Lobster Man from Mars

Jan 29 1989 PG 1h 22m
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Young film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off. The producer screens the film "Lobster Man From Mars". What follows is one of the most bizarre and funny film within-a-film send-ups: Mars suffers from an air leakage, and send the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air. The plot is foiled by a mad scientist, a girl, and an army colonel. The producer buys the movie, but it makes a huge profit and the producer is sent to jail, with the film student taking his place as the studio hot shot.

Plot

Movie mogul J.P. Shelldrake discovers he's in desperate need of a tax write-off to keep the Internal Revenue Service off his back. Young writer, producer and director Stevie Horowitz walks in the studio with his homemade space parody "Lobster Man From Mars". What follows is one of the most bizarre and funny film within-a-film send-ups: Mars suffers from a severe air leakage, and the King of Mars sends the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air. The Lobster Man's plot is foiled by a mad scientist, an army colonel, and a young and innocent woman. Shelldrake buys the movie, which makes a huge profit and sends Shelldrake to tax prison, with Stevie taking his place as the studio mogul.

Written by

Bob Greenberg, Stanley Sheff, Tommy Sledge

Directed by

Stanley Sheff

Cast

Deborah Foreman, S.D. Nemeth, Anthony Hickox

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Electric Pictures

Languages

Français, English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Lobster Man from Mars - trailer
Scores
# of Votes
769
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA