Star Hunter

I'm watching this horrible movie when I realize at the beginning this looks familiar. I had recently watched the film "Forbidden World" and recognized the set and robot immediately. Just to be sure I turn FW on and sure enough, identical. I'm curious if the actors from "Forbidden World" know they are in this trash. I checked production companies and they aren't the same. Really bizarre.

The only reason I gave this movie 1 star is because I couldn't give it any less. An absolute, total waste of time. The special effects were extremely cheesy (flashing lights on the screen for no apparent reason), the acting was horrible (the kids I could understand, but when Roddy McDowell acts "down" to a movie like this, it was really sad to see), the aliens were a total rip-off of Predator (and a bad one at that), the "tracker" was a ridiculous rip-off of the Star Wars Stormtroopers. Stella Stevens looked pretty good but her part was hard to watch as well. It looked as if the entire film was filmed by an eighth grader with a 20 pound shoulder held video camera from the 80's. I usually like anything science fiction, but this was beyond anything I could stomach.

I love Roddy McDowell, but, I felt so bad for him being in this movie. It's low-budget, really bad concept, and horribly bad acting. Need I go on? Apparently so. A shame really, since I've said everything that needs to be said about this HORRIBLE movie!!!!! It reminded me of a really low-budget early '80's campy horror flick. It's supposed to be scary, but with all the horrid acting, I was applauding and laughing every time one of the idiot kids got killed! Want a good horror flick? Go watch something else...ANYTHING else! Skip this movie! If I could give this film zero stars, I would! There are so many better horror flicks you could be watching instead of this movie!

Heheheheeee! This movie is soooo bad it's good! It's so funny! One time, this guy turns to his friends and says, "Guys, I think we're in the hood." It's so funny cause the way he says it, he sounds like he's giving his son a talk about sex! The movie's about these dumb high school kids with their even dumber bus driver (she doesn't even know where their High School is!!!) who get lost in "THE HOOD!" They meet this weird guy with white hair and huge sun glasses who collects people's heads. He tells them to go hide so he can play a game, and then this one guy who looks like the Predator's inbred relative suits up and tries to kill everyone. Some great parts are when the bus driver gets shot and some blood pops up on her face, but there's no wound! Another is the first time the Star Hunter is shot, he explodes; next shot, he's just fine! Plus, every time he's shot after that they show the same scene of him grabbing his left shoulder! The best part: the little robot at the beginning!

MST3K fans won't want to miss this one.

From the movie's cover alone, I have to say that I harbored absolutely no expectations to the movie, as it absolutely permeated low budget in every aspect. But I still opted to give the movie a fair chance, as it was a movie that I had neither heard about, nor obviously ever watched.

And seeing that the movie was directed by Cole S. McKay and Fred Olen Ray didn't exactly help to raise my expectations, as Fred Olen Ray hasn't exactly been known for his stellar movies.

Writers R. J. Robertson, M. B. Dick and Mark Litton put together a script that didn't really catch my interest. And I have to say that my attention drifted further and further away from the screen as the narrative dragged on and on.

The movie does have a few familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Roddy McDowall, Zack Ward and Hoke Howell. The acting performances in "Star Hunter" were actually fair.

The effects in the movie were actually not too bad. Low-key and cheap at times, sure, but certainly weren't among the worst of special effects I've seen in movies.

My rating of directors Cole S. McKay and Fred Olen Ray's 1996 movie "Star Hunter" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.