NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

dougdoepke No need to recap the storyline. I think it was put together by cartoonists on a barstool.At least this mess is fun to look at. Shapely blue women, big hairy spiders, humanoid rock men, all in candy box colors, especially the goofy court scenes. Looks like production spent 90% on sets and costumes, 9% on the cast (mostly sexy amateurs), and 1% on script. Now if someone would please wake up actor Travis. He's got all the liveliness of a highschool boy flunking geometry. Good thing for switchblade delinquent Tommy Cook who's somewhat motivated. And see if you agree—actor Clarke as good boy Lon looks like a skinny James Dean. Anyway, I can only imagine what pro's like Travis, Downs, and Stevens thought when they read the script. No wonder Travis acts like a condemned man.I'm still a bit puzzled about production versus script. Surely the producers expected only laughs and lust from the storyline, so why go extra expense for the fancy settings. On the whole, the latter are pretty well outfitted compared to the plot. On the other hand, drive-in contemporary Roger Corman knew how to combine the two into campy fun. Unfortunately, the results here cause more head-scratching than campy laughs. Meanwhile, color me blue, stamp my ticket, and wish me luck. I'm on my way to meet the moon maidens.(In passing-- If I recall correctly, The Lido was a fancy Paris nightclub that featured a parade of sexy show girls, which sort of fits here.)

ebiros2 This is above average sci-fi movie from the '50s. There're few good characters in this movie that makes it a good science fiction movie.While not the grand production of the "Forbidden Planet", this movie definitely sticks out above similar moon themed movies such as "Cat Women of Moon" or "Operation Moon Base". The two ingredients that makes this movie higher quality is the choice of actors playing in this movie, and better props like the rock men of moon that can survive in the intense heat of moon's sun. Premise that moon's sun is intense enough to burn humans to the bones also was an interesting visual effect that left an indelible memory as a child.Interestingly enough this movie has similar elements to the "Cat Women of Moon" and the "Operation Moon Base" in that moon is inhabited by all women race vying for main character's love which doesn't settle well with his fiancé, and that there is non-legitimate crew aboard the spaceship.First part of the movie is somewhat slow and boring, but once the crew reaches the moon, the story starts to pick up, and becomes interesting.This is one destination moon type movie from the '50s that's worth watching.

ptb-8 And a remake of THE QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE.....let alone CATWOMEN OF THE MOON...all of which of course I loved. This one has some funny wobbly foam rock-men and the most hilarious big spider I have ever seen. The spaceship has army disposal double bunks and the two escapee crims are lewd and bumpkin level drowsy in that order. Even the 3 year old I was babysittng had to see it several times to believe it all. Tracy Turnblad level of showgirl Hairdoos and a dance number musical number using only a tambourine and bongos for music gives accurate indication to the fantastic cheapness of this demented extravaganza. Miss Hungary appears along with Miss Miami at one stage, I think. Awesome!

Bruce Cook Richard E. Cunha's low budget remake of `Cat Women of the Moon' contains some hysterical flaws. When the spacemen land on the Moon, the full-sized rocket prop they stand beneath is obviously just a flat cardboard mockup of the lower ten feet. The lunar `rockmen' who attack the astronauts look like stone Gumbies -- and the noses of the people in the suits stick out plainly from the flat stone `face'. The noises aren't even colored like the stone! The plot and acting are equally uproarious. After learning that the government is going to take over his private Moon rocket project, a scientist discovers two young fugitives hiding inside his spacecraft. He pulls out a gun and threatens to shot them if they don't agree to serve as crewmen on his lunar voyage. During the trip, the scientist reveals that he is actually an alien from the Moon -- and he built the rocket to get back home!The lunar civilization is comprised entirely of former beauty contest winners, all dressed up in high heels and showgirl costumes. Gary Clark (`How to Make a Monster') plays one of the young escapees.