no joy to be had for the children on Mars. Drawing this from the sad looks on his children's faces, the Martian leader decides it'd be a great idea to kidnap Santa and force him to spread Christmas joy on their planet. Again, Santa has no problem with this and goes quietly. However, the evil Voldar sees weakness in joy and decides that Santa must be destroyed before all of Mars becomes a happy place. So does Santa actually conquer anything? No. Is there anything in this movie that's worth seeing? Unless your extremely forgiving when it comes down to children's movies, no. Another thing that should be noted is that I do believe the soundtrack for this movie was recorded in the 7th layer of Hell. It's that bad. Not even worth the $5.50 bin at Wal-Mart. If you want a Christmas movie I suggest revisiting Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.