Starslyderz

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Starslyderz arcade cabinet marquee: the logo on a starfield, flanked by chrome and orange chevrons.

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  • 01A Hero Must Rise6:44
  • 02Mission to Baktos7:18
  • 03The Princess7:52
  • 04Into the Asteroids6:48
  • 05Planet Zoopy6:18
  • 06Prisoners5:37
  • 07The Puppetmaster8:00
  • 08Malic!9:27
  • 09Bang at the Beach15:33

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Critical Acclaim

"…an impressive home-made camp epic that blows away lame Troma-style efforts. Cult status is assured."
Variety →
"Michael Bay will never, ever equal the achievement of Starslyderz, an intergalactic adventure made with about 1/7,500th of Transformers’s budget and several megatons the awesomeness. A giddy campsterpiece."
San Francisco Bay Guardian →
"…a triumph of good ideas, good intentions and good ol' chutzpah over any budgetary adversity."
Fantasia Film Fest →
  • Fantasia — Official Selection 2007
  • Another Hole in the Head — Official Selection 2006
  • Opening Night Film Festival Mauvais Genre Tours, France · 2007
  • Official Selection Lost Film FestivalPhiladelphia · 2006
  • Winner · Award of Excellence Berkeley Film Festival2006
  • Official Selection WT-FestivalenOs, Norway · 2008
Featuring the Music of Estradasphere
The original hand-painted Starslyderz poster: Captain Taylor with a blaster, a woman in green floating among the stars, the chrome logo, and the villains gathered beneath a glowing thunderbird.
9 Days to Shoot. 25 Years to Finish.Putting the “piece” in “Masterpiece”!

A no-budget sci-fi comedy made for about $25,000 by roughly 150 people. Nine days of shooting in 2001 (five in July, a break, then four more in September), four years in post, a festival run that began in 2006, and in 2026, a brand new cut. The final one.

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Wrapped the evening of September 10, 2001.

From the Archive

  • Detail of the original hand-painted Starslyderz poster: Captain Taylor with a blaster, a woman in green floating among the stars, and the chrome logo.The hand-painted poster, as it hung in the lobby of San Francisco’s Roxie Theater, June 2006.
  • The cast and crew posing on location with the camera, puppets, and props.Cast and crew on location.
  • A crew member carries a puppet down a wooden staircase toward the beach.Hauling a puppet down to the set.
  • A puppet in silhouette at the mouth of a sea cave.A puppet silhouette in a sea cave.
  • Two cast members in villain makeup eating dinner.Dinner break, still in makeup.
  • A figure seen from behind on a hillside overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.Overlooking the Golden Gate.
  • The Roxie Theater marquee in San Francisco, with costumed puppets outside.The Roxie, San Francisco, June 2006.
  • Costumed puppet characters and two performers posing on the sidewalk outside the Roxie.Working the sidewalk outside the Roxie.
  • The Roxie box office window, with a lineup card listing Zardoz and Starslyderz, and the painted Starslyderz poster on the wall.The Roxie box office, June 10, 2006: same bill as Zardoz.

The Long Road

  1. 2001Nine days of shooting: five in July, a break, then four more in September.
  2. Four yearsPost-production, with more than 150 volunteer artists.
  3. June 10, 2006Another Hole in the Head, the Roxie, San Francisco. Variety reviews it.
  4. April 5, 2007Opening-night film at Festival Mauvais Genre, Tours, France.
  5. July 22, 2007Fantasia International Film Festival, Montréal.
  6. May 7, 2008Dead Channels presents “The Starslyderz Experience,” San Francisco.
  7. November 7, 2008WT Os International Film Festival, Norway.
  8. 2026The final cut.

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