A number of the comments here are perhaps expressed by those who simply do not "get It". Understandable for a generation fed on CGI, and special effects rather than a good story, which movies generally today so lack. Indeed! This film is a gem, and just to hear the dialogue by John Carradine is a real treat. Our current influx of science fiction is composed of some pretty amazing special effect, but sadly lack real fleshed out characters and gifted actors with real acting abilities, and distinctive voices...something the early films, such as this one's era, had an abundance of. It take more than just the dreariness of constant explosions, action characters battling one another, and predictable story lines to make science fiction an art form worth preserving. These older films, and TV series of that time, need to be preserved, not just for the sake of entertainment, but to bring back the atmosphere, and sense of wonder that science fiction was meant to be, and to simply show what makes the films, and TV programmes of this era rare and unique. Thank you for bringing The Wizard of Mars back to those who can appreciate it!
I know what you mean and I sympathize, but you have to admit that this movie is a bit more cheesy than others that have been put out at the time or even previous to this one. This movie came out in 1965 and I've seen movies from the 40s and 50s that had better effects and storylines than this one. That's not to say this is a bad movie, just that it could have been made better with the technology in filmmaking they already had when it was made. One example I noticed was their viewscreens look like just any special effect they could find to paste together that didn't really mean anything or look like anything it was meant to depict. It's a patchwork job, but I don't let that stop me from enjoying the movie anyway for the story, which itself was missing some context. It's not a bad movie, but could have been made better, that's all.
This film was produced on a budget of $35,000.00 The same year Irwin Allen produced the original pilot for Lost in Space, No Place to Hide, for $600,000.00 The most expensive TV pilot ever made up to that time.
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt 0900am 18.10.23 and we assume irwin allen is kindda rough and ready and the acme of down at heel presentations.... maybe he just tried to make his work seem that way - at a price? shame. i have lost some of my love for irwin allen presentations. the remake of Poseidon Adventure wasn't half bad, though... i'm taking a break from job search. i'm gonna watch this whilst my bread dough proves...
Shout out to FILMIX! Thank you for uploading this gem of a classic. I am a great fan of Sci Fi. and never saw this movie in its entirety. I just saw some excerpts from the final scenes in the corridors. For 1965 the Spaceship interior designs, exterior shots of space with the ships engine active with fire, the space suit designs the environments the hero go thorough are really on the very high quality level. Also the sound effects used here are from great Sci-Fi classics like Forbidden Planet with Leslie Nilson, Star Trek with William Shattner. This movie deserves to be restored for posterity of movie history and how uniquely Sci-Fi ideas were perceived at that time. A lot of the comments under neath are funny and I can get why for someone who does not understand and get this movie, especially the younger generations. If they only knew how crappy garbage of majority of the movies are today. Again thank you for this rare and unique movie that transcends viewers like me into an imaginary world away from today's insanity. Much better than drugs that eventually destroy your life. Cheers.
Really? I think it is not really that good. As pointed out in another comment "2001" by Kubrick is around the same time. The comparison is pretty damning.
don't look at how crappy other movies are. look at what "we" knew back then. the available technology. no internet. computers? well, kind of. knowledge about Mars? Meh. Life outside our planet? Whatever the imagination could come up with. It's difficult to watch this movie and experience it from a history perspective. But if we try, it makes much more sense.
Note the wall-clock in the first minutes - year 1975 landing on Mars. Well, that spaceship DID look awfully capable ! Impressive theramin soudtrack ! The head Martian is, who else but John Carradine. His monologue is the film's high point.
It's really the only thing of interest about the movie, except maybe the big-eared robot at the entry to the city. He was of mild interest as well as mild horror.
@@joanfrellburg4901 Possibly so. BTW, are you familiar with _The Angry Red Planet_ ? Another true low-budget but watchable Mars exploration film. From the 'pedia: "reportedly had an initial production budget of only $200,000 and was given just nine days to film ..." Of course, NOTHING comes close to the ultra-low-budget _Teenagers from Outer Space_ , which is also actually watchable, despite its $14,000 budget (also released in 1959, like TARP).
@@thereisnospoon277 Oh, how embarrassing! You are correct! By way of excuse, I often run a quick background check on such obscure actors as Eve Bernhardt. On occasion my synaptical wires get crossed and....well...I get exposed for the fraud that I am. But seriously, errors like this do happen. My apologies for her dying 9 years earlier than I stated. 😋
While 2014 is correct for the lady's death. Hope she had a good life and, while one usually does not think of it quite like I do, the sooner you die, the sooner you come back. Hope she has a great life next time too.
Hey, for a low budget Science Fiction from almost 60 years ago I am impressed. The funky things they did to produce that "other world" effect made this film very watchable. Lots of things to criticize of course but I let my critic license expire so I will just keep my comments to myself. Thanks for the upload FILMIX!
Literally laughed out loud when they suggested keeping their suits at the same pressure as the Martian atmosphere. They'd be dead in seconds - had visions of Arnold Schwarzenneger in Total Recall
At least they were able to dodge the Spaceballs before landing. BTW, there are outside scenes where the colors are just like those in photos taken by the Perseverance rover. Other films went with only red, but this one adds the grayish blue. I also heard recycled "tonalities" from "Forbidden Planet" when they meet the alien who resembles a "Star Trek" Ferengi.
