Devil Girl from Mars (1955)

Simply Perfect

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

After a mysterious air disaster, we are taken to a pub in a tiny Scottish village, which happens to be near the spot where the incident occurred. Officials soon arrive at the pub to investigate. Coincidentally, an escaped convict is also in the area, and stops by for a visit. When a strange craft makes a noisy landing, these characters, along w/ other guests, find themselves in the presence of THE DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS! She's dropped in herself, not for a pint or a room, but for... men! Indeed, Mars has a shortage, and must replenish its supply. Her name is Nyah (Patricia Laffan), and she's encased in an awesome leather outfit! Nyah makes it perfectly clear, immediately, that she means business, taking total control right away. Now, the humans must work together to somehow combat her, and foil her fiendish plans. Nyah even has a huge, walking furnace-like robot! DGFM is a showcase for Ms. Laffan, who commands the screen by merely arching an eyebrow! Watching this again, one thought kept crossing my mind: "If I were there, I would volunteer to go w/ her." Ahem... er, strictly to save the others, of course... Co-stars the lovely Hazel Court as Ellen Prestwick...

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

The title role in Devil Girl From Mars is played by Patricia Laffan who is probably best known to film viewers as the sultry and evil Poppaea in Quo Vadis. That is all except those who favor camp science fiction. And this film is camp from the opening credits.As is the normal Mars is the infinitely superior planet to Earth, but they've divided their society by sex and the men lost the war to the women years ago. In being enslaved for generations, something's taken the old mating urge out of the male Martians (think about what happened in Zardoz). Patricia Laffan has been sent to Earth to bring back breeding stock and apparently her target is London. But she collides with a meteor and is forced to make a landing in the highlands of Scotland to make repairs. The ship lands on the property of the Bonnie Charlie Inn, a nice country establishment with a few guests, some of whom happen to be scientists.The film other than its Martian connection plays like one of those old closed circle English murder mysteries and this select group of people are going to try to save Earth from being enslaved for their male members. The film is a laugh riot with all the cast playing it so absolutely straight that it comes out funny. Patricia Laffan in that tight get up is an unforgettable sight. Could mating with her and others like her be all that bad?No great production values went into this, but someone in creating it had a great sense of humor.

This was actually a stage play first. Can you imagine? And I'm sorry Joel & the 'bots never got a chance to pick this one apart. The potential for near-off-color jokes is amazing. Nyah smirks, struts, shows Mr. Spock what the eyebrow is really for, prepares a sperm bank for Mars, shows little Tommy "wonders of the universe you've never dreamed of," all while her giant refrigerator robot is in tow, disintegrating trees. If she had only made it to London, she'd have ruled the discotheques without all the fuss. I should hope there's no such thing as reincarnation, as I might not love this camp classic in the next life. Anakin Skywalker, you're a wuss.