12 Hilarious Films That Weren't Supposed To Be Funny
9. Cat Women Of The Moon (1954)
Commanding a corrugated plastic spaceship furnished with hammocks, office desks and some army surplus equipment, Captain Sonny Tufts reaches the Moon only to find a matte painting, some polystyrene rocks and a pair of giant spiders on wires waiting to pounce, or at least be lowered by a crewmember. Not only are there arachnids on the Moon, theres oxygen aplenty (Wait till I tell everyone I was the first guy to breathe on the Moon!) and a cardboard palace inhabited by The Hollywood Cover Girls who, dressed in chokers and black leotards, sport garish make-up, widows peak hair and pointy ears to make them appear feline. Theyve never seen a man before, never mind Sonnys turn in Cottonpickin Chickenpickers, but before he can regale them with hilarious anecdotes, the girls supply food and drink and perform a dance to pad out the running time. Unaccustomed to receiving this kind of female companionship for free, Sonnys suspicions turn out to be well founded when one of the cat women admits the crew were lured there for the purpose of stealing their ship. Never trust a Moon maiden in eyeliner and black leotard lest the cat have claws and plans to conquer Earth, although as The New York Times commented, Considering the delegation that went up, its hard to imagine why.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
