Editing Devil Girl from Mars (section)

==Legacy==
The film inspired [[Hugo Award|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award|Nebula]] award-winning author [[Octavia E. Butler]] to begin writing science fiction. After watching the motion picture at age 12, she declared that she could write something better.<ref name="drew2007">
{{Cite book |last=Drew |first=Bernard Alger |title=100 Most Popular African American Authors: Biographical |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |year=2007 |isbn=1-59158-322-5 |pages=49}}
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{{cite web |title=Remembering Octavia Butler: Black Sci-Fi Writer Shares Cautionary Tales in Unearthed 2005 Interview |url=https://democracynow.org/2021/2/23/octavia_butler_2005_interview |access-date=2022-01-31 |website=[[Democracy Now!]] |language=en}}
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Butler, Octavia. [http://web.mit.edu/m-i-t/articles/butler_talk.html "Devil Girl From Mars": Why I Write Science Fiction."] ''MIT Communications''. Retrieved: January 10, 2015.
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The Los Angeles avant-garde artist [[Gronk (artist)|Gronk]] lists this film as the crucial factor that guided him in his career choice.<ref name="james2005">
{{Cite book |last=James |first=David E. |title=The Most Typical Avant-garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=0-520-24257-2 |location=Oakland, California |pages=66}}
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''Devil Girl from Mars'' developed a following via home video.<ref name="johnson_miller_sangster2004">{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Tom |title=The Christopher Lee Filmography: All Theatrical Releases, 1948–2003 |last2=Miller |first2=Mark A. |last3=Sangster |first3=Jimmy |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2004 |isbn=0-7864-1277-1 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |pages=38}}</ref>