A number of the comments here are perhaps expressed by those who simply do not "get It". Understandable for a generation fed on CGI, and special effects rather than a good story, which movies generally today so lack. Indeed! This film is a gem, and just to hear the dialogue by John Carradine is a real treat. Our current influx of science fiction is composed of some pretty amazing special effect, but sadly lack real fleshed out characters and gifted actors with real acting abilities, and distinctive voices...something the early films, such as this one's era, had an abundance of. It take more than just the dreariness of constant explosions, action characters battling one another, and predictable story lines to make science fiction an art form worth preserving. These older films, and TV series of that time, need to be preserved, not just for the sake of entertainment, but to bring back the atmosphere, and sense of wonder that science fiction was meant to be, and to simply show what makes the films, and TV programmes of this era rare and unique. Thank you for bringing The Wizard of Mars back to those who can appreciate it!

Amazing that places on Mars have cobwebs, presumably made by spiders. David Bowie was right all along!

The older I get, the more I appreciate the classics like this. The innocence was level 11.

This film was produced on a budget of $35,000.00 The same year Irwin Allen produced the original pilot for Lost in Space, No Place to Hide, for $600,000.00 The most expensive TV pilot ever made up to that time.

This movie cries out for the RiffTrax treatment! They used to run this one a lot on my local TV station as an afternoon movie back in the early 70's.

Shout out to FILMIX! Thank you for uploading this gem of a classic. I am a great fan of Sci Fi. and never saw this movie in its entirety. I just saw some excerpts from the final scenes in the corridors. For 1965 the Spaceship interior designs, exterior shots of space with the ships engine active with fire, the space suit designs the environments the hero go thorough are really on the very high quality level. Also the sound effects used here are from great Sci-Fi classics like Forbidden Planet with Leslie Nilson, Star Trek with William Shattner. This movie deserves to be restored for posterity of movie history and how uniquely Sci-Fi ideas were perceived at that time. A lot of the comments under neath are funny and I can get why for someone who does not understand and get this movie, especially the younger generations. If they only knew how crappy garbage of majority of the movies are today. Again thank you for this rare and unique movie that transcends viewers like me into an imaginary world away from today's insanity. Much better than drugs that eventually destroy your life. Cheers.

Gosh how I miss those great days, and B-Movies that entertained, excited, and left us with a feeling of Hope at the end. 👍👍 5🌟

As we emerged after the fourth day from the firey depths of Mars we could only guess at how long we had wandered there.!!! Brilliant

Loved how the spacecraft had seats with no cushions and no safety belts, but the ship had artificial gravity.

Good ole Classic Sci-Fi ....⭐️⭐️⭐️

Literally laughed out loud when they suggested keeping their suits at the same pressure as the Martian atmosphere. They'd be dead in seconds - had visions of Arnold Schwarzenneger in Total Recall

14:48 “…we haven’t seen any signs of life…” Right when they walk past a shrub.

Love the 60's electronic blips and noises which sound exactly like tuning my Shortwave Receiver back then.

How to turn a ten-minute story into a 77-minute film. Make the "actors" do a lot of walking.

Note the wall-clock in the first minutes - year 1975 landing on Mars. Well, that spaceship DID look awfully capable ! Impressive theramin soudtrack ! The head Martian is, who else but John Carradine. His monologue is the film's high point.

Epic monologue from John Carradine.

On board gravity - the hidden technology that shaves 30% (or more) off every SciFi movie budget.

A classic movie of early science fiction. I love the fact that in the start of the movie they use many photos from the 200 inch Hale Telescope. Now a days these photos can be taken with amateur astrophotographers and look mush better because of updated digital photography. I know because I get better results in my back yard.

SPACE monitor: North, South, East, West :)))

This is the greatest classic sci-fi space movie ever🧑‍🚀👽👏👏👏

Thank you FILMIX for uploading this fantastic Sci-Fi Horror movie, I really appreciate it!

John Carradine. Classy.

L. Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz and died in 1919.

Stock footage from " War Of The Satellites " produced and directed by the great Rodger Corman .❤😊

I like how their navigation screens are oriented -North,South,East,and West. Once they left the magnetic field of Earth, Those terms would not be used.

I don't know the fate of the three male actors, but the female actress is still alive, as of September, 2023. She is 92 years old.

