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Title: Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Deborah Foreman | ... | Mary | |
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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) |
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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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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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Orson Welles came up with the title for this movie. He had originally agreed to play the role of the producer, but died before production began. See more »Quotes
Tommy Sledge: It means that either he escaped, or he walked backwards from the horizon to commit suicide in this bonfire.See more »
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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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i just bought this movie for 2bucks thinking that it will surely be worth it's cost... and i was so right!! i saw it with a friend of mine and we just loved it's (mostly intended) badness. There are movies that are just bad and then there are these flicks that are so freaking' bad that they are really entertaining. the movie made me really laugh hard a couple of times and Tony Curtis just rocked being this bad producer. the day after i watched it i immediately wanted to watch it again.. and if that's not positive about a film.. for a movie as "b" as one movie could be, the cast isn't that bad: Tony Curtis and Patrick McNee are two stars of the 80ies, starring here and they do a good job (being bad). the story is really strange: i mean a lobster man and his adjutant, an ape with a spacehelmet, stealing earth's air for the mars is not a common thing in Hollywood. the characters are all very funny and the story is except for some lengths in the middle very amusing.. i'll give it an 9 out of 10