
Starfighters
1992


“NEW HIGHS IN BLOOD CHILLING HORROR!”
47 votes
A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster. Uses footage from Encounter in Space (1963).
Director
Curtis HarringtonWriter
Streaming availability for India
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Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$65K
Revenue
$1.7M
Production Companies

**_Eerie sci-fi from the mid-60s with the help of footage from a few Russian flicks_** In the near-future, when Earthlings have a moon base and can travel to nearby planets, a radio transmission is received from Mars wherein an alien craft has crash-landed and needs assistance. Two spaceships are sent on the rescue mission, but serious problems manifest on the return voyage. The cast is headed by John Saxon, Basil Rathbone and Dennis Hopper. “Queen of Blood,” aka “Planet of Blood” (1966), is an interesting movie in that it uses stock footage from a few Russian films (cited below) as ‘fro…
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