I've trying to find this film for decades. Thanks!

That sand gets into everything. Those that do hate sand are wise.

Probably the greatest movie ever made.

I've never seen this film before, I thought it was very good for 1965. Thank you so much for the upload. Bless you 🙏🤗❤️🖖✌️

I watched this to pass some time but found it very watchable and quite well done for such a limited budget. It generated some eerieness and some tension. Thanks for posting this!

Surprisingly watchable. Thank you. Loved the guy with the big ears!

Looks like something I 'D HAVE PAID TO SEE IN A THEATER BACK WHEN I was 10. Not since Sata Clause Conquers The Martians have I BEEN SO ENTHRALLED..And that musical score...

"We had to go to Mars! We couldn't go to the Moon like everyone else!"

52:55 -- That alien creature was also used in "Space Probe Taurus." He reminds me of a guy from my high school days.

They made this back before acting was invented.

When I see movies this bad I always feel an odd admiration of some kind. Like it takes a certain amount of courage to actually commit to something like this.

I love these treasures of science fiction past. Yes we can go on about tech, walking through miles of sand while worried about running out of oxygen and so many other things but it's a 1965 B movie, not a documentary! To be enjoyed as such. I watch it with the same kind of thoughts the Rifftrax guys would narrate, never stops giving!

It cost $35,000! It is remarkable what they accomplished on such a small budget The canal scenes and the desert under a red sky really look alien. Even the action of the pendulum in the time capturing machine has a spooky appearance. Well done. If I had a criticism, it would be the wooden acting, but what the heck, the actors wouldn't have been paid much on that budget!

When they were walking into that cave they should’ve come across the Mars musician playing the vibraphone!😀

Back in the 1970s, WBFF in Baltimore showed certain ultra crappy cheap sci Fi flicks not made by American International or Universal which other local uhf stations didn't This and "Creation of the Humanoids" were among them. I wonder if the films were made available for airing by the station at a cheaper deal than the more well known and popular films made by the major studios. The station's budget might have made it necessary. This flick is lousy as hell yet enjoyable for some odd reason I can't put my finger on! Just goes to show ya never know, in show biz. Thanks for this!

The Time Travelers of the previous year was actually very good, that's the one to watch.

4 days, and nobody too a piss or a dump. Perhaps the studio forgot the toilet rolls and the Mountain Dew?

It can NEVER be a good SCI-FI movie without a Theremin in the background!

Sooo… This is The Wizard of Mars, or… Horrors of the Red Planet?? 😂 Love it!

"Is that Mars, Bruno?" "No that's Mars, Candy..."

Got to love how a gun is the answer to problems

I thought I was really on a spaceship orbiting Mars. If this flick wasn’t tacky it wouldn’t be entertaining. The fact that it was before we left Earths orbit makes it educational in that it’s basically what we thought it might be like with 60’s technology being the only limitation of our imaginations. Priceless

I am pleasantly surprised by this one.

A Pretty Great Movie!! Can't believe I haven't seen it before.

fact- someone in the movie industry bentover and was spurred by a martian and now this movie was inspired such genius

We are going to Mars, aren't planning on running into anyone or even landing. However we still packed guns :P

Killing those innocent worms, while they were just being curious about new arrivals

It was fun to watch and see how science fiction/horror was created and became a genre.

Very good 1965 science fiction, horror movie!!

Definitely OLD SCHOOL classic Sci Fi!

MST3000, here we come

The best part of this movie is in it's last 20 minutes, in the 3rd act where it becomes good science fiction

I love the fact that they had the forethought, on a trip to Mars, to take along two inflatable rafts, paddles, and a rifle. That was what was missing on the Moon landings: a rifle.

I wish I knew more about this film. It sucks but it's got some interesting things. Those are real military pressure suits - they're too well designed and equiped and this thing didn't have the budget to make anything like them. The locations were interesting too. It looked like they found a series of springs with dried minerals, and the cave was real too, so where the hell did they shoot this, and how did they get those suits?

Funny how they have periscopes like a submarine. Hilarious!

The martian cobwebs kill me.

Thanks for posting this. Fun to watch.

AwSoME many thanks for posting 🖖👽

Herman Munster's boss Mr. Gateman is the Wizard of Mars.

