This is a film you can't take very seriously, because if you do you're bound to hate it. However, if you see it as a silly and tacky bit of fun, then there is a lot to like. Bear in mind that the plot is very similar to films such as CAT WOMEN OF THE MOON and ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS, as it's about a space ship that lands on a planet filled with crazy (and horny) amazons. It's sort of like every man's fantasy from the 1950s, though by today's standards the ladies are far less desirable than they must have been back then.
The movie begins with a seemingly routine rocket trip to the orbiting space station. However, I had a good laugh as the rocket changed three times into three totally different ships. The first two were stock film clips of V-2 variants and the one they showed flying in space was completely different (more like a George Pal-inspired rocket). How they thought the audiences wouldn't have noticed is beyond me.
Once the rocket neared the station, weird beams started flying about and eventually the station is hit and explodes. The rocket is struck, but instead of exploding it is pulled to Venus. Oddly, while Venus SHOULD have had a totally noxious atmosphere and ship-crushing pressure, naturally it is rather Earth-like and the air is breathable.
The four crew men are soon taken prisoner and are taken to go see the planet's insane queen, Yllana. Yllana always wears a mask and is perpetually in a state of advanced PMS. She seems totally unreasonable and "bitchy"--despite her bringing the ship to the planet in the first place! As the four men are to apparently be put to death, the captain does what any good captain would do--try to seduce the queen (a lesson right out of the Captain Kirk manual). She seems amenable but also violently unpredictable. The captain also learns that the queen plans on letting the men live BUT blow up the Earth with something like the "illudium q-36 explosive space modulator"! So, it's up to the men and some turncoat Venusian women (including the underground's leader, Zsa Zsa Gabor) to foil this insane plan and save the Earth.
My favorite part of this brilliant plan is when the men capture Yllana and they take her mask off and Zsa Zsa wears it in a "clever" attempt to fool everyone into believing she's the queen! Considering the queen sounds very American and Zsa Zsa has the heavy Hungarian accent, it's pretty funny! While this plan didn't work (big surprise here), the group somehow manages to foil the queen and in the end everyone lives happily ever after--except for the smoldering remains of Yllana. The camera fades as our four sex-crazed men smile at the camera when they learn they must remain on the planet at least another year--as the space babes all begin to practically rape them. Apparently, the men on their planet were wiped out a long time ago and it's been a very long time since they have,....well...you know! Silly and with splashy and vibrant sets, this is a great film to watch with friends and NOT a film for those who demand serious sci-fi films. It works pretty well because the film, fortunately, never seems to take itself too seriously.
The movie begins with a seemingly routine rocket trip to the orbiting space station. However, I had a good laugh as the rocket changed three times into three totally different ships. The first two were stock film clips of V-2 variants and the one they showed flying in space was completely different (more like a George Pal-inspired rocket). How they thought the audiences wouldn't have noticed is beyond me.
Once the rocket neared the station, weird beams started flying about and eventually the station is hit and explodes. The rocket is struck, but instead of exploding it is pulled to Venus. Oddly, while Venus SHOULD have had a totally noxious atmosphere and ship-crushing pressure, naturally it is rather Earth-like and the air is breathable.
The four crew men are soon taken prisoner and are taken to go see the planet's insane queen, Yllana. Yllana always wears a mask and is perpetually in a state of advanced PMS. She seems totally unreasonable and "bitchy"--despite her bringing the ship to the planet in the first place! As the four men are to apparently be put to death, the captain does what any good captain would do--try to seduce the queen (a lesson right out of the Captain Kirk manual). She seems amenable but also violently unpredictable. The captain also learns that the queen plans on letting the men live BUT blow up the Earth with something like the "illudium q-36 explosive space modulator"! So, it's up to the men and some turncoat Venusian women (including the underground's leader, Zsa Zsa Gabor) to foil this insane plan and save the Earth.
My favorite part of this brilliant plan is when the men capture Yllana and they take her mask off and Zsa Zsa wears it in a "clever" attempt to fool everyone into believing she's the queen! Considering the queen sounds very American and Zsa Zsa has the heavy Hungarian accent, it's pretty funny! While this plan didn't work (big surprise here), the group somehow manages to foil the queen and in the end everyone lives happily ever after--except for the smoldering remains of Yllana. The camera fades as our four sex-crazed men smile at the camera when they learn they must remain on the planet at least another year--as the space babes all begin to practically rape them. Apparently, the men on their planet were wiped out a long time ago and it's been a very long time since they have,....well...you know! Silly and with splashy and vibrant sets, this is a great film to watch with friends and NOT a film for those who demand serious sci-fi films. It works pretty well because the film, fortunately, never seems to take itself too seriously.