Dark Star (1974)
Genres: Science Fiction, Comedy
Cast: Dan O'Bannon, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Nick Castle
Dark Star is a 1974 American science fiction comedy film directed and produced by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship Dark Star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets.