MOVIE · 1974

Dark Star

ComedySci-Fi83 min

Twenty years into a mission to destroy unstable planets ahead of future colonists, the crew of the Dark Star is drifting through space in a ship that’s coming apart around them. Brian Narelle and co-writer Dan O’Bannon are among the exhausted men on board, juggling failing systems, a loose alien mascot, and a “sensitive” bomb that starts questioning its own purpose. John Carpenter directs this 1974 film with a worn-in scout ship, long stretches of routine, and comedy that keeps brushing up against cosmic dread.