On this day in 1964 an MST3K classic and one of the perennial favorites of rowdy, 2:00 AM screenings at science fiction conventions across the land hit US theaters with a mighty thud. It was the theatrical release of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. Directed by Nicholas Webster, this gloriously awful epic starred John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck and, of course, Pia Zadora. If you really need a plot summary, well, here you go: “The Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.”
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