Space Thing |
USA • 1968 • 70m •
  • Directed by: Byron Mabe. • Starring: Karla Conway, Steve Vincent, Merci Montello, Dan Martin, Fancher Fague, Cara Peters, Stan Isfloride, Bambi Allen. • Music by: William Allen Castleman.  A man has an errotic dream in which he is from an alternate world that is about to be attacked by Aliens. He disguises himself as an alien and boards the Aliens' ship to keep them from attacking his planet. There he encounters an all-Woman crew who are all anxious to seduce him except for the lesbian captain who wants to keep the crew for herself.
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Review:
Like I said above, this is a cheap movie. The interiors of the rocket consist of about three in studio sets, the planet they land on at the end is clearly just some desert in California, and the explosions in particular are obviously pasted in later. The dialog and situations are all stereotypical softcore porn scenarios, and they're absolutely riotous. Anyone whose truly politically incorrect at heart will be in hysterics at the incredibly outdated sexism. The characters are all stock types, my favorite being the male cadet who brings to mind a young Bobcat Goldwaith.
Most of all though, these nudie films are unique, which is the main appeal to me. Its a cliché to say they don't make them like they used to, but thats entirely the case here. The color schemes are eye catching and almost pop art (even though thats a more pretentious label than Friedman would ever want), and bring to mind some of John Waters' early classics (the melodramatic dialog is great as well). Past the rather innocent sexual situations, the theme of the space race dates this incredibly. Its kind of like "Flesh Gordan", except even dumber and since the actors never wink at the camera, its a lot more fun than that famous midnight movie. How much you enjoy this film all depends on how intrigued or turned off you are by the plot description.
Review by TheMarquisDeSuave from the Internet Movie Database.
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