Directed by Todd Durham | Produced by Earl Owensby Cinematography Irl Dixon | |
Written by Todd Durham, James Michael Kozak Starring Paula PoundstoneChris ElliottAlan MarxRobert Bloodworth | ||
Hyperspace also known as Gremloids, and Gremlords is a 1984 3D science fiction comedy film film starring Paula Poundstone and Alan Marx, written and directed by Todd Durham.
Plot
A Star Wars text crawl explains how a resistance force, led by Princess Serina has stolen vital radio transmissions from an evil Galactic Alliance. The Vader-like villain; Lord Bucket Head (named only in the closing credits) pursues Selina, but, due to an error in navigation on his part, instead lands on Earth.
Bucket Head then leads his Jawa-like minions into a nearby suburban town, while still non the wiser of his blunder. He immediately mistakes town folk such as Chester; the local baker for a galactic hero called Captain Starfighter. And later Karen, an employee at a local radio transmission store for Princess Serina, who he then abducts for interrogation.
Max: a timid exterminator with sights on passing an upcoming exam and being promoted to an executive, unintentionally arrives on the scene and helps Karen escape. The two flee into the woods, but are soon captured and taken back to the aliens ship.
While there, the minions eventually discover they are on the wrong planet. But due to Bucket Head's arrogance, any attempt to inform him is viewed as insubordination and dealt with harshly by execution.
Max and Karen soon escape again and after a run around in a Super Store, soon arrive at the place Max works, just in time for him to sit his exam. Bucket Head then arrives, takes Karen captive and demands the radio transmissions he still seeks be handed over. Otherwise the town will be destroyed.
The military arrives but is easily pushed back by the spaceship's superior defences. Max meanwhile takes the opportunity to sneak aboard and rescue Karen. The two make it off just as the ship is preparing for lift-off. Bucket Head's minions meanwhile have had all they can take from his arrogance and bullying abuse, and so literally kick him off ship as he stands on the main boarding ramp. Marooning him on Earth.
He pursues and corners Max and Karen, and is about the break Max's neck, only to be then killed by Chester, who appears in a Super Hero outfit, claiming that he is indeed Captain Starfigther. The film finally ends with the alien spaceship flying away from Earth.