Name The Crappy Sci Fi Film

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One of those things that has popped into my head for no apparent reason and stuck there, so I’m turning to the internet to give my head a good shake…

I’m having vague memories of some crappy sci fi film I saw when I was young, but I can’t remember what it was. It was pretty obviously inspired (if that is the right word) by Star Wars. Details I can remember:

  • Something about a prison planet?
  • A battle near the end. Troops were sent to board the enemy spaceship in individual flying coffin/torpedo thingies. The doors at the top flipped open and they would sit up and start firing their lasers.
  • A city/spaceship that had to be sacrificed at the end, as that was the only way to defeat the evil blah-de-blah overload sort of thing.

Even at age 8 I could tell it was pretty bad. Please put me out of my trivia related misery.

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Starcrash?

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We have a winner, and in only 9 minutes. Thanks.

Starcrash

Yep, that’s it, although I have no memory of David Hasslehoff shooting lasers from his eyes.

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Here is a link for more StarCrash fun… Starcrash B-Movie Review

ETA: DAMMIT! I didn’t look at your link.

heh.

Never mind me…

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I just looked at that link and can’t believe what I saw. The clip at the bottom showing the torpedoes crashing through the windows broke me up. It’s SOOO obvious that a couple of guys offstage just (barely) chucked it through the glass.

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“Imperial Battle Cruiser… Stop the flow of time!”

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This thread almost makes me want to dig out the VHS.

Almost.

I bought it for the camp value. But really, alcohol needs to be involved. (Or herb, only I don’t use it. It would help for this film, though.)

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The only good thing about that movie

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Now, be fair. I see two.

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Was it worse than Lifeforce?

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Oh yes. At least in Lifeforce, Mathilda May was showcasing her “talents” for most of the movie. In all her works the lovely Caroline Munro never did :frowning: