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Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (Color)
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Directed by Nicholas Webster
Produced by Paul L. Jacobson
Joseph E. Levine
Arnold Leeds
Written by Paul L. Jacobson
Glenville Mareth
Starring John Call
Leonard Hicks
Vincent Beck
Bill McCutcheon
Victor Stiles
Donna Conforti
Chris Month
Pia Zadora
Leila Martin
Charles Renn
Music by Milton DeLugg
Cinematography David L. Quaid
Release date(s) * November 14, 1964
Running time 81 min.
Country US
Language English
Budget $200,000 (estimated)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 science fiction film that regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made. It is regularly featured in the "bottom 100" list on the Internet Movie Database, and was featured in an episode of the 1986 syndicated series, the Canned Film Festival. It was directed by Nicholas Webster, and it stars John Call as Santa Claus. It also includes an 8-year-old Pia Zadora playing the role of one of the Martian children.
The film took on newfound fame in the 1990s after being featured on an episode of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000. It became a holiday staple on the Comedy Central cable channel in the years following its 1991 premiere. It has since found new life again in the 2000s having been riffed by Cinematic Titanic. The movie was also featured on the current run of "Elvira's Movie Macabre."