Review of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) by Glenn H — 03 Nov 2007

Replete with ground-breaking performances, breath-taking special effects and hysterically witty dialogue ("wheres Santa?" "he's floating in space, with the REST of the space-junk!") words fail to do justice to this awe-inspiring feat of mind-boggling artistic brilliance. Many would argue that Santa Clause Conquers the Martians was to film what The Beatles and Bob Dylan were to music; both a crowning artistic achievement and an iconic landmark for 1960s counterculture. A scathing satire of laissez faire capitalist values, the humour works just as well now as it did in 1964; the scene in which Santa Clause tells a villain to relax and the villain responds by aiming a gun at him and saying "you're going to relax... PERMANENTLY" will have even the most sombre of viewers in stitches.

If there is one movie you MUST watch before you die, it is definately this one.