I was 5 back then, Mars was still unknown, many people really thought there were aliens from Mars, even the moon was mysterious back then, at least the darkside.

I liked the characters in this, except for the trigger-happy ways of the young man. It's a bit slow, but I like the ending. Shout out to John Carradine.

13:30 -- 13:34 " ... is there?" This is a terrific line, delivered perfectly, and seems scientifically possible due to atmospheric pressure, but it also sounds like someone suggesting that "reversing the polarity" will work.

"We haven't seen any signs of life." As they pass by tumble weeds and scrub brush...

Love the classic sci-fi random sounds

I love how their periscope views have marked grids with N/S/E/W coordinates. In outer space?

Ha ha ha ha ha, I'm loving it. Their helmits dont have any glass face masks to protect them, or give them any oxygen support.

Now you know why movies like 2001, Forbidden Planet and Star Wars made such a splash

I am 75 and have been a sci fi fan for as far back as I can remember. While the huge budget no expense too high movies can be fantastic to watch, I find that the we ain't got no money, scientifically inaccurate, cheesy props and special effects, and with no name casts ones can be just as entertaining. This is not one of them.

Thank you so much for the movie

As a watchmaking instructor, imagine my delight at the ending! Thank you Filmix!!!

The acting in this is so life like.

Mayday, mayday, can you build another ship, train a crew and come help us out maybe in the next couple of years or so? At least it's mildly amusing so far.

Vous nous gâtés vous êtes formidables pour nous les cinéphiles passionnés. Le film est très intéressant je ne l avait vu. Merci à vous.

One thing in common with all these early science fiction movies is a really sudden ending !

Thank you!

Damn this film for convincing people that the gravity, and temperature are the same as Earths.

I remember watching this in the 1970s on Dr. Paul Bearer's Creature Feature, aired by WTTG in Tampa, Florida. "I'll be *lurking* for yooooo!"

Well that was an interesting watch not really what i expected, and the connection to L F Baum's OZ stories is very teneous if indeed there is a connection. In saying that this was still an enjoyable watch especially when Mr Carradine turned up thank you for posting.

I always like how everyone had a periscope! 😅

It is utterly horrible, but I am tied in chair being forced to watch it for not picking a better one.

Wow, guy is rowing in side that cave and they not moving one inch. Low budget movies of the time🤦‍♂️. Nice to see the tech at the time.

1:43 Just wondering how those shock absorbers on the seat-backs are supposed to work. Separate shocks for the actual seat part? Only your back needs absorption? I have so many questions. Earlier I saw a bit of flame and wispy smoke coming from a rocket that looked about as powerful as a candle. Oh, how I love this stuff! These films need to be kept alive!

spiderwebs on mars

Filmed in PinkoVision!

I love this movie.

At 1:59 - The Big Board. Fuzzy flashing lights indicate this space craft has top of the line gadgets.

First thing you do when encountering an alien lifeforms is to shoot them

As bad as it gets, but like a train wreck couldn't stop watching!!!

Great fun! The journey to find the other rocket stage takes weird turns, canals/caverns/lava/desert only to find an ancient citadel where a dead/not-dead being that looks like The Man From Planet X leads them to a room where John Carradine does a great Hari Seldon impression via a lecture on Galactic Empires. (Carradine's salary must've taken half of the $35,000 budget). Then a marvelous conceptual breakthrough with setting the castle's time back in motion, fading out like the ruins warped out of time in Barrington J. Bayley's "Collision Course". With the cavern journey reminsicent of Journey to the Center of the Earth all in all this low budget, poorly acted (except for Carradine) touched enough of my sci-fi hot spots to get an 8 out of 10 stars.

Pretty good. A bit of Dante's circles they go through or "40 days in the desert" - perhaps a parable but imaginative and I liked it. Not sure how they continued on without a drink of water but it was good. Scriptwriter was good with John Carradine's speech. Thx for posting.

Super! Thank you very much!

4:22 😂😂 the "N" "E" "S" "W" compass-heading grid really adds a 'certain je ne sais quoi' to celestial navigation! Or 'je ne sais où!' Heh heh heh

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie! The ending was provocative and intriguing! KUDUS!!! And why not spiders on MARS?! We are still looking for signs of life! Db

Good movie no wizard of the Mars yet what a really cool old movie😊