Review of Dark Star (1974) by Nicholas A — 07 Apr 2007

How an any film be terrorised by an orange beach ball with flipper feet. utter rubbish, yet entertaining in a car crash sort of way.

This review of Dark Star (1974) was written by Nicholas A on 07 Apr 2007.

Dark Star has generally received positive reviews.

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