Spaced Invaders (1990)
A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking the Martian fleet is attacking Earth, they land their broken-down ship in a backwater mid-American town. As luck would have it, they land on Halloween and get mistaken for trick-or-treaters. Comedy ensues as the Martians try to get taken seriously.
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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
When a rebroadcast of the infamous Orson Welles telling of the classic 'War of the Worlds' by H.G. Welles hits the radio airwaves an alien race invades earth. Aimed squarely at kids, so I would recommend if you do find this movie and have kids in say the 8-11 range they might enjoy it. For adults though, there isn't much to take out of this silly sci-fi yarn. Starring Adriana Richards who befriends the alien race and old veteran Royal Dano who plays the half-crazed, down on his luck farmer whose barn becomes the landing spot of the aliens.
The setup: 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".The verdict: About as funny as a bad case of syphilis. Some overgrown clowns trying to be silly. I don't know why I watch the movies I do, because I always waste at least three hours a week watching crappy movies. I wasn't really sure if I'd like the movie -- and I certainly did not. Unfortunately, after this movie there were several other movies that tried to capitalize on its success. My final rating stands at 7 out of 10.
Ever see a movie you loved watching as a kid and watch it again about ten years later and think why the heck you watched it to begin with? Their are so many of those movies out their like that for me but the movie that comes to mind the most is a movie called Spaced Invaders.Spaced Invaders is a somewhat children's movie rated PG from the early 90's about pot smoking aliens (ok maybe the aliens weren't smoking anything but the producer who financed this movie must have been) because the aliens acted like 80's California surfers then actual menacing scary creatures trying to take over earth.The aliens crash land on earth Halloween night and are originally supposed to take over the world instead they get mistaken for children in costumes and start joining in on all the Halloween mischief while still trying to find pieces to fix their ship to leave.Very much a cheesy midnight type movie but still loved all the wackyness and had to rent this all the time when I was a kid and I rented it every chance I could. The best part about being a kid is never noticing how much a movie is crummy and a lot that you watched were. So just for nostalgic factor ill give this movie three blond surfer dudes out of five. See this one only if you enjoy 80's valley girl aliens stuck in an early 90's Halloween.
I thought this would be another goofball ET ripoff (like the awful "Nookie"), but it is, instead is light-heartedly enthusiastic, with clever dialog, and a generally don't-take-ourselves-too-seriously attitude that makes this a great late-night (or late-saturday-afternoon) entertainment. Give it a watch! "That's it! Take me to a Government Lab, and cut me into wafer thin sections."