I want this. I want the film to be released on DVD, and I want the score to be released as well. It's cheesy. It's cheap. It's silly. And I love it. Highly memorable music and a lot of good fun with Christopher Lee and Robert Vaughn. I admit I have fond childhood memories of it and I would only recommend the movie to fans of low-budget science fiction. But the score...there's a lot to love for ANY '70s score enthusiast.
I hope Warner Archive puts the movie out some day. And maybe, just maybe, some marvelously industrious film score label will give us this ultra-fun slice of '70s cheddar.
I remember seeing STARSHIP INVASIONS at the theatre, either right before or right after the release of STAR WARS, back in '77. Loved it then, love it now! I recorded it on vhs back in 1996 from one of the Encore channels when I had direct tv. I'm sure this will get released through the Warner Archives - dvd on demand. Right up there with STARCRASH - great stuff!
Well.... I mean what can one say? Well.... Good heavens.
So that's Starship Invasions is it?
Well... Goodness me.
Do you suppose Cushing and Lee got together in a nice English country pub and flipped a coin to decide which of the two upcoming space movies they were going to take? I wonder if Peter bought the next round.
One thing's for sure... Gil and the band sound like they were having fun.
I doubt there has ever been a more ridiculous job of costuming as appears in STARSHIP INVASIONS. What were they thinking? I find myself totally embarassed for poor Christopher Lee having to play out his scenes thusly attired. Those shots from the film on those lobby cards do just about a perfect job making the potential audience giggle.
The Melle score remains a wonderfully entertaining example of his late 70's jazz/thriller vibe, with a few more electronic embellishments garnishing it. He certainly gives the film much more than it deserves.
I doubt there has ever been a more ridiculous job of costuming as appears in STARSHIP INVASIONS. What were they thinking? I find myself totally embarassed for poor Christopher Lee having to play out his scenes thusly attired. Those shots from the film on those lobby cards do just about a perfect job making the potential audience giggle.
The Melle score remains a wonderfully entertaining example of his late 70's jazz/thriller vibe, with a few more electronic embellishments garnishing it. He certainly gives the film much more than it deserves.
strangely enough, that costume with the serpent was based on a real life UFO occupant description (including the insignia)
This always reminded me of the situation where a couple of kids raided the record library of one of the greatest, most eclectic geniuses in the history of modern music and pasted the most inspired bits onto their home movie.
I doubt there has ever been a more ridiculous job of costuming as appears in STARSHIP INVASIONS. What were they thinking? I find myself totally embarassed for poor Christopher Lee having to play out his scenes thusly attired. .
could be worse... he could have been wearing Sean Connery's ZARDOZ costume LOL It doesn't get much worse than that
I remember I saw this as a teen in the 1980s and found the movie jaw-droppingly bad... even for a low budget movie... this was weird. So cheesy, I couldn't believe Christopher Lee and Robert Vaughn were in it. (TEENAGE CAVEMAN and BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS are masterpieces in comparison.) So weird, yes, I agree, it's probably a lot of fun. I should re-watch it. But I'm sure Gil Melle's music is worth a listen, so I will check this out on Qobuz.
