The great thing about Mexican horror movies of the 60's is that most of them are pretty batshit crazy and this here is a good example of one of the crazier ones from this era. It's basically a reversal of the plot of MARS NEEDS WOMEN which could have been titled VENUS NEEDS MEN since it's the story of two Venusian ladies(one recognizable to me as the gal from various Santo and Wrestling Women movies, Lorena Velazquez) on a quest to find suitable men to repopulate Venus after all their males died off. On their way to Earth they pick up four male monsters from assorted planets. You get a cyclops, a giant-brained Martian, something that looks like a big hairy insect with fangs who threatens to eat peoples intestines and a dinosaur skull on a stick. In addition to this ridiculous group our ladies(who always wear bathing suits and one of them turns out to be a vampire-woman) also have a big clunky old-school robot helper and they run into a bumbling singing cowboy who ends up being our hero when things turn bad. I really appreciate the kitchen-sink aspects of this one. It mixes sci-fi, horror, comedy, a little music and as long as the main comic-relief character doesn't annoy you too much this one's a good weird watch.
Meet the monsters:
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