Dark Star (1974)

6.9	Listal rating
6.6	IMDB rating

Sci-fi (7), Comedy (5), Satire (4), Space (3), Space Travel (3), Usa (3), 1974 (3), Alien (3), Artificial Intelligence (2), Thriller (2), Bomb (2), Exploding Planet (2), Computer (2), Futuristic (2), Scifi (2), Spacecraft (2), Science Fiction (2), Cryogenics (2), Drugs (2), Laser (2)

Description

Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems which are to be colonised. The late Commander Powell is stored in deep freeze, where he is still able to offer advice. As their mission nears completion, they must cope with a runaway alien which resembles a beach-ball, faulty computer sy ... (more)

Directed by

John Carpenter

Starring (View all) :

Lt. Doolittle

Boiler

Talby

Sgt. Pinback

Bomb #20

Alien (uncredited)

Computer / 'Mother'

Commander Powell

Bomb #19

Watkins - Mission Control

Written by (View all) :

John Carpenter

Dan O'Bannon

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