The Angry Red Planet
Directed by Ib Melchior
Written by Ib Melchior and Sidney W. Pink
1959/USA
American International Pictures/Sino
First viewing/Amazon Prime
[box] Maj. Gen. George Treegar: The hell with radiation. Let’s go.[/box]
This movie is a lot of boring build-up to some bad matte paintings and a bat/spider puppet.
The first mission to Mars has been lost for over two months. Then the spacecraft is spotted and brought home. Only two of the four crew members survive. One is being attacked by an amoeba like growth and is in a coma. The other has been so traumatized that she can’t remember a thing. Under hypnosis, she finally tells the tale of their ordeal via flashback.
This is packed with filler consisting of the operation of the spacecraft and lots of “scientific” discussion. Then the money shots don’t pay off.
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