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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) More at IMDbPro »

• The Martian guns are actually painted Whammo Air Blasters.
  
  
• This was Pia Zadora's debut.
  
  
• The Air Force stock footage seen as the military "pursues" the Martians is the same footage used in the opening credit sequence of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
  
  
• Most of the film was shot in an abandoned aircraft hangar on Long Island, New York.
  
  
• Was made "popular" following its critique on the program "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988).
  
  
• This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
  
  
• One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.
  
  
• When Santa starts making toys, one of the Martians is fascinated by a toy that's "a coiled spring that walks down stairs." The year this film was released (1964) was a huge year for Slinky, which had a resurgence in the early 1960s.
  
  

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