Spaced Invaders (1990)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Patrick Read Johnson

Writers:

Patrick Read Johnson (screenplay) and
Scott Lawrence Alexander (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 April 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Earth Will Never Be The Same!

Plot:

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".

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Halloween | Reference To John Wayne | Alien Invasion | War Of The Worlds Broadcast

Cast

Douglas Barr	...	Sam
Royal Dano	...	Wrenchmuller
Ariana Richards	...	Kathy
J.J. Anderson	...	Brian (Duck)
Gregg Berger	...	Klembecker
Wayne Alexander	...	Vern
Fred Applegate	...	Russell
Patrika Darbo	...	Mrs. Vanderspool
Tonya Lee Williams	...	Ernestine
Ryan Todd	...	Sid Ghost
Barry O'Neill	...	Clown Kid
Adam Hansley	...	Pig Kid
Casey Sander	...	Radio Announcer
Rose Parenti	...	Old Wife
Glen Vernon	...	Old Guy #1

Also Known As:

Martians!!! (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #29713) | UK:PG | UK:U (video rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:G | Germany:12

Company:

Silver Screen Partners IV

Trivia:

Star Ariana Richards received an "Introducing" credit although it was her fifth feature film role.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: 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:

Giggywig: Look, when a vastly superior alien culture comes all this way to take over your world, certain basic laws of planetary conquest apply. For example, when someone points a Quad Vectored Hypo Thermic Cosmo Blaster at you, it's a fair bet you are about to become toast.
Mrs. Vanderspool: Will you please sit down and be quiet?
Giggywig: Or perhaps in your case, a whole loaf of toast.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Takin' Over the World

Fun.

Stupid? Yes.

Laughable? Yes, again.

Fun? Definitely!

This movie accomplishes it's primary goal: entertain and have fun. That's all a good movie need do.

Worth a rent, at least one time.