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt 0854am 18.10.23 literally laughed out loud when it became apparent that the wizard of oz guy helped create the wizard of mars skit... well, almost laughed out loud... ummmmm.... it's garbage day today. is this gonna be quite telling in the cinema stakes?
I like how their navigation screens are oriented -North,South,East,and West. Once they left the magnetic field of Earth, Those terms would not be used.
I worked in Hollywood as a title designer, and that image is know as a field chart and it was never intended to be seen on screen. It was used to visualize film elements, titles or subtitles for placement. In the days before computers and the ability to easily overlay images one on top of another, this chart was used to help the director or title designer accurately place the title where they wanted it on the film. They still use them, but now it is all done on computer instead of transparencies.
@JimiHendrix-es4lv Heh heh heh ~ it may be the same dude/account, but I've replied with your words to the statement "gern" offered, on 3 or 4 other films... And one of mine received this: "Maybe the greatest movie comment reply ever made..." 🎉😂🎉
I remember this movie from when I was young. It was one of those Sunday matinee things on TV. I thought there was more to it than John Carradine's speech. Really there's not. He makes a speech, they reset the clock, the place collapses. I had forgotten that they all got time-teleported back to their ship.
I watched this to pass some time but found it very watchable and quite well done for such a limited budget. It generated some eerieness and some tension. Thanks for posting this!
A classic movie of early science fiction. I love the fact that in the start of the movie they use many photos from the 200 inch Hale Telescope. Now a days these photos can be taken with amateur astrophotographers and look mush better because of updated digital photography. I know because I get better results in my back yard.
@@luthermcgee3767 Same. I remember watching the movie as a child, Sunday afternoon matinee. I remembered part of the Wizard's speech, and the big clock thing they had to fix. That's about it. I'd forgotten Big Ears. The rest of the movie was entirely boring and forgettable.
This wasn't the beloved turn of the century author L. Frank Baum, but the name that the actor insisted they use, out of embarrassment when he saw the final cut of this film. His real name was Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Even so the movie had its nods to the Wizard of Oz. The female character is named Dorothy and they follow a "yellow brick road" of a sort part of the way to their destination.
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt 0913am 18.10.23 aspects of this reminded me of the even more cost priced baron prasil - when he was scouting out the moon....
They used to play this movie on TV on Sunday matinees and maybe late night horror shows (like Elvira only with back-then hosts). I was looking for this movie forever but couldn't remember the name. Just now tonight I finally got to see it again. It must have been 50 years.
@@protorhinocerator142 Comments on ‘The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt’ 0717am 19.10.23 nice colour scheme with this. not as tacky a movie as most of the genre... even the use of film, i wonder if they cross processed the fil/developer to produce that nice lomo effect....?
Looks like something I 'D HAVE PAID TO SEE IN A THEATER BACK WHEN I was 10. Not since Sata Clause Conquers The Martians have I BEEN SO ENTHRALLED..And that musical score...
I am 75 and have been a sci fi fan for as far back as I can remember. While the huge budget no expense too high movies can be fantastic to watch, I find that the we ain't got no money, scientifically inaccurate, cheesy props and special effects, and with no name casts ones can be just as entertaining. This is not one of them.
It cost $35,000! It is remarkable what they accomplished on such a small budget The canal scenes and the desert under a red sky really look alien. Even the action of the pendulum in the time capturing machine has a spooky appearance. Well done. If I had a criticism, it would be the wooden acting, but what the heck, the actors wouldn't have been paid much on that budget!
That's still my vote for best SF film, ever. That's because it was based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest," it introduced the first robot with a real personality, and it directly inspired "Star Trek."@@timg6930
One of the best sci fi film was the 1956 earth vs flying saucers . The dialogue was amazing and the concept of how the flying machines worked still to this day is a sound description of how they may actually work .amazing
I thought I was really on a spaceship orbiting Mars. If this flick wasn’t tacky it wouldn’t be entertaining. The fact that it was before we left Earths orbit makes it educational in that it’s basically what we thought it might be like with 60’s technology being the only limitation of our imaginations. Priceless
Tacky is a poor choice of words, the budget was 33 thousand dollars. except for the cave and volcanic activity the back drop is very similar to what mars actually looks like.
I'm getting into these thanks to my grandfather and my parents, their gone but I keep their memory alive watching flicks like these , so much fun watching movies that have never been seen before , I'm only 31 so you can say I was born too late 😞
I love these treasures of science fiction past. Yes we can go on about tech, walking through miles of sand while worried about running out of oxygen and so many other things but it's a 1965 B movie, not a documentary! To be enjoyed as such. I watch it with the same kind of thoughts the Rifftrax guys would narrate, never stops giving!
I wish I knew more about this film. It sucks but it's got some interesting things. Those are real military pressure suits - they're too well designed and equiped and this thing didn't have the budget to make anything like them. The locations were interesting too. It looked like they found a series of springs with dried minerals, and the cave was real too, so where the hell did they shoot this, and how did they get those suits?
I believe they filmed those scenes around Trona California and Searles lake. Absolutely amazing place. I was lucky to visit it for a mineral collecting trip.
The pressure suits could have been aquired from Holloman Air Force Base which is very near Carlsbad caverns. Just a thought. I been in Carlsbad caverns over a dozen times and that cave scene looks very familiar. Only lit with standard lighting instead of the colored lighting thats actually in the caverns to make them look pretty for the tourists. Also white sands is next to Holloman afb.
I think they filmed the desert scenes in Nevada I'm not sure. The special effects and imagery in this movie were made possible by the newly developed optical printer which the director made use of
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt it's world okapi day so... akin to never bother to double back when yer stranded on mars (or the moon, for that matter) don't bother to take a second glance at... the okapi. who is ok as he is or was.... seesm they're destroying him.... ummmmmmmmmmmm... what to do - go listen to o sees or thee o sees or watch the dorm that dripped blood? that's a toughie.
Back in the 1970s, WBFF in Baltimore showed certain ultra crappy cheap sci Fi flicks not made by American International or Universal which other local uhf stations didn't This and "Creation of the Humanoids" were among them. I wonder if the films were made available for airing by the station at a cheaper deal than the more well known and popular films made by the major studios. The station's budget might have made it necessary. This flick is lousy as hell yet enjoyable for some odd reason I can't put my finger on! Just goes to show ya never know, in show biz. Thanks for this!
1:43 Just wondering how those shock absorbers on the seat-backs are supposed to work. Separate shocks for the actual seat part? Only your back needs absorption? I have so many questions. Earlier I saw a bit of flame and wispy smoke coming from a rocket that looked about as powerful as a candle. Oh, how I love this stuff! These films need to be kept alive!
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt. 18.10.23. If they ever try to blame others for the films I watch nor whinge about the choice of cinematic genre or suggest I'm being forced to watch these films. You can tell them to : Fuck off.
No, I disagree. The actors are extras from the renowned Plank School of Acting. Fairly expressionless. Just wait for the next cue line. Worked a treat in this ghastly film.
John Carradine was good, but he was basically reading a monologue. The rest were very forgettable and replaceable. Delete two of the astronauts and the movie hasn't changed.
When I see movies this bad I always feel an odd admiration of some kind. Like it takes a certain amount of courage to actually commit to something like this.
Incredible how many sci-fi movies use the sound effects from The Forbidden Planet. Same when Star Wars came out; loads of films utilising the laser sounds, etc., from that library.
I was 5 back then, Mars was still unknown, many people really thought there were aliens from Mars, even the moon was mysterious back then, at least the darkside.
I have an old VHS copy of this, but it is called, "The Horrors of Mars" I love how in the last scenes in the pendulum room, you can see the stage tech in the catwalk, pushing it to make it swing. 😅
13:30 -- 13:34 " ... is there?" This is a terrific line, delivered perfectly, and seems scientifically possible due to atmospheric pressure, but it also sounds like someone suggesting that "reversing the polarity" will work.
We need to recalibrate the holo-emitters. In high school I convinced some girl that if you reverse the polarity on a toaster you can un-burn your bread. REALLY?
@@kiwitrainguy You need to turn the de-synchopation buffer 180 degrees. Then is resequences the order of the polarity changes. That's like my friend Bob. I can always tell when he calls. If someone else calls it's ring-pause-ring-pause. When Bob calls me it's pause-ring-pause-ring. So I know it's him.
I liked the characters in this, except for the trigger-happy ways of the young man. It's a bit slow, but I like the ending. Shout out to John Carradine.
The swinging pendulum brings back memories. Really surprised that I found this. Almost dismissed it until I scanned various scenes and came upon the monologue near the end. I didn't understand it as a kid, and though I get it now, I recognize it for what it is -- B-movie plot from bygone times.
Mayday, mayday, can you build another ship, train a crew and come help us out maybe in the next couple of years or so? At least it's mildly amusing so far.
Well that was an interesting watch not really what i expected, and the connection to L F Baum's OZ stories is very teneous if indeed there is a connection. In saying that this was still an enjoyable watch especially when Mr Carradine turned up thank you for posting.
This is the kind of movie that you took a girl to a drive-in to see and watched from the back seat. The only way to view this thing. With your eyes shut.
Amazing that places on Mars have cobwebs, presumably made by spiders. David Bowie was right all along!
You mean Ziggy, right?
@@erroneous6947 Yes! - That's what I should have said. 👍
Dave Bowie and the Spiders From Mars
He'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds. 🎵🎶✌️😎👍
@@zzzzzzzzzz995 😄🚀👍Nice.
A number of the comments here are perhaps expressed by those who simply do not "get It". Understandable for a generation fed on CGI, and special effects rather than a good story, which movies generally today so lack. Indeed! This film is a gem, and just to hear the dialogue by John Carradine is a real treat. Our current influx of science fiction is composed of some pretty amazing special effect, but sadly lack real fleshed out characters and gifted actors with real acting abilities, and distinctive voices...something the early films, such as this one's era, had an abundance of. It take more than just the dreariness of constant explosions, action characters battling one another, and predictable story lines to make science fiction an art form worth preserving. These older films, and TV series of that time, need to be preserved, not just for the sake of entertainment, but to bring back the atmosphere, and sense of wonder that science fiction was meant to be, and to simply show what makes the films, and TV programmes of this era rare and unique. Thank you for bringing The Wizard of Mars back to those who can appreciate it!
