Star Hunter

Star Hunter is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Cole S. McKay and Fred Olen Ray and starring Roddy McDowell, and Stella Stevens. The eponymous character is an alien who travels through space seeking species to hunt for pleasure. He arrives on Earth, landing in Los Angeles, and is soon in pursuit of a teacher and her students, whose bus broke down on the way home from a football game.

Not to be confused with Starhunter.
Star Hunter
Directed byCole S. McKay
Fred Olen Ray
Produced bySam Newfield
Raymond Reynolds
Screenplay byM.B. Dick
Mark Litton
R.J. Robertson
StarringRoddy McDowell
Stella Stevens
CinematographyGary Graver
Mark Melville
Edited byRobert L. Goodman
Vaniak Monadian
Production
company
Release date
  • February 17, 1998 (1998-02-17)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish


Plot

Two aliens escape from prison and travel the universe hunting species throughout the galaxy on different planets for fun. The hunters set up on Earth and begin terrorizing a group of high school students whose bus has broken down after a high school football game. The aliens set up a force field around the area to prevent the students and their chaperon (Stella Stevens) from receiving any outside aid.

The students seek safety in the house of a blind man (Roddy McDowell), who, unknown to them , is actually one of the hunters.

The students are forced to defeat a robot, Star Hunter, by the aliens. However, they weapons they have acquired prove ineffective.

Officers from the prison, known as trackers, are in pursuit of the escapees and attempt to help the students by taking control of one of them. The tracker's effectiveness is reduced as he is unaware of how to deal with human emotions. [1]

Cast

Roddy McDowall ... Riecher

Stella Stevens ... Mrs. March

Rebecca Budig ... Carrie

Kenn Scott ... Pichel

Zack Ward ... Cooper

Sean P. Donahue ... Spivak (as Sean Donahue)

Alexander Keith ... Leslie (as Wendy Schumacher)

Gregg Brazzel ... Star Hunter

Fred Olen Ray ... Tracker

Steve Barkett ... Street Bum

Tripp Reed ... Junkie

Ted Monte ... Kyle

Bob Bragg ... Cop

John Brandon ... John Taylor

Hoke Howell ... Jack Turner

Production

Fred Olen Ray reshot half an hour of the film for $11,000.[2] Stella Stevens was proud that she worked with Roddy McDowell. [3]

Reception

This movie has a one star rating on IMDB and no score on Rotten Tomatoes. It also received one star from Creature Feature, which while it liked the idea of the movie, the execution was said to be hokey and amateurish. Moria gave the movie a zero. [4]

Home Release

As of November 2020, the movie as available as part of Amazon Prime [5]

References
  1. Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: 3rd Edition
  2. "Fred Olen Ray Interview". The Spoiler Room Podcast (Podcast). 21 April 2015.
  3. Weaver, T. (February 1996) Purdy Lady Starlog #223 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114529/externalsites?ref_=tt_ql_rel_2
  4. http://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/star-hunter-1995.htm
  5. https://www.amazon.com/Star-Hunter-Roddy-McDowall/dp/B07JHNJV1B


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