Starcrash (1978)

Directed by

Luigi Cozzi

Genre

action film, adventure film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film

Country

Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 214 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A spaceship crew travels across the galaxy to stop an evil count from using a super weapon. They encounter aliens, robots, and strange planets along the way.

campycheesyplayfulretrofast-pacedcolorfulsillyderivative

What happens

Starcrash (Italian: Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione, lit. 'Starfights Beyond the Third Dimension') is a 1978 space opera film directed and co-written by Luigi Cozzi, and starring Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell and Christopher Plummer. Widely regarded as a "cash-in" on the unprecedented success of Star Wars, the film was an international co-production between Italy and the United States. Filmed at Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film was produced independently by the father-and-son duo of Nat and Patrick Wachsburger. It features a musical score composed by John Barry. Released by New World Pictures on December 10, 1978, it received generally negative reviews from critics, but has developed a cult following. The film was riffed on by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the first reboot season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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