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By Andrew H (1,696) on 23 Oct 2010

I believe this was John Carpenter's first movie, and he did an excellent job! One of the best sci-fi comedies (not sure how many of those there are)…

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By Rodney E (723) on 07 Sep 2010

An entertaining and totally cheap sci-fi spoof, not to mention the first John Carpenter feature…

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By Sergio M (183) on 07 Sep 2010

An entertaining and totally cheap sci-fi spoof, not to mention the first John Carpenter feature…

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By Sushanna M (77) on 05 Sep 2010

Strange and mostly boring…

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By Trev B (153) on 10 Aug 2010

It was a student film and it feels like one too...a bad one…

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By Kevin M (2,627) on 06 Aug 2010

Fascinating, funny, and impressively entertaining, Dark Star is a cult classic! It takes a special kind of film fan to appreciate it…

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By Juan T (71) on 04 Aug 2010

John Carpenter & Dan O'Bannon's first project was a student film expanded into a feature. It's a wacky low budget space satire…

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By Scott J (1,156) on 03 Aug 2010

It's John Carpenter's first movie, and it was written by Dan O' Bannon, who also co-wrote Alien and wrote/directed Return of the Living Dead…

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By Dan D (1,306) on 26 Jul 2010

Dark Star is a weird and funny parody that uses low-budget but impressive special effects to tell a satirical story and create a classic movie…

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By Liana S (71) on 18 Jul 2010

This movie is completely dated (the role of the alien is played by a beach ball!), but it's still rad…

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By Adam E (677) on 04 Jul 2010

Quirky, darkly funny, early '70s sci-fi classic. Whilst obviously a low budget production (beachball anyone…

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By Eva B (83) on 02 Jul 2010

Very odd film, but when I realised they'd made their space suits out of muffin tins and packing foam, I knew it was always meant to be that kooky…

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By Sean C (2,276) on 06 Jun 2010

I have a love/hate relationship with this movie…

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By Karl M (131) on 06 Jun 2010

A student film from John Carpenter (Halloween) and Dan O'Bannon (Alien) about a group of astronauts sent out to destroy unstable planets…

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By Ricky L (88) on 21 May 2010

Basically a pretty retarded experimental '70s student film from John Carpenter, but in all the trippy mess, there are some gems - the birth…

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By Ivan L (180) on 12 May 2010

John Carpenter has done many very entertaining movies like Halloween, Christine and Escape From NY. And everybody has to start somewhere…

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By Joshua L (2,111) on 10 May 2010

Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to blow up unstable planets. Pretty funny stuff…

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By James M (2,946) on 26 Apr 2010

A spoof of 2001: A Space Odyssey and other sci-fi favourites which works a lot better than I thought it would…

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By Austin T (98) on 14 Apr 2010

People with questionable practices join cults. Maybe they lack self-confidence, maybe they're lonely, or maybe they are just stupid…

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By Jay T (176) on 12 Apr 2010

Low-budget sci-fi at its best. While it's intentionally comic, it also has a pretty decent premise behind it…

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