Part of our ongoing series “The Zone.” Step into another galaxy with this voyage through the many moods of Sci-Fi.
This outrageously unique sci-fi headtrip was the debut feature from genre film emperor John Carpenter (“The Thing,” “Halloween”). The film originally began as a 45-minute student film project by Carpenter and collaborator Dan O’Bannon (“Alien”, “The Return of the Living Dead”) that was eventually expanded into a full-length feature.
It is the middle of the 22nd century. Mankind has reached a point in its technological advances to enable colonization of the far reaches of the universe. Armed with Exponential Thermosteller Bombs, the scout ship DARK STAR travels out on the very rim of the known universe, far in advance of colony ships, prowling the unstable planets. Meanwhile, the crew of Doolittle, Pinback, Boiler and Talby perform their jobs in a state of abject boredom…
