9 Forgotten '80s Movies That You've Probably Never Heard Of
6. Morons From Outer Space (1985)
This film is so obscure it doesn't even register on Wikipedia's page detailing film releases in the 1980s (although it does have its own extremely brief information page). Although I myself have never forgotten this lost comedic goldmine, simply because of the theme song alone which is as catchy as hell and hard to forget in its own right. This British satirical tour de force to all things Hollywood and sci-fi stars the who's who of English comedians from iconic British television shows of the same era like "Not the Nine O'Clock News" and "The Young Ones". It's about a group of four space travellers who aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. After crash landing and becoming stranded on Earth thanks to their "moronic" stupidity, three of them end up become huge celebrities and with their new manager, go on to acquire large amounts of wealth and celebrity status. Meanwhile the fourth Alien (played by wonderful comedic actor Mel Smith who recently passed away) who was separated from the group in the initial lead up to the crash, finds himself stuck on the other side of the spectrum. He becomes a vagrant who even ends up in a mental institution before re-uniting with his "friends" in the finale. Now I don't know what status this has in its home country, but it has quite frankly never been heard of outside of the sovereign lands known as Great Britain. Which is a shame as not only was this a clever, funny spoof of Hollywood celebrity culture and sci fi movie history that was ahead of its time (was released 2 years before its more famous American counterpart, Spaceballs), but has actually become quite prophetic as it seemingly mimics and mocks a type of celebrity mostly found on modern day reality television. Seems we didn't have to go look for morons in outer space, we have an abundance right here on Earth.
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This film is so obscure it doesn't even register on Wikipedia's page detailing film releases in the 1980s (although it does have its own extremely brief information page). Although I myself have never forgotten this lost comedic goldmine, simply because of the theme song alone which is as catchy as hell and hard to forget in its own right. This British satirical tour de force to all things Hollywood and sci-fi stars the who's who of English comedians from iconic British television shows of the same era like "Not the Nine O'Clock News" and "The Young Ones". It's about a group of four space travellers who aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. After crash landing and becoming stranded on Earth thanks to their "moronic" stupidity, three of them end up become huge celebrities and with their new manager, go on to acquire large amounts of wealth and celebrity status. 