My sentiments exactly
I know what you mean and I sympathize, but you have to admit that this movie is a bit more cheesy than others that have been put out at the time or even previous to this one. This movie came out in 1965 and I've seen movies from the 40s and 50s that had better effects and storylines than this one. That's not to say this is a bad movie, just that it could have been made better with the technology in filmmaking they already had when it was made. One example I noticed was their viewscreens look like just any special effect they could find to paste together that didn't really mean anything or look like anything it was meant to depict. It's a patchwork job, but I don't let that stop me from enjoying the movie anyway for the story, which itself was missing some context. It's not a bad movie, but could have been made better, that's all.
I agree with what you said 100%@@glenjennett
No academy awards here. 🎥🍿😱
Well said and I'm saving this ✔️
This film was produced on a budget of $35,000.00
The same year Irwin Allen produced the original pilot for Lost in Space, No Place to Hide, for $600,000.00
The most expensive TV pilot ever made up to that time.
What they do with the other $30,000?
@@stutzbearcat5624 LOL
LOL. Actually - the space ship and the ROBOT were pretty damn good looking ! I wanted my own room on the lower level. @@stutzbearcat5624
I heard the 1st pilot episode for star trek the cage was made for $600,000
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt 0900am 18.10.23 and we assume irwin allen is kindda rough and ready and the acme of down at heel presentations.... maybe he just tried to make his work seem that way - at a price? shame. i have lost some of my love for irwin allen presentations. the remake of Poseidon Adventure wasn't half bad, though... i'm taking a break from job search. i'm gonna watch this whilst my bread dough proves...
Shout out to FILMIX! Thank you for uploading this gem of a classic. I am a great fan of Sci Fi. and never saw this movie in its entirety. I just saw some excerpts from the final scenes in the corridors. For 1965 the Spaceship interior designs, exterior shots of space with the ships engine active with fire, the space suit designs the environments the hero go thorough are really on the very high quality level. Also the sound effects used here are from great Sci-Fi classics like Forbidden Planet with Leslie Nilson, Star Trek with William Shattner. This movie deserves to be restored for posterity of movie history and how uniquely Sci-Fi ideas were perceived at that time. A lot of the comments under neath are funny and I can get why for someone who does not understand and get this movie, especially the younger generations. If they only knew how crappy garbage of majority of the movies are today. Again thank you for this rare and unique movie that transcends viewers like me into an imaginary world away from today's insanity. Much better than drugs that eventually destroy your life. Cheers.
Почему не полетели на Марс?
Really? I think it is not really that good. As pointed out in another comment "2001" by Kubrick is around the same time. The comparison is pretty damning.
@@ScottLSimon прогресс закончился в 1969 году!
1965 move was made before Star Trek which was on TV in 1966.
don't look at how crappy other movies are. look at what "we" knew back then. the available technology. no internet. computers? well, kind of. knowledge about Mars? Meh. Life outside our planet? Whatever the imagination could come up with. It's difficult to watch this movie and experience it from a history perspective. But if we try, it makes much more sense.
14:48 “…we haven’t seen any signs of life…” Right when they walk past a shrub.
Plants dont count.
Proof that science fiction writers failed science back in highschool 😂
@@thepab3072They had to learn in science class that plants are alive? Even someone who fails science knows at least THAT much!
And those serpentine things? They seemed more curious than dangerous.
@@luthermcgee3767 The most dangerous creature in that scene was the cretin with a gun, shooting at his own boat.
As we emerged after the fourth day from the firey depths of Mars we could only guess at how long we had wandered there.!!! Brilliant
Ed Wood would approve.
lol....classic.
🤣
Ummm, I'm guessing 4 days???
😂😂😂😂
Note the wall-clock in the first minutes - year 1975 landing on Mars.
Well, that spaceship DID look awfully capable !
Impressive theramin soudtrack !
The head Martian is, who else but John Carradine. His monologue is the film's high point.
Pretty much the only point of the whole movie.
The only "horror" portion was the creepy martian telepath at the entrance to the city.
Clock always at 10 minutes to nine.
That high point is not very high.
Monologue went on FAR too long.
I slept through it.
Love the 60's electronic blips and noises which sound exactly like tuning my Shortwave Receiver back then.
I'd like to know the source of audio for when 1930s Flash Gordon spaceships are flying because I KNOW I've heard that sound on shortwave.
More than likely, it was a shortwave radio. They also had access to theremins in those days.
Similar sounds to what were used on Star Trek.
Thank you FILMIX for uploading this fantastic Sci-Fi Horror movie, I really appreciate it!
Epic monologue from John Carradine.
Yes very much so! Redeems the whole movie
It's really the only thing of interest about the movie, except maybe the big-eared robot at the entry to the city.
He was of mild interest as well as mild horror.
This movie cries out for the RiffTrax treatment! They used to run this one a lot on my local TV station as an afternoon movie back in the early 70's.
The Mads just did it. Loop up dumbindustries
The Mads just did it. Loop up dumbindustries
Loved how the spacecraft had seats with no cushions and no safety belts, but the ship had artificial gravity.
Two years later they made seat belts, padded dashes, mandatory in all space craft.
@@joanfrellburg4901 As a direct result of this film! ;)
And no windows.
