Yesterday I watched Roger Corman’s 1978 sci-fi shocker, Starcrash. It starred a young David Hasselhoff (who didn’t know any better and was probably desperate), and Christopher Plummer (who should have known better but may have been equally desperate). The villain came from the ‘over-the-top’ school of acting, and whose only line for several minutes was the refrain “Kill! Kill!”. Caroline Munro was the lead female character – but at least that gave her the chance to run around in see-through plastic.
The script was dreadful, the acting wooden, and the special effects laughable – though interestingly one character did possess a light sabre (Star Wars came out in 1977). Theft or coincidence of timing?
I’m currently in a run of watching dreadful mid-century sci-fi movies, Starcrash was right up there; it made The Magnetic Monster (1953) look classy.
Overall the film was so bad it was impossible to stop watching it..!
Ian Gouge - Writer 