i discovered this movie when my mum was given it to go to a school fête for sale and decided to watch it first. i really wish i could erase the memory of it. the acting was terrible and although the storyline was pretty awful a different director or selection of actors could have - maybe - possible made it work. the most laughable part for me was the way the blood thirsty killing machine of an alien suddenly turns into a gentle and caring creature at the drop of a hat at the end, and our leading man takes on a "you've just killed everyone i've ever loved but now you've said sorry it's all okay" attitude!! very odd. totally trash, even if you are a cult fan or love old dodgy movies do not waste your time on this tripe.

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.

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)

Ah, the 80's...They brought us such wonders as Power Ballads and the Rubix cube. However, one thing from the 80's didn't survive the changes between decades, and that was SCi-fi horror (aliens not included). Star Crystal seemed to start as a typical sci-fi, but quickly provided an initial plot twist. Not to say the story was confusing, because it was blatently obvious. In fact, the thin plot allowed you to take wagers on who'd get hacked next. The bets were up on the second placer, but the house appeared to win. The cast of this movie was like a convention of people trying (and failing) to get into movies. Not that the poorly written dialog could ever enable them to lift off the pad. While B-movie fans (such as myself) will enjoy the exceptionally bloody and gooey deaths, and the bucketfuls of slime everywhere, the movie does lack any kind of female scream (which is a necessity in B-movies). The movie was a half decent horror flick until the morals took a severe 180 that nearly broke my neck. The change in the tide was the nail in the coffin that ruined something that was nearly a waste of time to begin with. Being a connoseur of B-movies, I recommend this for B-movie-athons. (an excellent performance by someone named "The Gling")