Star Portal
| Star Portal | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jon Purdy |
| Written by | Jon Purdy Mark Hanna |
| Based on | Not of This Earth by
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| Produced by | Mary Ann Fisher |
| Starring | Steven Bauer |
Production company | New Concorde |
| Distributed by | Concorde Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 mins |
| Countries | United States Ireland |
| Language | English |
Star Portal is a 1997 American film starring Steven Bauer directed by Jon Purdey. It was released by Roger Corman's Concorde Films.[1] The film was a remake of Corman's 1957 film, Not of this Earth which had previously been remade in 1988 and 1995.[2] (The film has also been described as a sequel to Not of this Earth.[3])
Premise
[edit]An alien comes to Earth to get blood to help her dying race.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Steven Bauer
- Athena Massey
- Stephen Davies
Production
[edit]At one stage the film was called Quad-rena and Not of this Earth 2.[5][6]
The movie was shot at Roger Corman's studio at Connemara, in County Galway, Ireland.[7] Steven Bauer later called it "a not very good movie... It was a space vampire movie so we were shooting a lot at night. It was April and I remember it was very chilly and very wet. I don't know how I found myself talked into doing it. It was a low point in my life. But I really enjoyed Galway.”[8]
Reception
[edit]Psychtronic Media reported " Some of the music is semi punk or heavy metal and outer space footage is from an earlier Corman production. Odd accents and all the Fionas and Liams in the credits point to the fact that this was filmed in Ireland."[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "New on video". The Sacramento Bee. 15 May 1998. p. 13.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R (2011). Allied Artists horror, science fiction and fantasy films. p. 134.
- ^ Schiff, Laura (March 1998). "Attractions fatale". Femme Fatales. Vol. 6, no. 9. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "New releases". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 7 May 1998. p. 78.
- ^ "Attraction fetale". Femme Fetale. Vol. 5, no. 5. November 1996. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ Kinkade, Amelia (January 1997). "Portrait of a rising star". Femme Fatales. Vol. 5, no. 7. p. 43. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ Brian Reddin (3 May 2017). Roger Corman i gConamara [Roger Corman in Connemara] (TV documentary) (in Irish and English). Ireland: TG4. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Hot Press meets Steven Bauer". Hot Press. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ "Star Portal". Psychotronic Video. No. 31. 1999. p. 73.
External links
[edit]- Star Portal at IMDb