Bad Girls from Mars
A sci-fi slasher spoof about a movie production gone deadly.
Bad Girls from Mars is a 1990 American black comedy science fiction slasher film. It was written by Mark Thomas McGee and directed by Fred Olen Ray. The film stars Edy Williams, Oliver Darrow, Brinke Stevens and Jay Richardson.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Fred Olen Ray
- Producer
- Fred Olen Ray; Grant Austin Waldman
- Screenplay
- Mark Thomas McGee; Fred Olen Ray (as Sherman Scott)
- Starring
- Edy Williams
- Oliver Darrow
- Brinke Stevens
- Jay Richardson
- Music
- Louis Febre; Peter Rotter
- Cinematography
- Gary Graver
- Editing
- Christopher Roth
- Distributor
- Vidmark Entertainment
Facts from the source article.
Production
Fred Olen Ray has stated that the film originated from sets left over from Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death, which were scheduled for demolition. Ray decided to use them for a sword and sorcery film, Wizards of the Demon Sword, shooting two days with actors including Russ Tamblyn. After completing that film in four days, he had five days of camera equipment rental remaining and $19,000 left, prompting him to make another movie, which became Bad Girls from Mars. Inspired by Hollywood Boulevard (1976), he created a story about making a movie. The filmmakers wanted Adam West and Burt Ward, leading to references such as Batgirls from Mars and bat symbols, but those actors were unavailable. Ray notes it was one of the first films to mention Ed Wood. The working title was Emmanuel Goes to Hollywood.
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