''Star Hunter'' is a 1995

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directed by Cole S. McKay and

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, and starring

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and

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. 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.

Plot

Two aliens escape from prison and begin traveling throughout the galaxy, hunting species 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 school football game. The aliens set up a force field around the area to prevent the teens and their chaperone (Stella Stevens) from receiving any outside aid. The students seek safety in the house of a blind man (Roddy McDowall), who, unknown to them, is actually one of the hunters. The aliens force the teens to fight a robot, named Star Hunter. The students improvise weapons, but these prove ineffective against Star Hunter. Officers from the alien prison arrive; known as trackers, they are in pursuit of the escapees. They attempt to help the teens. One tracker takes control of a student, but the alien is hindered by his unfamiliarity with human emotions.

Cast

as Riecher *

as Mrs. March * Rebecca Budig as Carrie * Kenn Scott as Pichel *

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as Cooper * Sean P. Donahue as Spivak (credited as Sean Donahue) * Alexander Keith as Leslie (credited as Wendy Schumacher) * Gregg Brazzel as Star Hunter *

as Tracker * Steve Barkett as Street Bum * Tripp Reed as Junkie * Ted Monte as Kyle * Bob Bragg as Cop * John Brandon as John Taylor * Hoke Howell as Jack Turner

Production

Fred Olen Ray reshot half an hour of the film for $11,000. Stella Stevens was proud of having worked with Roddy McDowall.

Reception

This movie has no score on

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. It also received one star from Creature Feature, which liked the movie’s premise, but called its execution hokey and amateurish. Moria gave the movie a rating of zero.

Home release

As of November 2020, the movie as available on

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References

External links

* * 1998 science fiction films 1998 films Films about death games Films set in Los Angeles Films directed by Fred Olen Ray 1990s English-language films English-language science fiction films {{1990s-sf-film-stub