Spaced Out (1979) User Reviews

Twisted enough to be fun (5 out of 10)

[andybob-3 · 5/10 · 26 February 2004]

Three gorgeous female aliens accidentally crash land their spaceship on earth, then try to hide their presence by kidnapping 3 men and a woman whom witnessed the crash, planning to hold them until they can make repairs and leave. But of course this being a comedy/borderline soft core porn the aliens come from a world where there are no men and find themselves totally fascinated by the strange anatomy of their male guests, whom are none too reluctant to demonstrate to them what its all about.

Yes it's cheap, juvenile and crude, but it has sort of an oddball charm and good nature making it enjoyable, well at least to undemanding numbskulls like myself. There was a lot of lost potential for big laughs but its not without its share of moments, in particular a scene where the aliens are arguing over exactly what the humans in the photos of a porn magazine are doing, and one character's HUGE mistake when choosing a place to sit.

The cast is likable, in particular Tony Maiden who's funny as the nerd suddenly turned space stud, and Bob Saget whom does the voice of a drugged out jukebox/advice machine, who's only words of advice are more drugs. The female cast is quite attractive and manage to play out their roles with straight faces, with cute but aggressive Kate Ferguson looking like her character should be a member of a British punk rock band. And yes you do eventually get see them all naked, but by today's standards this movie is actually pretty tame.

5 out of 10, it could have been a lot better but its good for some laughs if you're in the right mood.

fun adult b movie

[LetsReviewThat26 · 5/10 · 29 June 2022]

Surprisingly better than I thought it would be. Sure the acting could've been better. But I liked the three aliens that abduct the English characters. They were beautiful and added some comedy elements into the film. I liked the duke box to and really this film had a lot going for it. If you take away the adult content however the plot doesn't come to much, but still has enough content to make it entertaining.

Quite tame really

[Leofwine_draca · 5/10 · 15 June 2022]

One of the unexpected sci-fi sex comedies that came out after the success of STAR WARS, SPACED OUT is from British horror director Norman J. Warren and one of his less well known movies, crammed in between his bloodier fare. This one's a low budget odyssey in which a trio of female aliens kidnap four people and subject them to various experiments aboard their spaceship. It's very low fi and only moderately amusing, although the Robin Askwith wannabe is funny enough. Inevitably the emphasis is on attractive starlets stripping off, although as with a lot of these British sex comedies, it's quite tame really.

MY FAVORITE B MOVIE ACTRESS DOES IT AGAIN!

[newnoir · 16 November 1999]

Okay, this movie is pretty cheesy, but it is funny in places, the stereotypical gay computer and "America's Funniest Home Videos" Bob Saget as a drugged out stoner juke box do some very amusing voice over work with lots of funny one liners. But the real treat in this sci fi sex romp is the fresh faced Glory Annen, who's whole part is basically an excuse for her to rollerskate around half nekkid! Ya gotta luv that! There's a particularly bizarre scene where Ms. Annen does a weird little dance number to some 70's style rock music and her clothes vanish suddenly for no reason. This movie doesn't make much sense but its in the same wacky vein as "Plan 9 From Outer Space", its not supposed to make sense I guess. Too bad Glory Annen quit show business a few years after this, she was one hot mama, in my somewhat less than humble opinion.

Confessions wannabe

[augustian · 3/10 · 11 February 2010]

This film, originally titled Outer Touch but now called by its American title, Spaced Out, is getting a bit of a cult following though why this should be is a bit of a mystery because it isn't really that good. It is written in the style of the British "Confessions" films but without the panache. The sets were left-overs from another film and bits from Space 1999 were spliced in. The humour is distinctly British low-brow with the expected sexual innuendos.

Three gorgeous female aliens crash-land on Earth and take four (three male and one female) prisoners. Never having seen men before, it's not long before the men are subject to intense scrutiny and testing. How is it that this alien species which has never experienced men have all the female bits that men lust after? Charles Darwin has a lot of explaining to do. Of course, in typical sex comedy style, once they experience earthmen, they can't get enough of it.

There are some good moments in this film such as Glory Annen examining Tony Maiden, and Ava Cadell testing Michael Rowlatt. Barry Stokes is like Clark Kent but without the charisma. The voice of the Wurlitzer was changed for the American market as well as the music. The ending for the American version was also changed. Compared to the US VHS, the US Region 1 DVD (both R-rated) has been panned and scanned to cut out some of the flesh. For the UK DVD, the film (double-billed with Sex Clinic) looks to be the original British version.

