A bad movie can be saved by calling it a spoof. Martians invade Earth to capture live women. A TV personality summons billions of Martians to Earth. Martians try to take over Earth using guided missiles. This was understandable with all the space probes which malfunctioned in that era.
Murders occur on an expedition returning from Mars.
An expedition to Mars finds a crashed alien space ship. Then the trouble begins. Astronaut is stranded on Mars in a reworking of the Defoe classic. An expedition to the Moon goes astray and ends up on Mars. NASA gets really steamed when this happens.