I know I have brought this up before so please bear with me.

My odd affection for this film has again reared its head. This sleeper awakes.

What is it about this trainwreck that elecits a warm fuzzy for me? Could it possibly be the John Barry score, the fact that I saw this on the BIG screen when I was 14, Caroline Munro's wardrobe, Christopher Plummer's scene mastication, the nut-cracking-crazy dub job, or just the general illogic of the narrative?

I guess I have answered my own question. It is all of the above. And then some.

Does anyone else share this affection?

Does anyone know if we might ever see a decent DVD release of this film? I have the French 2-disc set that couples it with the unwatchable soft-erotica of Star Crash 2 but this disc is of very poor quality. An obviousluy worn VHS transfer.

Who owns N. American rights for this? Mr. Corman? Do I need to appeal to him?

A rather nice print screened in Los Angeles at The American Cinematheque a couple of years ago for their Caroline Munro tribute. It also sounded fantastic!

Any help, sympathies, or harsh slaps back to reality would be sincerely appreciated.

I think it's because it's one of the funniest movies ever made, far surpassing almost every intentional comedy in the history of cinema. A robot with a Texas accent, Joe Spinell's ridiculously dubbed commands to "Kill! Kill!", the clumsy visual effects, Hasselhoff's and Marjoe's competing Afros, Chris Plummer halting the flow of time...I could do this forever.

I have no idea why this isn't out on a Special Edition R1 DVD with Munro/Gortner/Hasselhoff commentary. I guess whoever owns the rights doesn't like making money.

Oh yes, STAR CRASH is fantastic! I was also about 14 when I saw it on the big screen, at a science fiction convention around 1980 where it was heralded as "the worst movie ever made". I got the DVD last year and enjoyed the hell out of it, even the un-subitled bonus material (never got through the so-called STAR CRASH 2, though). Phil Edwards, an Australian journalist and movie poster dealer, told an amazing anecdote on how we was hired to co-write the script for the REAL STAR CRASH 2, which never was made, but would have featured more sci fi silliness, plus Caroline Munro in bondage and even skimpier outfits! Sounds like the greatest movie never made, at least for us still at the mental age of 14 when it comes to these matters...

STAR CRASH plays like a living, breathing 50's/60's comic book. Color galore, preposterous science, dialogue that states or overstates, tacky looking monsters. STAR CRASH is the jump from two dimensions to the fourth. Has any comic-inspired movie ever come close to STAR CRASH's 10 cent "Why are you wasting your allowance on that trash?" feel? STAR WARS may have felt like an old movie matinee serial but STAR CRASH is like hiding under the covers with a flashlight. And don't some of us treasure our old, yellowing funny books.

"....STAR CRASH is like hiding under the covers with a flashlight."

great observation. It is a Heavy Metal comic book, an artifact from a certain time that will never be made again. I have only seen it once and couldn't stop talking about it. I wonder. how did they get that John Barry score?

I love STAR CRASH; its an unbridled pulp spectacular shot on the budget of the catering bill of an episode of BUCK ROGERS. With that being said, I'd rather watch STAR CRASH twice than endure a single episode of ROGERS. STAR CRASH is like a weird fever dream... and that soliloquy by Christopher Plummer: "Once again, the stars are clear. Oh, some dark power may someday once again rear its evil head. But for now, we can rest."

STARCRASH is one of my favourite films that Caroline Munro did. A total comic Italian comic book experience, just without all the nudity ;). Colourful, fun, and never seems to want to take itself too seriously. A real shame that a proposed sequel never happened, as i was more then eager to see the further adventures of Stella Star.
Caroline was the main attraction, for me. I got to appreciate the rest on repeated viewings.

I wonder who owns the North American rights to this? Surely there must be some DVD distributors out there would love to release a SE of this.

I was 15 when my friend and I caught this at a local grindhouse. I'll never forget some dude shouting "STAR TRASH!" at the screen as the credits rolled. Cracked us up.

I think the rights are mired in your standard clusterfrick. Corman's New World released this movie to theatres, but the TV syndication was done by Lorimar, and I don't konw if that's a deal they made with Corman or with the Italians that financed the film.

My suspicion is that Corman's control has elapsed, as with most of his foreign pickups, and the Italians are asking ridiculous money to relicense this. La Forza Del Destino.