Bad Girls from Mars

My review was written in January 1991 after watching the movie on Vidmark video cassette.

"Bad Girls from Mars" is a poor spoof of B movies by the men who currently make them. Lame scripting and threadbare execution leave this video strictly for t&a fans.

Fred Olen Ray has made quickies before, notably the Sybil Danning-starrer "The Phantom Empire", but this one needed more care to succeed.

Plot premise is virtually identical to another current spoof, "Hollywood Boulevard II": a serial killer is wasting the leading ladies of a B picture called "Bad Girls from Mars". As in "HB II", there's a stereotypical skinflint producer and cliched satirization shoestring film production.

Edy Williams is well-cast, and well-preserved, as the replacement bombshell - best selling tell-all authoress, reminiscent of Xaviera Hollander when she tried to break into movies 17 years ago. Her slapstick travails aren't helped any by Ray's annoying gimmick of dubbing in the amplifed sound of somebody rubbing Naugahyde whenever Edy and the other topless women fondle their own breasts.

That level of sophomoric humor permeates this cheapie. Hambone hero Jay Richardon's mugging is unfunny and other bits remain stillborn, such as prolific dirctor/lenser Gary Graver appearng as the cinematographer of the film within the film.

Ray credtis himself as co-writer with pseudonym Sherman Scott, an obscure homage to Sam Newfield who used the moniker in the '40s when he cranked out endless Bs.

There's a brief lesbian scene between Williams and the exotic Brinke Stevens and an awkward wrestling match between Williams and new bombshell Dawn Dana Bently. Jasae, a familiar face fro mcable phone sex ads, has a fun role as one of the "Bad Girls" stars/victims.

Tech credits are suitably chintzy, but Chuck Cirino's catchy music is a plus.

I was forced to watch this while recovering from a leg injury. The remote fell out under the bed and I couldn't change the channel for almost an hour. Heavy on the "T" in T&A. Light on the acting and plot. This is billed as a spoof. However it's not done well enough to be a spoof. All in all don't waste your time.

Spoofs of films only work a small percentage of the time. Very often the spoof is too much like the film it is trying to spoof. "Mars Attacks" is a good example of this problem. "Bad Girls from Mars" is a low budget spoof of the making of a low-budget campy film, and surprisingly it works.

Everything is hokey, but it is all making fun of the genre. It is sprinkled with some dialog gems. Academy award material it ain't, but if you put yourself in the right mood, it is a lot of fun

A C-grade murder-horror that is largely predictable and unoriginal. Production values are quite low and performances are so-so. However, it does have some funny moments and the tone of the movie is quite light, never taking itself seriously, making it not entirely unwatchable.

Directed by Fred Ray... he had been directing for about ten years by now, and it was still pretty silly. Quite the soft core porn. Mucho boobs. and dirty talking about body parts. definitely not for the young uns! This one wants to have more plot, so follow along, and watch the boobs, i mean the story. boobs and more boobs. Beverly hills and cadillacs. and more boobs. the plot is pretty bad. old wine? an old cadillac ? Also, more boobies. and a cross that people keep getting tied to. Skip this one... pretty lame. Showing on epix drive in channel.