{"id":3797,"date":"2007-07-28T19:40:33","date_gmt":"2007-07-29T02:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2021-01-17T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T18:51:56","slug":"cat-women-of-the-moon-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3797","title":{"rendered":"Cat Women of the Moon (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Four of us will be enough. We will get their women under our power, and soon we will rule the whole world!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-63882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-1013x1536.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-1351x2048.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-178x270.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Poster-1-scaled.jpg 1689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nFive astronauts (Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor, William Phipps, and Douglas Fowley) on a trip to the moon discover a colony of man-hating &#8220;cat women&#8221; with psychic powers.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Marie Windsor Films<\/li>\n<li>Mind Control and Hypnosis<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Space Exploration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cat Women of the Moon<\/em> is often cited as one of the definitive &#8220;bad movies&#8221; of the 1950s &#8212; and for good reason. First, its classification as &#8220;sci-fi&#8221; is highly suspect, since, as noted in the AlanSmithee.com review [nb as of 12\/08: now sadly defunct], &#8220;Science has about as much to do with [the film] as leopards have to do with double-entry accounting.&#8221; The dialogue is either laughable (&#8220;We have no use for <em>men<\/em>!&#8221;) or offensive (&#8220;You&#8217;re too smart for me, baby &#8212; I like &#8217;em stupid!&#8221;), and the acting &#8212; even by B-favorite Marie Windsor &#8212; is over-the-top. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-of-the-Moon-Windsor.png 1231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plus, in true &#8220;bad movie&#8221; fashion, the title is misleading: the only association these female aliens have with cats is their skin-tight black suits. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63887\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"size-large wp-image-63887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-May-We-Serve-You.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;May we serve you, Earth men?&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As in the later camp classic <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94\"><em>Queen of Outer Space<\/em> (1958)<\/a>, <em>Cat Women<\/em> is ripe for feminist analysis, with male-hating female aliens eventually either shown the folly of their ways (one falls in love) or destroyed. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hopelessly campy performances by everyone involved<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2-1024x756.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2-1024x756.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Cat-Women-Still2.png 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its status as a campy cult classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0045609\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/catwomen\/index.html\">BadMovies.org Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/cat-women-of-the-moon-1953.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Four of us will be enough. We will get their women under our power, and soon we will rule the whole world!&#8221; Synopsis: Five astronauts (Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor, William Phipps, and Douglas Fowley) on a trip to the moon discover a colony of man-hating &#8220;cat women&#8221; with psychic powers. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aliens Marie Windsor Films Mind Control and Hypnosis Science Fiction Space Exploration Review: Cat Women of the Moon is often cited as one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3797\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3797"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63888,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797\/revisions\/63888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}