Spaced Invaders

1990
PG
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

YOUR RATING

Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".

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Alien Invasion Slapstick Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi

Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".

Director
- Patrick Read Johnson
Writers
- Patrick Read Johnson
- Scott Lawrence Alexander
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Patrick Read Johnson
Writers
- Patrick Read Johnson
- Scott Lawrence Alexander
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Videos1

Trailer 2:05

Official Trailer

Photos10

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Trivia
The actors performing as the Martians were virtually blind when the Martian heads were in place, so they had to be talked through their actions.

Goofs
In the opening scene, when Sherrif Hoxley is getting a bottle of soda pop out of the machine and talking to Russell on his radio, reflected in the window over the machine are two rather-tall palm trees, trees which are not native to Big Bean, Illinois.

Quotes
[after crash-landing]
Blaznee: Well, let's see. We got a torqued-out digi-framus, our mega-spaz redundancy pile is on the blink, and it looks like we bruised our boo-boo.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Q & A/Spaced Invaders/The Guardian/Monsieur Hire (1990)

Soundtracks
Polka Changed My Life Today
Music and Lyrics by Paul Lacques
Courtesy of Rotondi Records

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Featured review

Silly, cute, a lot of fun, especially when you watch it with the kids.

Or if you *are* kids. An earlier reviewer at this site called it one of the worst films he'd ever sat through, and I must admit that it's not great film-making. It's not SUPPOSED to be great film-making. Don't go into it expecting any great revelations, any high-tech effects. In fact, don't *expect* anything. Just take it on it's own terms and you'll probably like it. Light-hearted fun.