Dark Star

Dark Star

1974 · 83 min · EN · G · 6.0 (685 votes)
Dir. John Carpenter · Starring Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Adam Beckenbaugh, Nick Castle · Music John Carpenter

“The spaced out odyssey.”

ComedyScience Fiction

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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A hilariously bleak journey through the void. It captures the crushing ennui of deep space with a DIY, anarchic spirit. Existential dread meets slacker comedy in this cult classic.

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