@@josepherhardt164 Yes the only film made that year, in the one studio Hollywood had at the time. :-)
@@joanfrellburg4901 Possibly so. BTW, are you familiar with _The Angry Red Planet_ ? Another true low-budget but watchable Mars exploration film. From the 'pedia: "reportedly had an initial production budget of only $200,000 and was given just nine days to film ..."
Of course, NOTHING comes close to the ultra-low-budget _Teenagers from Outer Space_ , which is also actually watchable, despite its $14,000 budget (also released in 1959, like TARP).
Gosh how I miss those great days, and B-Movies that entertained, excited, and left us with a feeling of Hope at the end. 👍👍 5🌟
You mean hope FOR "The End."
No, I meant what I wrote. You're taking it out of context @@HC-cb4yp
Unlike today's, US politics😒!!!
I agree 👍👍
This didn't make it to "B" movie. 😬
I don't know the fate of the three male actors, but the female actress is still alive, as of September, 2023. She is 92 years old.
Cool trivia 😎
LOL 😆
Are you sure? According to IMDB and Google, Eve Bernhardt passed away in 2014 at age 83.
@@thereisnospoon277 Oh, how embarrassing! You are correct! By way of excuse, I often run a quick background check on such obscure actors as Eve Bernhardt. On occasion my synaptical wires get crossed and....well...I get exposed for the fraud that I am. But seriously, errors like this do happen. My apologies for her dying 9 years earlier than I stated. 😋
While 2014 is correct for the lady's death. Hope she had a good life and, while one usually does not think of it quite like I do, the sooner you die, the sooner you come back. Hope she has a great life next time too.
Don't feel too bad about the mistake according to this movie Frank Baum either wrote it or starred in it decades after he died.
Hey, for a low budget Science Fiction from almost 60 years ago I am impressed. The funky things they did to produce that "other world" effect made this film very watchable. Lots of things to criticize of course but I let my critic license expire so I will just keep my comments to myself. Thanks for the upload FILMIX!
Stock footage from " War Of The Satellites " produced and directed by the great Rodger Corman .❤😊
Same ship and some footage from the doomsday machine
@@jimamizzi1 I missed that bit, having not seen it. Thanks
This movie came out in 1965 the doomsday machine was released in 1975
@@Jeffrey314159 And now I know why I missed that bit.🛸
Literally laughed out loud when they suggested keeping their suits at the same pressure as the Martian atmosphere. They'd be dead in seconds - had visions of Arnold Schwarzenneger in Total Recall
Agreed. The atmospheric pressure on Mars is 6 milibars compared to earth's AP being 600 milibars.
At least they were able to dodge the Spaceballs before landing. BTW, there are outside scenes where the colors are just like those in photos taken by the Perseverance rover. Other films went with only red, but this one adds the grayish blue. I also heard recycled "tonalities" from "Forbidden Planet" when they meet the alien who resembles a "Star Trek" Ferengi.
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt 0854am 18.10.23 literally laughed out loud when it became apparent that the wizard of oz guy helped create the wizard of mars skit... well, almost laughed out loud... ummmmm.... it's garbage day today. is this gonna be quite telling in the cinema stakes?
@@luthermcgee3767 So your told.
@@telx2010 , SO YOURE TOLD!
Now you know why movies like 2001, Forbidden Planet and Star Wars made such a splash
I like how their navigation screens are oriented -North,South,East,and West. Once they left the magnetic field of Earth, Those terms would not be used.
I worked in Hollywood as a title designer, and that image is know as a field chart and it was never intended to be seen on screen. It was used to visualize film elements, titles or subtitles for placement. In the days before computers and the ability to easily overlay images one on top of another, this chart was used to help the director or title designer accurately place the title where they wanted it on the film. They still use them, but now it is all done on computer instead of transparencies.
What do you know about space travel PEASANT?
Never get lost with a navigation graticule with n,e,s,w on it.
Nothing on TH-cam beats a classic Sci-Fi movie like this one!
I absolutely love it when a film is set way in the future in the YEAR OF 1975??!?!!!
52:55 -- That alien creature was also used in "Space Probe Taurus." He reminds me of a guy from my high school days.
I knew it 🤗 , thanks buddy 👌
Space probe Uranus more like.
@@Buster_Pilesbozo 🤡
Probably the greatest movie ever made.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Probably the greatest comment ever made.
Undoubtedly TRUE 😁🤣
@JimiHendrix-es4lv
Heh heh heh ~ it may be the same dude/account, but I've replied with your words to the statement "gern" offered, on 3 or 4 other films...
And one of mine received this:
"Maybe the greatest movie comment reply ever made..."
🎉😂🎉
@@ZENmud It's called 'Sarcasm'.
How to turn a ten-minute story into a 77-minute film. Make the "actors" do a lot of walking.
"Walking!"
"Rock climbing!"
"Deep Hurting!"
A strategy later brought to its peak by The Walking Dead.
I remember this movie from when I was young. It was one of those Sunday matinee things on TV.
I thought there was more to it than John Carradine's speech. Really there's not.
He makes a speech, they reset the clock, the place collapses.
I had forgotten that they all got time-teleported back to their ship.
@@ian_bThe worst tv series ever.
