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A quintet of chainsmoking astronauts - Blair (Anthony Dexter), Captain
Larson (Paul Carpenter), Stanhope (Harry Fowler), Doc Higgins (Sydney
Tafler) and Anderson (Rodney Diak) fly to the 13th moon of Jupiter, where
there's of course an earthlike atmosphere, earthlike vegetation and -
humans, pretty girls to be precise. Soon enough, one of the pretty girls,
Hestia (Susan Shaw) has lured Blair and Larson to what seems to be the
planet's only city which is normally totally sealed off, because outside
there's a monster roaming around.
Once in the city, they meet even more pretty girls and one man who is
their leader and master, Prassus (Owen Berry), who claims the city to be
New Atlantis and him and his girls descendants of the original Atlanteans
down on earth. He also tells Blair and Larson that he needs their help
against the monster, and for some reason then he drugs them.
Coming to, Blair learns from Hestia that Prassus is keeping the girls
in the city against their will (though they can't go out because of the
monster anyways), and that she will help him and Larson escape.
Unfortunately though, this conversation is overheard by Duessa (Jacqueline
Curtis), who is mighty jealous, and before long she decides to have Hestia
sacrificed to the Sun God.
Stanhope, Higgins and Anderson meanwhile come to the conclusion that
their pals are in trouble and decide to save them. And since the city is
completely surrounded by walls and an electric field, the three of them
decide to dig their way in ... and before long are captured by the
Atlantean girls, who somehow want to make them part in Hestia's sacrifice
- but of course, the tunnle the three of them have dug is soon discovered
by the monster who makes its way into Atlantis too and almost immediately
kills Prassus, then enters the sacrificial chamber where all the Atlantean
girls and the captured men are kept, kills Duessa and then proceeds to
kill Hestia - when Blair and Larson enter the room armed to the teeth, and
ultimately they force the monster back into the sacrificial flames which
totally devour it.
New Atlantis is saved and with both the beast and the dictator gone it
will flourish, and while Blair takes Hestia back with himself to earth,
the other men all promise to come back, grinning wolfishly (or was that
just my imagination ?).
Fire Maidens from Outer Space is trash galore, maybe the
ultimate party film (even if there are many similar ultimate party films):
Most of the special effects are sub-par, the monster (basically a man in
what looks like a cheap Halloween mask) is ridiculous, the mock-Greek sets
seem to be oddly out of place - only made worse by the explanation that
they are from Atlantis -, the plot is simply put silly, the acting is
average at best, and the chainsmoking astronauts make this one nothing
short of hilarious - it seems there is no situation grave enough to not
have a fag beforehands.
In one word, this one's a must-see !!!
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