Reception
At the time, the film was panned by critics, but later gain a cult following.
In DVD Delirium, the reviewer panned the film calling the plot, "something akin to something written by excitable primary school kids than adults". The film, "uses every trick in the special effects book ... and bungles the lot of them hopelessly. It also rips chunks off Star Wars", as well as showing "'evidence' of inspiration" from Barbarella, Invaders from Mars and Jason and the Argonauts. The reviewer concludes that, this film "is one of those movies that shovels on the ineptitude with such verve that it does achieve a 'must see' sinful pleasure status."
Kurt Dahlke of DVD Talk said, "Starcrash is a masterpiece of unintentionally bad filmmaking. Pounded out in about 18 months seemingly as an answer to Star Wars, Luigi Cozzi's knock-off buzzes around with giddy brio, mixing ridiculous characters with questionably broad acting, an incredibly simple yet still nonsensical plot, and budget special effects that transcend into the realm of real art. It's a completely ridiculous movie, that's great to watch with a few friends and a beer or two. And it still manages to make my jaw drop."
R.L. Shaffer of IGN gave the film an extremely positive review, rating it a 10/10, and calling it "The single greatest sci-fi camp fest ever put on celluloid" and saying its in league with cult classics like Troll 2, Riki-Oh and The Room.
J.C. Maçek III of WorldsGreatestCritic.com wrote, "If Starcrash had a much bigger budget, a better script and fresh ideas that weren't mined from other, vastly superior franchises... it would still suck. That's right, folks, it has to aspire to suck."
In his article "Top 10 Reasons Why Star Crash is Better Than Star Wars", Bobby Morgan of EuroCultAV wrote about Cozzi's film, "To call it a rip-off of Star Wars would be an egregious insult since the term 'Star Wars rip-off' is an oxymoron. The two films are separated by language barriers and a few million dollars in production costs but are united by an unabashed love of fantastic cinema and the spectacular heights they can scale when the crucial components are in place."
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