Low-budget filmmaking 101. If you haven't got money to build sets, film your actors walking through a forest or desert.
John Carradine. Classy.
I watched this to pass some time but found it very watchable and quite well done for such a limited budget. It generated some eerieness and some tension. Thanks for posting this!
And for its time it is impressive.
A classic movie of early science fiction. I love the fact that in the start of the movie they use many photos from the 200 inch Hale Telescope. Now a days these photos can be taken with amateur astrophotographers and look mush better because of updated digital photography. I know because I get better results in my back yard.
Better shots of *Mars* ?!!
Wowie..
1965 is not early. Sci-Fi movies were made in the 1950s that were far better than this!
That sand gets into everything. Those that do hate sand are wise.
Surprisingly watchable. Thank you. Loved the guy with the big ears!
The guy with the big ears is what brought me here. I wanted to see the movie again after 50 years to fill in gaps.
@@luthermcgee3767 Same. I remember watching the movie as a child, Sunday afternoon matinee.
I remembered part of the Wizard's speech, and the big clock thing they had to fix. That's about it.
I'd forgotten Big Ears. The rest of the movie was entirely boring and forgettable.
@@protorhinocerator142 , yes, some of it was easy to forget- I had forgotten about the clock thing altogether.
Thats the ship's propeller
Watchable so long as you closed your eyes and dozed off.
L. Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz and died in 1919.
This wasn't the beloved turn of the century author L. Frank Baum, but the name that the actor insisted they use, out of embarrassment when he saw the final cut of this film. His real name was Edgar Rice Burroughs.
@@laikapupkino1767 😆
I'm glad I scrolled down before making the same point.
Me too.
Even so the movie had its nods to the Wizard of Oz. The female character is named Dorothy and they follow a "yellow brick road" of a sort part of the way to their destination.
I've never seen this film before, I thought it was very good for 1965. Thank you so much for the upload. Bless you 🙏🤗❤️🖖✌️
2001: A Space Odyssey was in production in 1965 and would set a new level of quality for sci-fi films
I'm so glad to know that the hair-styles of
the future will return to the hairdos of the
square adults of the mid-1960s!! 🥳 😳
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt 0913am 18.10.23 aspects of this reminded me of the even more cost priced baron prasil - when he was scouting out the moon....
They used to play this movie on TV on Sunday matinees and maybe late night horror shows (like Elvira only with back-then hosts).
I was looking for this movie forever but couldn't remember the name. Just now tonight I finally got to see it again. It must have been 50 years.
@@protorhinocerator142 Comments on ‘The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt’ 0717am 19.10.23 nice colour scheme with this. not as tacky a movie as most of the genre... even the use of film, i wonder if they cross processed the fil/developer to produce that nice lomo effect....?
UGH! That was painful to watch. Fell asleep a few times, but didn’t miss a thing.
SPACE monitor: North, South, East, West :)))
I know. I laughed to myself when I saw that.
@@PunchBuggyDreams Space must be flat LOL
@@johnkean6852yeah to make it accurate they should have added up and down 😉
@@Sashazur : )
Good ole Classic Sci-Fi ....⭐️⭐️⭐️
I've trying to find this film for decades. Thanks!
"The Human Duplicaters" is pretty good , came out in 1967 I believe 👌
Looks like something I 'D HAVE PAID TO SEE IN A THEATER BACK WHEN I was 10. Not since Sata Clause Conquers The Martians have I BEEN SO ENTHRALLED..And that musical score...
I am 75 and have been a sci fi fan for as far back as I can remember. While the huge budget no expense too high movies can be fantastic to watch, I find that the we ain't got no money, scientifically inaccurate, cheesy props and special effects, and with no name casts ones can be just as entertaining. This is not one of them.
Space Periscopes FTW!
On board gravity - the hidden technology that shaves 30% (or more) off every SciFi movie budget.
We are going to Mars, aren't planning on running into anyone or even landing. However we still packed guns :P
And rubber life rafts
@@kellyadams3078 And paddles.
No flame throwers, though, they discovered the need for those in the 80's
It cost $35,000! It is remarkable what they accomplished on such a small budget The canal scenes and the desert under a red sky really look alien. Even the action of the pendulum in the time capturing machine has a spooky appearance. Well done. If I had a criticism, it would be the wooden acting, but what the heck, the actors wouldn't have been paid much on that budget!
🤔 You're damned right about their Budget being small...Even for the 1965 economy 😮!!!
Most of their cash went to pay for those space suits.
@@theeclectic2919 Yes, they were anomalously good. I suspect they were left over from a better movie, such as Destination Moon.
$35,000 flushed down the toilet.
@@Hugh7777they look exactly like test pilot suits, maybe they were
Love how all the lightning bolts are the same one- beauty!!!
It was fun to watch and see how science fiction/horror was created and became a genre.
Go watch Forbidden Planet (1956)
@@timg6930 ...fancy!
That's still my vote for best SF film, ever. That's because it was based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest," it introduced the first robot with a real personality, and it directly inspired "Star Trek."@@timg6930
The horror and sci if genre was well established by 1965!
One of the best sci fi film was the 1956 earth vs flying saucers . The dialogue was amazing and the concept of how the flying machines worked still to this day is a sound description of how they may actually work .amazing
Got to love how a gun is the answer to problems
This is the greatest classic sci-fi space movie ever🧑🚀👽👏👏👏
Said no-one ever.
