The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981)

Original title

Spaceship

Directed by

Bruce Kimmel

Genre

science fiction film, parody film, science fiction comedy, comedy horror, adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

PG

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a comedy parody of the film Alien. A crew on a spaceship is menaced by a slimy one-eyed monster. The characters break into silly musical numbers including a song sung by the creature.

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What happens

The Creature Wasn't Nice (also known as Spaceship and Naked Space) is a 1983 American comedy film written and directed by Bruce Kimmel. A parody of Alien, it stars Leslie Nielsen in a role similar to those in the farcical comedies Airplane! and Naked Gun, alongside co-stars Cindy Williams, Gerrit Graham and Patrick Macnee. It was released on VHS in 1984 under the title Spaceship, to emphasize Nielsen's connection to Airplane!, and on DVD in 1999 under the title Naked Space, to play up the connection to Nielsen's Naked Gun films. The film is a low-budget comedy with simple sets and dialogue wrapped around several musical numbers. In one of the scenes, the red slimy one-eyed alien monster performs a lounge-style musical number called "I Want to Eat Your Face." Williams performs two musical numbers, one solo and one with Kimmel, who in 1976 had appeared with and directed her in The First Nudie Musical. The film was completely re-edited by the producers, creating the version released as Spaceship and Naked Space on home video. The original cut, The Creature Wasn't Nice, was only seen at two public previews. In 2019, it was announced that both versions of the film would come to home video under its original title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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