Devil Girl from Mars
Devil Girl from Mars
NR | 27 April 1955 (USA)
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Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth and enslave its men for breeding purposes.

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Uriah43

Somewhere in an isolated part of Scotland a meteor hits the earth and results in a search by a scientist named of "Professor Arnold Hennessey" (Joseph Tomelty) and a journalist named "Michael Carter" (Hugh McDermott) trying to locate it. As it so happens, a dangerous criminal named "Robert Justin" (Peter Reynolds) has also recently escaped in that same area as well. For reasons of his own he heads straight for an inn where his girlfriend by the name of "Doris" (Adrienne Corri) has moved to be near the prison where he was incarcerated. Additionally, along with those who work there, the only other occupant is a model from London named named "Ellen Prestwick" (Helen Court) who is residing there temporarily in an attempt to get over a failed relationship. In any case, since it's late both the Professor and Michael decide to stay there for the night as well. Suddenly, just as everyone is seated for dinner, a flying saucer appears out of the sky and touches down only yards from where the inn is located. As they stare in horror a female alien named "Nyah" (Patricia Laffan) comes out of the spaceship and announces that in a few days others of her kind will arrive to take over the world! Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, although it may seem odd, this type of science-fiction film was quite common during this particular time period. For starters, the atomic bomb had exploded less than 10 years earlier and UFO's were all the rage at the time. Unfortunately, neither the massive budgets nor the technology allocated to films today was available back then so directors had to do with much less--and this is clearly evident in this film by the features of the robot as well as the costume worn by Nyah. It was a different time for sure. That being said, however, despite these allowances I must admit that this film seems quite comical today and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.

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Claudio Carvalho

In a Scotish inn, the owners, employees and guests are reunited in the bar. Our of the blue, a flying saucer lands nearby and a woman dressed in black leather like a dominatrix with cape arrives in the bar armed with a ray-gun. She explains that she is Nyah (Patricia Laffan), from Mars, and she was heading to London. However her spacecraft collided with an airplane and was damaged; therefore she had to land to repair the saucer. She also explains that she is looking for men to breed her female race since the male population is dying after warfare between males and females and they need offspring. Nyah has the robot Chani to help her to capture men, but she wants that one of the men volunteers to go with her to Mars. Who might be the volunteer? "Devil Girl from Mars" is an awful campy film, but also a cult-movie. The main reason is the character Nyah, the alien from Mars, who dresses like a dominatrix. The storyline is funny since the Martians have high technology but are unable to develop artificial insemination. The romantic subplots are boring and the sacrifice of Robert Justin, alias Albert Simpson, is simply forgotten by the ungrateful survivors. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): Not Available

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David Kelsey

This film is much better than its lurid title and publicity suggest.For one thing, it has a legitimate, though somewhat conventional, dramatic structure a la "Petrified Forest" et al: a small group of people, some with pre-existing personal problems, are confined in one location, when the incursion of a "deus ex machina" puts their problems into a new perspective.For another, it is shot in beautifully lucid black and white. Jack Cox's work here merits comparison with Gregg Toland. The night scenes in particular are skilfully lit, in which respect it puts to shame most latter day colour films.

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oscar-35

*Spoiler/plot- Devil Girl from Mars, 1954. IN a quiet isolated part of rural Scotland, some scientists arrive to investigate a astrological matter near the pub. Trouble starts with spaceships and starship alien crews & robots. *Special Stars- Patrcia Laffan, Hugh McDermontt.*Theme- Plucky Scotish residents can survive anything.*Trivia/location/goofs- English, B&W. Robot- "Chanti". "Nyah" girl in latex PVC material costume. Good spaceship design.*Emotion- A wonderfully campy film with a touch of sexy B&D with the alien "Devil Girl'. The robot and spaceship design are refreshingly new and original. Supposedly the basic script idea was taken from this film and used in an American 50's sci-fi film. Guess which one?*Based On- The Cold War invasion and rocket exploration fears.

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