SILLY SPACE SPOOF.

[mikecanmaybee · 5/10 · 15 February 2020]

Lynne Ross as Prudence is quite good in this silly mildly erotic fun movie. The rest of the cast is quite good with all the lady's doffing there tops at one point or the other. A couple of site gags latter and we have a enjoyable affable little film.

Might be hilarious if you are drunk enough

[siderite · 3/10 · 28 June 2022]

This film is a soft porn British sci-fi comedy. It's really bad, but in a way that might be humorous if in the right state of mind. I can only imagine that the deleted scenes make a much better movie, only it would not make it on Netflix (of all places). The girls are really cute, in that 1970 kind of way, when women were both beautiful and feigning naiveté while wearing pleasing rather than comfortable outfits. Not much more I can say about it, because that's basically it. There is no story that makes any sense, it's just alien beauties having sex with human males.

I wonder how that would play as a modern taking itself seriously movie: a human starship lands on an alien planet, only to discover that they are perfectly matched for intense, although highly unusual, sexual activities with the natives. Oh, they did that already in Alien in the same year!

Bottom line: might be fun, but it's pretty bad.

A very mild late 70s sex romp

[gwynmoses · 4/10 · 15 June 2023]

This is a bit of fun to watch when there is nothing else on TV or Netflix. The story line is, to put it mildly, almost none existent and the acting OK for a film of this type. There is an attempt at humour which is quite successful but the plot basically involves nothing more than three attractive female space aliens discovering sex with two of the most appalling examples of late 70s masculinity, while a reluctant virgin becomes much less reluctant when she discovers a wardrobe full of sexy nylon dresses. If there is a cliche missing, it's only because there was no time to include it.

The nudity is extremely mild by modern standards so I wouldn't watch it for titillation but as an example of very low budget, very soft core 70s film making. It got an X certificate at the time but there days it would almost be down to a 12A.

Freeze-dried humor

[haildevilman · 7/10 · 29 September 2008]

The best thing about this was the typical dry delivery Brit humor is famous for.

A UFO full of sexy female aliens comes to earth to check out male sexuality. They take a medical approach that gradually turns into full fledged desire. The males are your basic cross section. The wannabe Lothario, the geeky student, etc.

The student had most of the best lines. He saw it all as scientific as well, for a while at least.

The technical aspects aren't that great though. The print I saw seemed dark and it was obvious they didn't have a lot of area to work with. It looked like they used 2 or 3 rooms in a local studio. Keep dressing it up different and no one will notice right? It was funny. Had some good bits. Call it another late night flick with beer and the gang.

fun-loving erotic sci-fi romp....

[herecometheseventies · 8/10 · 23 November 2010]

Spaced Out is a British sex comedy directed by Norman J. Warren, better known for his cult horror movies. As with most of Warren's films, the cast is very small and the film is shot primarily on one set, in this case a spaceship. This ship happens to be piloted by three sexy female aliens who are forced to make an emergency landing on Earth. They take three humans on board and, well, that's where the fun begins! The women are young, gorgeous, sexually curious and not afraid to experiment with human reproductive techniques (all in the name of scientific discovery, of course!). It's actually done pretty tastefully and makes a joke of the fact that the man they become crazy about is young Willy, a self-confessed virgin with mild acne whose only sexual experience is masturbating while reading porno magazines. Only in British sex comedies do you have young spotty boys like Willy managing to seduce voluptuous females who wouldn't be caught dead with them in reality! Of course, this is all part of the appeal of these movies, isn't it?

Overall the film is entertaining and well acted. The sub plot of a frustrated academic dealing with his frigid fiancé is amusing and well portrayed by Barry Stokes. Stokes seems to do a Clark Kent impersonation here, complete with pushing his glasses up his nose every few seconds. Ava Cadell, who plays the ship's engineer Partha, deserves the most praise of all the women in the film... she manages to be kooky and sexy at the same time and even helps drive the plot every so often. Interestingly enough, she's now Dr Cadell, founder of the Loveology university, and offers courses in all manner of sex-related subjects.

Spaced Out is definitely one of the better sex comedy offerings that are out there. It's amusing throughout, has a smattering of sex and nudity, and comes to a surprising conclusion. Well worth watching!

A low-budget tale of boobs, prudes, idiots, shenanigans and space rats!