"Is that Mars, Bruno?"
"No that's Mars, Candy..."
I thought I was really on a spaceship orbiting Mars. If this flick wasn’t tacky it wouldn’t be entertaining. The fact that it was before we left Earths orbit makes it educational in that it’s basically what we thought it might be like with 60’s technology being the only limitation of our imaginations. Priceless
ditto
Tacky is a poor choice of words, the budget was 33 thousand dollars. except for the cave and volcanic activity the back drop is very similar to what mars actually looks like.
19:16 “I’ve never seen ANYTHING so BEAUTIFUL!” Cut to heaps of dripping turds. Then cut to dude looking around like “WTF is she TALKING about???”
My favorite quote from the movie. "Isn't there any place on this planet that isn't a death trap." 27:08
When they were walking into that cave they should’ve come across the Mars musician playing the vibraphone!😀
Oh he is good! Stalactite Music! Or is it Stalacmite Music?
@@navelriverI learned as a kid: stalaGmite comes up from the Ground, stalaCtite hangs from the Ceiling.
The Time Travelers of the previous year was actually very good, that's the one to watch.
A Pretty Great Movie!! Can't believe I haven't seen it before.
I'm getting into these thanks to my grandfather and my parents, their gone but I keep their memory alive watching flicks like these , so much fun watching movies that have never been seen before , I'm only 31 so you can say I was born too late 😞
I love these treasures of science fiction past. Yes we can go on about tech, walking through miles of sand while worried about running out of oxygen and so many other things but it's a 1965 B movie, not a documentary! To be enjoyed as such. I watch it with the same kind of thoughts the Rifftrax guys would narrate, never stops giving!
I wish I knew more about this film. It sucks but it's got some interesting things. Those are real military pressure suits - they're too well designed and equiped and this thing didn't have the budget to make anything like them. The locations were interesting too. It looked like they found a series of springs with dried minerals, and the cave was real too, so where the hell did they shoot this, and how did they get those suits?
I believe they filmed those scenes around Trona California and Searles lake. Absolutely amazing place. I was lucky to visit it for a mineral collecting trip.
The pressure suits could have been aquired from Holloman Air Force Base which is very near Carlsbad caverns. Just a thought. I been in Carlsbad caverns over a dozen times and that cave scene looks very familiar. Only lit with standard lighting instead of the colored lighting thats actually in the caverns to make them look pretty for the tourists. Also white sands is next to Holloman afb.
I think they filmed the desert scenes in Nevada I'm not sure. The special effects and imagery in this movie were made possible by the newly developed optical printer which the director made use of
considering the 33 ,000.00 dollar budget I think they were pretty creative.
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt it's world okapi day so... akin to never bother to double back when yer stranded on mars (or the moon, for that matter) don't bother to take a second glance at... the okapi. who is ok as he is or was.... seesm they're destroying him.... ummmmmmmmmmmm... what to do - go listen to o sees or thee o sees or watch the dorm that dripped blood? that's a toughie.
Back in the 1970s, WBFF in Baltimore showed certain ultra crappy cheap sci Fi flicks not made by American International or Universal which other local uhf stations didn't This and "Creation of the Humanoids" were among them. I wonder if the films were made available for airing by the station at a cheaper deal than the more well known and popular films made by the major studios. The station's budget might have made it necessary. This flick is lousy as hell yet enjoyable for some odd reason I can't put my finger on! Just goes to show ya never know, in show biz. Thanks for this!
Herman Munster's boss Mr. Gateman is the Wizard of Mars.
Classic horror film actor John Carradine always gave a wonderful performance.
1:43 Just wondering how those shock absorbers on the seat-backs are supposed to work. Separate shocks for the actual seat part? Only your back needs absorption? I have so many questions. Earlier I saw a bit of flame and wispy smoke coming from a rocket that looked about as powerful as a candle. Oh, how I love this stuff! These films need to be kept alive!
The best part of this movie is in it's last 20 minutes, in the 3rd act where it becomes good science fiction
LOL! I was thinking the same thing! great story with no budget.
The Wizard of Mars (1965) | SCI-FI HORROR MOVIE | L. Frank Baum - Armando Busick - David L. Hewitt. 18.10.23. If they ever try to blame others for the films I watch nor whinge about the choice of cinematic genre or suggest I'm being forced to watch these films. You can tell them to : Fuck off.
It can NEVER be a good SCI-FI movie without a Theremin in the background!
"We haven't seen any signs of life."
As they pass by tumble weeds and scrub brush...
Killing those innocent worms, while they were just being curious about new arrivals
Why does the title of the movie say "Horrors of the Red Planet" while your video title is "The Wizard of Mars"?
Yeah I noticed that too, but then I realized it really doesn’t matter. Same movie either way. 😃
As a watchmaking instructor, imagine my delight at the ending! Thank you Filmix!!!
That’s funny!
That was the best part of the movie.
It is utterly horrible, but I am tied in chair being forced to watch it for not picking a better one.
They made this back before acting was invented.
No, I disagree. The actors are extras from the renowned Plank School of Acting. Fairly expressionless. Just wait for the next cue line. Worked a treat in this ghastly film.
