At my place for some years now, October ends with a screening of SPACED INVADERS. This delightful comedy features a group of Martian misfits who hear an anniversary re-broadcast of the Mercury Theater's "The War of the Worlds" and take the signal to be authentic. Heading for the source of the signal, the Martians invade the sleepy little town of Big Bean. Their plans of glorious combat and ultimate victory are crippled when the locals mistake them for trick-or-treaters, and that's just the beginning of the fun! Film was popular when released in 1990, and for a few years there was a video and TV staple. "Let me explain the whole situation in a nutshell. There are five of us, and four billion of them. They have strategic air commands, nuclear powered submarines, and John Wayne!"
UPDATE: Those interested in getting the film may do better than the nice DVD release by hunting down the VHS version. Rather than cropping the film for video and television, it appears the distributors instead unmasked the film to make it fit a TV screen. This means there's actually more information (and a few gags) visible in the video version unseen in the theatrical print.
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