Star Crystal (1986)

Don't waste your time if you want a space opera full of action, suspense, gore, and character development.If anyone should see this, it's for those who like trashy, cult b-movies-- the reason is because of the total 180 degree turn of the plot.As you watch it you its looks like every other 1980's low budget sci-fi, with the bad sets, acting, and plot. There's also a product placement, which makes me wonder if Coca-Cola knew that their logo was being used in the movie. You'll see cheesy stuff here and there-- it might make you chuckle.At first its kinda funny how the characters have to crawl from room to room in the ship (there's lots of crawling), but after awhile it gets to be sort of annoying.The plot isn't really eventful for most of the film, but when you get to the end credits, you get to see this movie as a whole, and this movie is just ridiculous!For me, this movie stands out more than the rest of the 1980's space trash, but it's not epic badness like "Blood Freak", "Troll 2", or "Plan 9 From Outer Space".

i discovered this movie when my mum was given it to go to a school fête for sale and decided to watch it first. i really wish i could erase the memory of it. the acting was terrible and although the storyline was pretty awful a different director or selection of actors could have - maybe - possible made it work. the most laughable part for me was the way the blood thirsty killing machine of an alien suddenly turns into a gentle and caring creature at the drop of a hat at the end, and our leading man takes on a "you've just killed everyone i've ever loved but now you've said sorry it's all okay" attitude!! very odd. totally trash, even if you are a cult fan or love old dodgy movies do not waste your time on this tripe.

Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed this obscure B-movie as a child. But, one sees a film differently with more astute eyes. The film seems outdone by everything all at once. The budget is perhaps(next to simply bad writing and overall story development)the main culprit in this film's demise. You can tell how things are elevated(you can tell a part is being picked up by a wire), not to mention in one shot you can actually see the rod that moves the model space ship. The cast for the film are simply not very good at exposing the trauma within the characters and the dialogue, which is sheet-thin and unimaginative doesn't assist them. The story seems to be two separate films..one horror and the other a weeper. This makes the film completely uneven. It starts as an alien clone as this creature and these crystals "birth" from a rock taken by two astronauts from Mars. They want to put a laser to it, but perish thanks to such thinking. As an act of survival, the alien defends by killing..basic fundamentals for defense against anything violent. Once it is on board a space shuttle, several crew members feel threatened and react with hostility against something they don't understand. Somehow, the alien starts out as goo and begins to shape and form over the course of the movie. Also, these crystals seem to provide the alien the basic fundamentals of learning and power. The alien, through the power of the crystals, is able to elevate and control anything. The crew are at the mercy of this alien as it kills three of them when they try to kill it(not to mention exploding a space station early in the film). Yet, once the alien begins to read, through the memory banks of the computer, the Bible, it comes to know Jesus and becomes much more understanding and kind to the two crew members that remain. The film is pretty preposterous for it just doesn't know where to go..it's as if we see the director is throwing all kinds of ideas at us expecting us to enjoy the botched narrative. It seems to be a real horror film, with some pretty good gore with goo and blood. Then comes a morality play which just seems to be an unfortunate detour which is just laughable. If you read through the credits on this film, it's clear that no one made it very far..the whole film is quite amateurish and bad. There does seem to be ambition, but ambition needs talent to fully evolve into a good movie for which this film lacks greatly.

A slimy, tentacled creature boards a spacecraft and quickly dispatches half of the crew before discovering religion and realizing that killing is wrong. You heard correctly. The creature gets on-line and reads up on some bible quotes and, in the bizarre twist ending, befriends the two survivors and plays Chinese checkers.Subpar sci-fi entry on every level, from the poor acting, directing, set design. And the endlessly long scenes of characters crawling through tunnels. Not to mention the creature that looks like a giant sock that someone sneezed on. The biggest problem is that it kills off the crew too quickly. So for the last 45 minutes we're stuck with the two survivors watching the stars, eating soup, crawling through tunnels, etc. Skip this one.