[tommyrosscomix · 6/10 · 22 September 2017]

A friend of mine, who's something of an authority on low-budget British sex films, once told me 'as far as I'm concerned, there's Eskimo Nell, and then there's everything else'. After seeing this entertainingly wacky soft-core sci-fi spoof, with its jukebox / computer combo, special effects cribbed from the Gerry Anderson archives, end-of-the-pier revue-standard gags and an unlikely super- stud in the form of a spotty nerd who we first see masturbating frantically over a copy of the delightfully titled 'Bouncers' magazine, I'd say 'as far as I'm concerned, there's Spaced Out, and then there's everything else'.

Consider this for a moment. Does Eskimo Nell have the most gloriously seventies collection of analogue technology hardware since Graeme Garden's computers (with their enormous tape spools) in the Goodies? Does Eskimo Nell have Glory Annen doing numerous costume changes, one of which is a sexy Beefeater on roller skates? Does Eskimo Nell have the very cute and busty Ava Cadell as an insatiable space nympho? Does Eskimo Nell have a computer with a prissy Anthony Daniels as CP30- type voice, or a snarky electronic psychiatrist housed inside a Wurlitzer jukebox which basically advises henpecked boyfriends to rape their fiancees to show 'em who's boss? Does Eskimo Nell have a jarringly out-of-place downbeat finale that reminds everyone in the cinema that they're watching a film from the director of Satan's Slave and Terror? Does Eskimo Nell have a spacecraft whose interior looks like a combined leftover set from the Tomorrow People and a swinging bachelor pad? Does Eskimo Nell have a Clouseau-style fight scene where the injured party's exclamations are doused in enough echo to make the viewer feel like he's stoned, even if he's on nothing stronger than orange squash? Does Eskimo Nell have a special chair that performs sodomy by stealth on the unfortunate fool who sits on it?

The answers to all these questions and more is NO!

I'm not going to sugar coat it, you have to be a certain type of viewer to get a kick out of Spaced Out. It's a film aimed at people who like cheapskate exploitation films, big boobs, dumb jokes and plots that play out like a live action Tijuana Bible. It also has a surprisingly excellent soundtrack. After years - no, decades - in obscurity, Spaced Out has received a welcome (if bare-bones) DVD release in the UK from Odeon, and it's well worth tracking down if you're in the mood for something that will make you laugh, make you wince, and make you feel a bit randy. And deep down, you know that's what you want.

"You're out of touch ,I'm out of time, But I'm out of my head when you're not around."

[morrison-dylan-fan · 6/10 · 26 July 2013]

With having stayed away from taking a look at British Sex films after being put off by the horrible bullying nature of Mary Millington's movies,I was surprised to find out that director Norman J.Warren had made a sex movie during the last gasp of the genre's era,which led to me getting ready to see Warren head to outer space.

The plot:

Desperately needing to fix their space ship,a group of aliens decide to land on a near by planet called Earth.Arguing near by about their relationship,Oliver and Prudence decide to take a close look at a weird object that has recently landed.Along with Oliver and Prudence,a teenager called Willy decides to take a closer look at the strange object,after it interrupts him from reading an Adult magazine.Getting near the spaceship/object,a door suddenly opens,which Oliver,Prudence and Willy, (who keeps his "adult reading material" hidden in his jacket) all have a sudden urge to enter the spaceship/object.

Walking round a number of circular white corridors,the group begin to suspect that they may have somehow ended up on an alien spaceship!.As the group begins to relies that they are on board an unknown flying object,a group of aliens, (who all appear in female,human form) suddenly get hold of the gang,and prepare to do experiment's on them all.As Willy is taken to the experiment room,an alien suddenly notices that he is hiding a strange looking book under his jacket.Taking the magazine out of his jacket,the alien begins to ask Willy about the interesting "strange" acts shown in the magazine.

View on the film:

Before getting to the film it self,I have to mention that whilst it does feature a few "rough moments" the movie is given a wonderful DVD transfer by Odeon Entertainment,who along with bringing the title out uncut for the first time ever,also make the outer space soundtrack one that is very clear and crisp.

Showing a keen amount of ambition in his directing style,director Norman J.Warren keeps away from showing the sky at night,by instead covering the movie in an atmospheric white mist,which along with creating a wonderful paranormal feeling,also allows for the moments of flesh, (from both the male and female cast members )to be given a sparkling,off-beat shine.

For the screenplay of the movie,writers John De Hart,Andrew Payne,David Speechley and Bob Saget, (who also voiced the robot character Wurlitzer in the US cut of the movie) make sure that the film never becomes a dull sleaze fest by giving each of the characters solid plot thread,with the writers showing Oliver and Prudence go from being up tight with each other,to going to bed for an out of this world experience,and also giving the movie,an unexpectedly down beat ending (which got cut from the US version of the movie.)

