| “ | But Prasus, he promised us husbands. | ” |
| - Neesa |
- For the episode, see MST3K 416 - Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
Fire Maidens of Outer Space is a 1956 space exploration movie directed by Cy Roth.
Plot[]
Fire Maidens of Outer Space
In England, astronomers discover a thirteenth moon orbiting Jupiter that appears to be surrounded by 'terrestrial fog'. The scientists ponder whether it can support life. To advance scientific knowledge of this enigma, a team of five astronauts and scientists is dispatched to investigate. The explorers are launched for Jupiter on a V2 rocket outfitted with nuclear engines.
Timmy joins in on the riffing
On approach to the Jovian system, they are contacted by an unidentified male voice and supplied with landing instructions. The team sets down and begins exploring the Earth-like world.
The team encounters a small statue and rescues a screaming woman from a gaunt, growling creature. Three members of the crew return to the ship. The other two follow the non-speaking woman to a fortified settlement and learn that the 13th moon of Jupiter was settled by refugees from Atlantis. Only one male remains, and the rest are all beautiful young women ('Fire Maidens'). The Earth-men are then drugged and separated by the women, who have plans for them.
The three men at the ship decide to return to the settlement and break in, which also allows the creature to enter. After a short confrontation (which interrupts an attempted human sacrifice), the creature is felled.
Blair, the team leader, declares his affection for the Fire Maiden called Hestia and the Earth men depart with her, promising to return with husbands for the other Atlanteans.
Cast[]
- Anthony Dexter as Luther Blair
- Paul Carpenter as Captain Larson
- Susan Shaw as Hestia
- Harry Fowler as Sydney Stanhope
- Jacqueline Curtis as Duessa
- Sydney Tafler as Dr. Higgins
- Owen Berry as Prasus
Notes[]
- Jacqueline Curtis receives an "introducing" credit. She only had a handful of screen credits afterwards, with the last one being The Camp on Blood Island.
- The rocket launch used in this film is a V-2 rocket that was confiscated by the United States after the Germans were defeated in World War II. The launch took place at the White Sands test range in New Mexico around 1946. The film of the launch sequence has been used in a number of other 1950s-era science fiction films.
- Was nominated in The Golden Turkey Awards series for Least Classy Use of Classical Music in Movie History and Most Primitive Male Chauvinist Fantasy in Movie History. It lost to The Brain Eaters and Mesa of Lost Women respectively.
- This film is thematically similar to Cat-Women of the Moon and Missile to the Moon (both of which later became RiffTrax presentations), but with a larger budget.
MST3K Connections[]
- Anthony Dexter also portrayed Dr. Luis Vargas in 12 to the Moon and Herron in The Phantom Planet.
- Art director and production supervisor Scott MacGregor was also art director for Moon Zero Two and The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
- Production manager Jack Martin was also assistant director for Moon Zero Two.
- Stock music composer Trevor Duncan also composed stock music used in 12 to the Moon, The Sinister Urge, The Giant Spider Invasion, and Blood Waters of Dr. Z.