Bad Girls from Mars

1991 American film

Bad Girls from Mars

Directed by| Fred Olen Ray
Screenplay by| Mark Thomas McGee
Fred Olen Ray
(as Sherman Scott)
Produced by| Fred Olen Ray
Grant Austin Waldman
Starring| Edy Williams
Oliver Darrow
Brinke Stevens
Jay Richardson
Cinematography| Gary Graver
Edited by| Christopher Roth
Music by| Louis Febre
Peter Rotter
Distributed by| Vidmark Entertainment

Release date

* 1991 (1991)

Running time

| 88 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $19,000[1]

Bad Girls from Mars is a 1991 American black comedy science fiction slasher film written by Mark Thomas McGee and directed by Fred Olen Ray.[2] It stars Edy Williams, Oliver Darrow, Brinke Stevens and Jay Richardson.

## Plot synopsis

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Someone is killing off the female leads of the movie production of Bad Girls from Mars. The producers feel they should try to finish the film, even though they're making a lucrative amount from insurance payoffs, so they fly in European sex bomb Emanuelle as the new lead. Emanuelle (Edy Williams) immediately begins embarrassing the producers by leading a wild party life around town. Meanwhile, the killings continue, and detectives try to stop the fiend responsible.

## Cast

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* Edy Williams as Emanuelle
* Oliver Darrow as T.J. McMasters
* Brinke Stevens as Myra
* Jay Richardson as Richard Trent
* Jeffrey Culver as Mac Regan
* Bob Ruth as Al, The Cop
* Dana Bentley as Martine
* Jasae as Terry
* Al Bordighi as Ortelli
* Jerry Miller as Walt

## Production

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Fred Olen Ray says the film has its genesis with sets left over from Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death. The sets were going to be torn down so Ray decided to use them for a film. A script was written, actors hired (including Russ Tamblyn) and Ray shot two days of a sword and sorcery film, Wizards of the Demon Sword. He then planned filming the rest of the film. They only needed four days, and had five days use left of the camera equipment. Ray had $19,000 left and decided to make a movie. He was inspired by Hollywood Boulevard (1976) and decided to make a movie about making a movie. He says they wanted Adam West and Burt Ward so there are references to Batgirls from Mars and bat symbols in the film, but the actors were not available. Ray says it was one of the first movies to mention Ed Wood. When they started making it was called Emmanuel Goes to Hollywood.[1]

## Reception

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According to Ray, Demon Sword "tanked financially" in part because the movie wound up at Troma. However Bad Girls from Mars proved quite popular, being released by Lionsgate, tripling its money.[1]

According to TV Guide, "What begins as a dirty, simple-mindedly funny sci-fi parody winds up becoming an over-extended murder-mystery spoof."[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Fred Olen Ray Interview". The Spoiler Room Podcast (Podcast). 21 April 2015.
2. ^ Topel, Fred (27 October 2014). "After Midnight: Fred Olen Ray on Strip Clubs & Chainsaw Hookers". Crave Online. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
3. ^ "Bad Girls from Mars". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

## External links

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* Bad Girls from Mars at IMDb
* Bad Girls from Mars at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Fred Olen Ray

1970s|

* The Brain Leeches (1978)

1980s|

* Alien Dead (1980)
* Scalps (1983)
* Biohazard (1985)
* The Tomb (1986)
* Armed Response (1986)
* Prison Ship (1986)
* Demented Death Farm Massacre (1986, alternate scenes only)
* Cyclone (1987)
* Commando Squad (1987)
* Deep Space (1988)
* Beverly Hills Vamp (1988)
* Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
* The Phantom Empire (1988)
* Warlords (1988)

1990s|

* Alienator (1990)
* Mob Boss (1990)
* Bad Girls from Mars (1991)
* Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)
* Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991)
* Inner Sanctum (1991)
* Evil Toons (1992)
* Dinosaur Island (1994)
* Mind Twister (1994)
* Possessed by the Night (1994)
* Witch Academy (1995)
* Bikini Drive-In (1995)
* Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995)
* Star Hunter (1995)
* Fugitive Rage (1996)
* Invisible Mom (1996)
* Friend of the Family II (1996)
* Inferno (1997)
* Hybrid (1997)
* The Shooter (1997)
* Illicit Dreams 2 (1997)
* Dear Santa (1998)
* Mom's Outta Sight (1998)
* Billy Frankenstein (1998)
* The Prophet (1998)
* Active Stealth (1999)
* Fugitive Mind (1999)

2000s|

* Critical Mass (2000)
* Sideshow (2000)
* Submerged (2000)
* Air Rage (2001)
* Mach 2 (2001)
* Venomous (2002)
* Bikini Airways (2003)
* Final Examination (2003)
* Bikini Cavegirl (2004)
* Bikini Chain Gang (2004)
* Bikini a Go-Go (2004)
* Tomb of the Werewolf (2004)
* Glass Trap (2005)
* The Lair (2007–09, TV series)
* Voodoo Dollz (2008)
* Tarzeena, Queen of Kong Island (2008)

2010s|

* Bikini Frankenstein (2010)
* Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros (2010)
* Super Shark (2011)
* Abner, the Invisible Dog (2013)
* After Midnight (2014)
* A Prince for Christmas (2015)
* Sniper Special Ops (2016)
* The Twin (2017)

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