Lobster Man from Mars (1989)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Stanley Sheff

Writers:

Bob Greenberg (idea) and
Stanley Sheff (idea) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The biggest lobster tale ever.

Plot:

Young film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desparate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off...

Plot Keywords:

Film Student | Film Producer | Film Making | Cult Favorite | Spoof

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Deborah Foreman	...	Mary
Dean Jacobson	...	Stevie Horowitz
S.D. Nemeth	...	The Dreaded Lobster Man
Anthony Hickox	...	John
Tony Curtis	...	J.P. Shelldrake
Mindy Kennedy	...	Tammy
Phil Proctor	...	Lou
Tim Haldeman	...	Marvin
Bobby Pickett	...	The Astrologer / King of Mars
Richard Wright	...	The Bearded Slave
Ava Fabian	...	The Queen of Mars
Sage Whitfield	...	Beautiful Martian Maiden
Erica Evans	...	Beautiful Martian Maiden
Robert Breeze	...	Another Slave
Tommy Sledge	...	Detective

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Electric Pictures

Trivia:

Orson Welles came up with the title for this movie. He had originally agreed to play the part of the producer, but died before production began.

Quotes:

Tommy Sledge: I had a hunch - not an idea, not even a feeling, more like a rabbit punch to the base of the brain.

Movie Connections:

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

brilliantly bad

i just bought this movie for 2bucks thinking that it will surely be worth it's cost... and i was so right!! i saw it with a friend of mine and we just loved it's (mostly intended) badness. There are movies that are just bad and then there are these flicks that are so freaking' bad that they are really entertaining. the movie made me really laugh hard a couple of times and Tony Curtis just rocked being this bad producer. the day after i watched it i immediately wanted to watch it again.. and if that's not positive about a film.. for a movie as "b" as one movie could be, the cast isn't that bad: Tony Curtis and Patrick McNee are two stars of the 80ies, starring here and they do a good job (being bad). the story is really strange: i mean a lobster man and his adjutant, an ape with a spacehelmet, stealing earth's air for the mars is not a common thing in Hollywood. the characters are all very funny and the story is except for some lengths in the middle very amusing.. i'll give it an 9 out of 10