arthur_tafero Anything else. This film is kaka. There was a reason this civilization was on the dark side of the moon; it was meant never to be seen. Early sexploitation of sci-fi, exceeded in bad taste only by Flying Saucers Over Istanbul (really, there was a movie by that name; the worst film ever made). Victor Jory was dead three years before this film was made; they just used his corpse...oh wait, that was the talented Victor Jory. Maybe this was another man by the same name.

Idiot-Deluxe "Probably just a touch of Space Madness." "It ain't true, there can't be another world in the bowels of the moon. / That's exactly what it is." Well first of all if you're one who expects to be entertained by the movies you watch, don't expect that here. In light of the over-all lameness of this movie you'd be much better off looking else where."Cat Women of the Moon" is an early entry in the Sci-Fi genre and unfortunately once you get past the snappy title, this film has very little to offer it's audience. As you'll quickly deduce this is a Sci-Fi adventure film of very modest make, it was filmed in black and white on a minimal budget and runs in at just over an hour in length. Having little in the way of frills, Cat Women of the Moon generates very little in terms of excitement or intrigue and ultimately it fails to make much of an impression. Though in it's favor it does star the lovely Mary Winsor (who no doubt was cast because of her distinctive cat-like eyes) and upon it's release in 1953 I have no doubt that this movie was thought of as being "hi-tech" or "cutting-edge", but by the standards of today the outlook is not too favorable, due to the fact that absolutely everything about it looks laughably dated; and to say that it shows it's age (antiquity) is an understatement. Having recently seen this little bit of badly-dated Sci-Fi cheese/throw-away entertainment, it would seem to me that most of it's budget went into the sets and honestly speaking for a low-budget Sci-Fi film from the early 50's they look pretty good, which includes a modestly impressive rocket-ship control-room and an opulent palace set made of white marble columns and a checkerboard floor. The cast of Cat Women of the Moon is capable one, but hardly distinctive, the film features a small gaggle of B-lister's who aren't anything remotely memorable and who are for the most part completely interchangeable, with the exception of the distinctively unique beauty Mary Winsor. If one were to speak of the movies atmosphere and mood Cat Women of the Moon seems to project a cold and sparse atmosphere, which to me has a look and feel to it that is very similar to that of an early black and white episode of Star Trek (which this film predates by several years). For the added element of tension, there is dissension among certain members of the crew and it's chain of command is often in question. Also tucked into the flow of things is the spark of romance, which as you'll see blossoms into a sort of "lunar-based love triangle", which all to predictably involves Mary Winsor's fetching character. If there's one scene that I must mention specifically it would have to be the scene involving the giant lunar spiders. This is some really pathetic stuff right here, first off these so called spiders are hilariously cheap and fake looking and secondly once they've been dropped to the ends of their strings they exhibit very little in the way of movement. Apparently the films director thought by merely adding lots of shrill yelling and lot's commotion (and by underlying the scene with a cartoon "tippy-toe" sound-effect, combined with Bernstein's music which kicks into high-gear), that the sound aspect of the film would distract the viewers attention away from the ridiculously phony-looking giant spiders. In any case, it didn't work and apart from that laughably lame minute's worth of cheap frills, this film has precious few in the way of stand-out scenes.Now on a musical note this movie is great and it's score is easy it's strongest point. For this particular Sci-Fi excursion, it's producers secured the services of the famed Hollywood-maestro Elmer Bernstein (Cat Women of the Moon is only one of several Sci-Fi films he would go on to score throughout his long career) and ultimately Bernstein put together an extremely catchy and impressively varied score. One which, as these ears hear it at least, is way "too good" for this otherwise completely unremarkable movie.Sadly what you have here with "Cat Women of the Moon" is a bad movie (which is also very dated), with great music and going by that logic it would seem that Elmer Bernstein is the films real star.

bensonmum2 Talk about déjà vu. I feel like I've seen this movie several times recently. It may be older than either Missile to the Moon, Queen of Outer Space, or Fire Maidens from Outer Space, but I saw those first. So for me, watching Cat-Women of the Moon is like watching what is essentially the same movie for the fourth time. And despite the familiarity and a whole slew of other weaknesses, I found myself enjoying it. The 2.5 IMDb rating seems a bit harsh – especially when you consider the rating for Missile to the Moon. Not only does Missile to the Moon follow almost the exact same plot, but it appears to even reuse some of the props (giant puppet spiders) from Cat-Women of the Moon.The story – five astronauts blast off for the moon only to meet a race of women whose world is slowly being destroyed. The women (known for some inexplicable reason as Cat-Women in this movie) want to use the astronaut's spaceship to take them to Earth to find a new world to conquer.Maybe I'm just weird, but I get a kick out of some of the same things that a lot of other comments bang on. Weak set design (metal rolling office chairs with a seat belts used in the "spaceship"), poor special effects (once again, the giant puppet spiders), bad acting (could Sonny Tufts be any worse), and bad science (just watch as a cigarette burns on the moon!) – you'll find them all in Cat-Women of the Moon. But it's this naiveté to the whole thing that I can't help but enjoy. It might not be for everyone, but I'll give it a 6/10 even with all its flaws.

yourdeadmeat69 First, I'll swear that it is Charles Bronson doing an uncredited narration in the beginning of this movie, right down to the rolling S's, or Phipps with a nose cold.Well. Such shlock as this became a haven for a bunch of actors now relegated to C movie productions, some of whom didn't deserve that kind of fate. Fowley and Jory were the Western villains you loved to hate, Tufts was a pretty boy up and comer of the forties, you get the drift.Moving right along, don't view this as a movie as much as a time capsule of the fifties, when all girls were either good or bad femme fetales, and male dominance was, well, the macho joke it now shows itself to be.As such, it is right up there with Plan 9 of Outer Space and way below Destination Moon. It is not a bad place to be. Even the bad parts are fun, so, don't take this one to heart. Just kick back with a Bag of M and M's plain, and enjoy.For the record, it didn't even get to the mainstream showplaces of the late fifties, like Zacherley or Shock Theatre.