One of the most amazingly inept science fiction stories ever put on film and yet, so hilariously enjoyable. This film is a Roger Corman production so… yep. You’ve got David Hasselhoff as a space prince squaring off in laser-sword battles with stop-motion robots, Marjoe Gortner wearing what amounts to a bathing suit as she battles aliens and amazonian-planet evil women, and Christopher Plummer looking like he’s not sure how his agent got him wrapped up in this disaster of a film.
This is the film that supposedly prompted Corman to go forward with Battle Beyond the Stars and if you think that looked pretty low budget, just check out the n0-budget Italian special effects in Starcrash. Scenes begin and end in seemingly random places, the music is way over-the-top for what’s being shown, there are Clash of the Titans-style monster battles, and an absolutely bizarre ending that fits right in with the rest of the film (ie: it makes no sense). So much fun though if you love “awfully” great movies.