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Title: Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Deborah Foreman | ... | Mary | |
| S.D. Nemeth | ... | The Dreaded Lobster Man | |
| Anthony Hickox | ... | John | |
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Dean Jacobson | ... | Stevie Horowitz |
| Tony Curtis | ... | J.P. Shelldrake | |
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Mindy Kennedy | ... | Tammy |
| Phil Proctor | ... | Lou | |
| Tim Haldeman | ... | Marvin | |
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Barry Hansen | ... | Narrator (voice) (as Dr. Demento) |
| Bobby Pickett | ... | The Astrologer / King of Mars | |
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Richard Wright | ... | The Bearded Slave |
| Ava Fabian | ... | The Queen of Mars | |
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Sage Whitfield | ... | Beautiful Martian Maiden |
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Erica Evans | ... | Beautiful Martian Maiden |
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Robert Breeze | ... | Another Slave |
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Movie mogul J.P. Shelldrake discovers he's in desperate need of a tax write-off to keep the Internal Revenue Service off his back. Young writer, producer and director Stevie Horowitz walks in the studio with his homemade space parody "Lobster Man From Mars". What follows is one of the most bizarre and funny film within-a-film send-ups: Mars suffers from a severe air leakage, and the King of Mars sends the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air. The Lobster Man's plot is foiled by a mad scientist, an army colonel, and a young and innocent woman. Shelldrake buys the movie, which makes a huge profit and sends Shelldrake to tax prison, with Stevie taking his place as the studio mogul. Written by <stanley@brainex.com>
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cult film | sci fi parody | sci fi spoof | psychotronic film | 1980s |Taglines:
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EnglishRelease Date:
29 January 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El hombre langosta See more »Filming Locations:
Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Written by Kate Pierson (uncredited), Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland (uncredited), Cindy Wilson (uncredited) / Ricky Wilson
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On the last day of shooting, director Stanley Sheff and producer Steven S. Greene bought the entire cast and crew an expensive lobster dinner. See more »Crazy Credits
No lobsters were harmed during this production, only eaten. See more »Soundtracks
Rock LobsterWritten by Kate Pierson (uncredited), Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland (uncredited), Cindy Wilson (uncredited) / Ricky Wilson
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In addition to parodying lovably bad Sci-Fi movies this movie is also,in essence, a remake of The Producers. The difference is that instead of a movie designed to fail in order to make money, the failure of the movie is to lose money for a tax write off. The improbability of the IRS allowing such a loophole to work can be easily dismissed by the viewer as you're already on board for the ride by the insane title of the film.
I'm partial to everything I've seen Deborah Foreman in, and this is no exception. It is a shame that she moved away from acting with only one film appearance past the year 2000. While hardly a classic film role here, her presence alone makes it worthwhile.