With having been deeply put off the bullying atmosphere that I had seen in the last British Sex Comedy movies that I had watched,I was delighted to see each of the cast give a wonderfully cheerful,and rather wacky performances,with the great Ava Cadell sending the movie into orbit,as an alien who is very keen on re-enacting these "strange" images that she has seen for the first time.

An interesting watch

[mitsubishizero · 8/10 · 10 September 2020]

There's not much to say other than it's an erotic sci-fi comedy. A good one that is. A group of people go inside a ship that just landed and end up getting abducted by three aliens. The chicks need men to repopulate their planet and two of the men are ready to oblige. One of them scores with all three. Lucky guy!

This story's been done before several times but to be fair it does give its own spin on it. The characters are ok, the aliens have decent personalities as do the humans. The couple that went on board have a sub-plot over their relationship. One wants to have sex while the other wants to wait.

It's not groundbreaking but as an erotica goes, it's fine for what it is. The music's ok and the jukebox's a trip. If you like sci-do erotica, than check it out. If not, explore something else then.

Dumb enough to be fun...I agree

[junk-238 · 7/10 · 4 January 2005]

Haven't seen this movie in 20 years...but I have fond remembrances of the sex, adolescent humor, and boobies.

Basically, some humans get picked up by a female dominated spaceship (with a gay computer) and the sexual hijinx begin as a "lady's man" and teenage chronic masturbator find themselves in the middle.

Don't expect a "serious" comedy like Galaxy Quest...this is strictly for the Simpson's generation.

The comedy is juvenile, the jokes forgettable, the acting funny as hell because it's so bad.

I'd love to find the movie again. Help anyone???

Spaced Out

[Tweekums · 6/10 · 31 December 2022]

This low budget mildly erotic British sci-fi features a trio of attractive aliens; the captain, known only as Skipper; Partha, the engineer; and Cosia, the medical officer. Their species appears to have no males. Making a forced landing on Earth, they pick up four locals; couple Barry and Lynn, a chauvinist named Cliff and Willy, a shelf-stacker. The aliens are somewhat bemused about the males' anatomy as they've had no experience of such things... they are keen to find out just what they are for. A pornographic magazine they take from Willy gives each of them a different theory... inevitably the truth comes as a surprise; one they can't get enough of!

On the face of it this film should be terrible; the sets and effects are no better than one might expect in an episode of Doctor Who, from that era, the acting isn't great and the plot is there just to provide an excuse for some nudity and mild sex scenes. Surprisingly it proved to be more fun than I expected and the flaws are part of its charm. As stated before the acting isn't great but the cast are fun, especially those playing the trio of aliens. It provided a decent number of laughs and never took itself seriously. Overall I'd say this was a fun little film, certainly more enjoyably than I expected and at only seventy seven minutes in length it doesn't outstay its welcome.

Early example of Harvey Weinstein meddling

[lor_ · 10 January 2023]

My review was written in December 1981 after a Times Square screening:

"Spaced Out" is a hybrid film, the result of taking a 1979 British sci-fi sex comedy, "Outer Touch", and increasing the laugh quotient with Americanized low-humor commentary emanating from computer voices. Pic is a diverting trifle suited to the youth trade weaned on Benny Hill and Cheech & Chong gags.

Nominal plot concerns a trio of beautiful women from the planet circling Betelgeuse who take four Earthlings prisoner. Never having encountered men before, they test the males, with predictable sex comedy ensuing. The fourth prisoner, a prim and proper London girl, gradually succumbs to the advances of her fiance who is spurred on by the advice coming from a stoned jukebox-computerized psychiatrist.

Much of the film's humor comes from the cultural clash of stock British characters with the drug-culture and gay-oriented jokes penned by comedian Bob Saget and voiced over by him and Jeff Dehart. Norman J. Warren-helmed live action is cheap and silly, with hokey spaceship models, campy set design and costumes plus lots of pastel lighting effects. Cast is quite effective at this vulgar form of sex tease, with the British starlets (particularly the busty pinup Ava Cadell) easy on the eyes.

Very Disappointing. Not erotic at all. ZZZZZZ.

[dev-24 · 30 December 2003]

This was supposed to be sexy. What a joke! Pathetic. Not having clothes on does not equal eroticism. There are 100's of better films if you are wanting to be sexually turned on. Skip this pathetic time waster.