Scripts from the Crypt No. 17 - A Trip to Mars

<p>ROCKET TO THE <strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>RED PLANET</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>!</span></p><p></p><p>In 1932 when the classic Universal Horrors were at their peak of popularity the procession of monster- and ghoul-fests was ... <em>almost</em> ... interrupted by a very different kind of fantastic film: <em>A Trip to Mars</em>.</p><p></p><p>        In the Richard Schayer-Tom Reed screenplay for this never-made movie a space projectile soars from Earth to the Red Planet with a crew of five American adventurers. <strong>Gasp!</strong>-at the attack of the giant spider. <strong>Thrill!</strong>-to the battle with eight-foot Cyclopean robots. <strong>Marvel!</strong>-at the glass-enclosed city where Martians are ruled by mechanical men that were once their servants. And with all the Mars scenes photographed in glorious Technicolor!</p><p></p><p>        Author Stephen Jacobs boldly goes where no Monster Kid has gone before unearthing the Schayer-Reed script after nearly a century of obscurity and outlining the history of the project. All aboard fans of Universal Horrors spaceships and robots: The Scripts from the Crypt series is now departing on ... <em>A Trip to Mars</em>!</p><p></p>