@@divaden47The horror
You guys are confusing my enjoyment of this documentary
John Carradine was good, but he was basically reading a monologue.
The rest were very forgettable and replaceable. Delete two of the astronauts and the movie hasn't changed.
"Hey, guys! Ya wanna be in s movie?" The woman is especially bad.
Definitely OLD SCHOOL classic Sci Fi!
When I see movies this bad I always feel an odd admiration of some kind. Like it takes a certain amount of courage to actually commit to something like this.
It had a budget of 33 thousand dollars so I think they did a decent job.
Better than anything Ed Wood would've done.
Incredible how many sci-fi movies use the sound effects from The Forbidden Planet. Same when Star Wars came out; loads of films utilising the laser sounds, etc., from that library.
Wow, guy is rowing in side that cave and they not moving one inch. Low budget movies of the time🤦♂️. Nice to see the tech at the time.
The soundtrack sounds passing for musical backdrop are extatic. From the beginning it's almost proto TG and NON. Fabulous.
I was 5 back then, Mars was still unknown, many people really thought there were aliens from Mars, even the moon was mysterious back then, at least the darkside.
Actually, it's all dark.
--Pink Floyd
I presume that you know that there is no dark side, just a side that we never see from Earth.
@@Tony-d4t3jI think that's what is meant, dark from our perspective.
If only there was more dialog. That's what this movie needed.
I am pleasantly surprised by this one.
Try the 1967 horror film "The Vulture" , pretty cool 👍
I have an old VHS copy of this, but it is called, "The Horrors of Mars" I love how in the last scenes in the pendulum room, you can see the stage tech in the catwalk, pushing it to make it swing. 😅
Sooo… This is The Wizard of Mars, or… Horrors of the Red Planet?? 😂 Love it!
13:30 -- 13:34 " ... is there?" This is a terrific line, delivered perfectly, and seems scientifically possible due to atmospheric pressure, but it also sounds like someone suggesting that "reversing the polarity" will work.
We need to recalibrate the holo-emitters.
In high school I convinced some girl that if you reverse the polarity on a toaster you can un-burn your bread.
REALLY?
@@protorhinocerator142 Pity that toasters run on AC current where the polarity changes 50 or 60 times a second.😅
@@kiwitrainguy You need to turn the de-synchopation buffer 180 degrees. Then is resequences the order of the polarity changes.
That's like my friend Bob. I can always tell when he calls. If someone else calls it's ring-pause-ring-pause. When Bob calls me it's pause-ring-pause-ring.
So I know it's him.
@@protorhinocerator142ooh smooth, I’ll bet you got to make out after that lol!
I love how their periscope views have marked grids with N/S/E/W coordinates. In outer space?
I liked the characters in this, except for the trigger-happy ways of the young man. It's a bit slow, but I like the ending. Shout out to John Carradine.
The swinging pendulum brings back memories. Really surprised that I found this. Almost dismissed it until I scanned various scenes and came upon the monologue near the end. I didn't understand it as a kid, and though I get it now, I recognize it for what it is -- B-movie plot from bygone times.
Mayday, mayday, can you build another ship, train a crew and come help us out maybe in the next couple of years or so? At least it's mildly amusing so far.
Well that was an interesting watch not really what i expected, and the connection to L F Baum's OZ stories is very teneous if indeed there is a connection. In saying that this was still an enjoyable watch especially when Mr Carradine turned up thank you for posting.
First thing you do when encountering an alien lifeforms is to shoot them
M1 Carbine. Don't leave home without it.
A Martian day is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds. Using Earth units.
Funny how they have periscopes like a submarine. Hilarious!
Because it's in "The Script"?.. 🤨
@@d7angels19 So, you're saying it's a comedy?
Early on, they're heading into a nebula. I can guarantee~ there's no nebulae anywhere near our entire solar system, let alone at Mars.
Thanks for posting this. Fun to watch.
At 1:59 - The Big Board. Fuzzy flashing lights indicate this space craft has top of the line gadgets.
Very Funny Ziggy and David Spiders from Mars😂
Plus I think those cobwebs were on loan from The Munster's house!
Filmed in PinkoVision!
What? It's communist? Quick inform the House Un-American Activities Commission.
This movie is old but gold .its art.
Thank you so much for the movie
Love the line where he says there`s no sign of life while walking past plants ! 😄😄😄
What is north in space?
The star Polaris?
Love these old films!
The martian cobwebs kill me.
You never heard of Ziggy stardust and the spiders from Mars.
At least one of the characters mentioned that they might not have been made by spiders
One thing in common with all these early science fiction movies is a really sudden ending !
This is the kind of movie that you took a girl to a drive-in to see and watched from the back seat. The only way to view this thing. With your eyes shut.
Yep, and we forget that movies like this were actually kinda 'typical' of the whole Drive-In 'culture' back then.
Yer, you mean both your eyes shut followed by heavy necking and heavy breathing.
Try that in the back seat of the government mandated crap they call cars now. Better stay up front and take a girl that knows how to give a good BJ.
@@thereisnospoon277 bet your mom didn't like that
@@klowen7778which is why they didn’t need to spend much or make it good, nobody’s watching it anyway!
Damn this film for convincing people that the gravity, and temperature are the same as Earths.