Spaced Out (film)

Plot

The crew of a malfunctioning alien cargo ship make an emergency landing on Earth. The light and noise attract the attention of four sexually-frustrated humans in a nearby park: Oliver and Prudence (a mild-mannered professional and his highly-strung fiancée, who is completely unreceptive to his advances), Willy (a gawky supermarket assistant) and Cliff (a middle-aged man).

Oliver, Prudence, Willy and Cliff wander into the ship and encounter three aliens resembling human women: engineer Partha, nurse Cosia and the captain, known only as Skipper. Willy drops some hardcore pornographic magazines that he has just bought. The aliens mistake some approaching cows for a hostile force and hurriedly take off, despite warnings from the long-suffering computer about the precarious state of the ship's systems. Resuming their original course, they study their guests in detail. Fascinated by the anatomy of the males, they decide to sell the "flat-chested specimens" to a zoo for exotic lifeforms on a distant planet. They also debate the significance of the acts depicted in Willy's magazines. Partha is particularly keen to emulate them and enthusiastically has sex with Cliff, who is left physically worn out by the experience.

Skipper, Cosia and Partha subject the males to a series of tests to learn more about their abilities. Oliver and Cliff fail miserably. However, Willy, looking for his magazines, beats Skipper's combat simulation by repeatedly bending down and unknowingly evading her attacks, causing her to collapse with exhaustion and theorise that he is a stronger being. While running a "bio-scan" on Willy, Cosia discovers that his physiology is more advanced than anything on record; encouraging Cosia with exaggerated claims about his sexual prowess, Willy loses his virginity to her. Later, he passes an intelligence test by a fluke and has sex with Partha.

In the ship's recreation area, Oliver seeks relationship advice from an artificial intelligence residing in an object resembling a Wurlitzer jukebox. At the Wurlitzer's suggestion, he adopts a "caveman" approach to seducing Prudence. Appalled by her fiancé's behaviour, Prudence runs into a luxurious bedroom, where she instantly relaxes and willingly has sex with him.

In awe of Willy's assumed (but entirely non-existent) physical and intellectual superiority, the aliens invite him to remain onboard with them and propose to return the other humans to Earth. Willy is initially hesitant to leave his planet behind but relents when Skipper, wanting to confirm Cosia and Partha's findings for herself, allows him to seduce her. The ship touches down safely and Oliver, Prudence and Cliff depart. However, the subsequent launch causes a fatal overload and the ship explodes, killing Cosia, Partha and (while they are still having sex) Skipper and Willy. The disembodied voices of the computer and the Wurlitzer are left stranded in space.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "amateurish" ; DVD Drive-in wrote, "just be thankful that this ends well before the 80-minute mark, and that (Norman J.) Warren went back to the horror genre," but The New York Times noted, "the rock music - by an assortment of bands led by the Chance - is agreeable, the sex flippant and the dialogue, by Bob Saget, Jeff de Hart and Andrew Payne, fairly funny."