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For fans of 1980s era low budget sci-fi & horror, 2 January 2006
7/10
Author: probe_droid_VII from Vancouver, BC, Canada

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I got this at 50% off in the bargain bin at my local electronic closing sale. Unlike most commentators here (who seem to expect every sci-fi movie to be a mass market blockbuster), I enjoyed it- even the ending. It could have had more gore, but the gore scene special effects were well done. It could have been shorter, too...a good candidate for "Mystery Science Theater 3000" to do an episode on.

********SPOLIER BELOW--ONLY READ IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE********

When engineer Roger Campbell is traveling thru the tunnel, what the heck was that small, oily black creature with the white eyes and sharp teeth that dropped on him? The movie never explains what it was.

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Pretty good Sci-Fi/Horror, 4 August 1999
Author: MovieMan-167 from Sunnyvale California

I rented this movie expecting it to pretty much be a waste of time. I liked the description on the back of the box so I thought what he heck. It turned out really, really good! A group of people set off in this space ship and encounter a strange life force, and of course they all start to get killed by it. Let me just say the the end is NOT what I was expecting! I was very pleased how this movie was done. Not bad special effects for the time either.

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Ultra Cheesy Sci-Fi That Has It's Moments, 8 June 2002
Author: kefkajr (kefkajr007@aol.com) from Austin, Tx

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New World has given us an ALIEN-clone that has plenty of slime and blood but little else. Hey, it ain't the worst movie in the world though and it entertains if you're in the right frame of mind. I thought the first monster attack was actually kind of scary and the narrow-tube corridors give a nice edge.

SPOILER: As for that infamous ending, it wasn't all that bad but still cheesy. Remember this one CHEESY movie. Could have been better with a few more deaths.

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What happens when you kill off the characters to fast., 4 February 2004
2/10
Author: Aaron1375 from Alabama

This movie starts out as a cheap rip-off of "Aliens". A monster has gotten aboard a ship and it is methodically killing off the crew. Some interesting deaths, but nothing special. Well before you know it the entire crew with the exception of two of them is dead. I think this was supposed to be a wrap, but then they realized their film was way too short. Some one said "We need more movie here people". So they brainstormed and the person who said "Let's make this into a family movie" must have won out. I am not going to say when this happens in the flick, but you will easily be able to tell yourself if you have the misfortune to watch this movie. I love how the deaths are rationalized. So if you want to see an "Alien" clone that does a complete 180 near the end then this is the movie for you.

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Calling it awful still gives this movie to much credit..., 28 August 2003
1/10
Author: TobyS from Atlanta

I can't begin to try and get across how absolutely awful Star Crystal is. I knew it was going to be bad, but nothing could prepare me for this pile of steaming doo. The acting makes most grade school plays look like Oscar material. I mean, did these people really yell "cut", and then pat each other on the backs for a job well done?

More often than not, the sets are just a black stage with a spotlight on the "actors", and the ships are nothing more than dime store models dug up from a garage sale.

Lets not forget the alien. Where's the alien from the box cover??? THAT is the movie I wanted to see. The alien here looks like a slimy reject from Fraggle Rock! Worse yet, this mess was supposed to have had some resemblance to a sci-fi horror movie, but instead turns into the Muppet Family Hour at the end!

Thank God for my DVD player's fast forward function. I would have never gotten though the last 30 minutes without speeding this trash heap up to warp 6.

My grade: F (and that's still to kind)

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Star Crystal......, 9 May 2003
Author: (Frank_Stallone_Fan) from New Hampshire

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Spoilers..... The only thing i dont like about this move is he ending. I mean, instead of a horror movie, it turns into a family movie.. The other thing i didn't like actually was that terrible closing song. It hurt my ears.

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Crystal of a Star? Hell no!, 6 April 2006
1/10
Author: HyperPup from United States

I vaguely remember this movie from a long time ago. I think it was my senior year in high school when it came on one night real late on The Movie Channel or something. I only remember the cheesy space ships where you could see the animation stand holding up the model and the scenes in the space station that where clearly filmed in an airport or something. All the stupid escalators around and the white interiors. Then the alien showed up and started turning people into a slimy gel substance or something. Then it ended all sweet and gooey with the alien trying to repent for killing the crew and becoming a loving alien with the surviving crew. God, how did they get funding to even write the script for this piece of trash.

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Boring ALIEN clone with a ridiculous twist, 25 October 2005
2/10
Author: (xtrospawn@yahoo.com) from Hollywood, California

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A slimy, tentacled creature boards a spacecraft and quickly dispatches half of the crew before discovering religion and realizing that killing is wrong. You heard correctly. The creature gets on-line and reads up on some bible quotes and, in the bizarre twist ending, befriends the two survivors and plays Chinese checkers.

Subpar sci-fi entry on every level, from the poor acting, directing, set design. And the endlessly long scenes of characters crawling through tunnels. Not to mention the creature that looks like a giant sock that someone sneezed on.

The biggest problem is that it kills off the crew too quickly. So for the last 45 minutes we're stuck with the two survivors watching the stars, eating soup, crawling through tunnels, etc. Skip this one.

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Hahahahahaha!!, 4 April 2004
Author: teptime from fabulous Las Vega$!

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**minor spoilers**

Some dumbo astronauts dig up a rock from another panet and bring it aboard their ship...the rock peels itself to reveal a large crystal, and it drips goop all over the floor which quickly evolves into a lifeform. The resulting alien stalks the ship in search of victims(sound familiar?), but eventually we learn that it was just afraid. The alien actually is a pretty friendly opaque blob with a massive erection and and big sad eyes(sort of a Keane version of E.T.) It learns how to talk, and becomes a Christian through compter data research(!) Very uneven sci-fi with cheapo drywall construction to simulate the interior of a spacecraft, still it could have been a lot worse. Not really recommended, however.

4/10

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Bad movie with bad ending, 25 August 2000
Author: Trooper8-2 from Gadsden, AL

There's very little good to say about this turkey. A generally laughable piece of dreck, this film goes from bad to worse with one of the most anticlimactic endings I've ever seen. It was certainly unexpected, but that doesn't mean it was good. While I am a big fan of cheesy horror and sci-fi, I really can't recommend this unless you just have to see every B-movie that's ever been made. Don't waste your time with this boring loser.

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