Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Name: Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Duration: 1 h 30 min

1hr 30m

1hr 30m
2.8/5 (924)
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On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord. More Details »

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Director:

Lamont Johnson

Producer:

Don Carmody, John Dunning

Writer:

Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg

Release Date:

May 20, 1983

Runtime:

1hr 30m

Synopsis

On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord.

Cast

Peter Strauss
Molly Ringwald
Ernie Hudson
Andrea Marcovicci
Michael Ironside

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2.8

Aug 21, 2023

A fun space-pirate adventurer starring a pre-The Breakfast Club Molly Ringwald. Spacehunter was obviously influenced by movies like Star Wars and Mad Max, but what makes this stand out from similar B movies is that it was made by a major studio, with major studio money (14…

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Lou (rhymes with wow!)

Jan 13, 2026

Recommended by the Cinemaatjes, here: youtu.be/Mmret2FwvCA?si=1aIo6MNL6gT15jH8 I do apologize to my international fanbase, the video is in Dutch. Producer Ivan Reitman called it a terrible movie in 3-D. It does have Michael Ironside as proto-borg queen. He assimilated a…

89 Likes

Yves Bouwen

Jan 7, 2021

Truly the olive garden of the 80s Italian sci-fi ripoff genre

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dankwit
Feb 19, 2014

A wonderfully clunky slice of 1980's pulp sci-fi silliness, Spacehunter has dated fairly badly in certain regards (woeful optical effects, seriously shonky point-anything-at-the-screen 3D, and jaw-droppingly rampant sexism/misogyny) and it's frankly more a series of…

39 Likes

John (Magic Rat Movies)

Aug 9, 2018

Torn between wanting this to be either worse or better. Some cool sets but sandventure is not my favorite subgenre and what actually happens in the movie and the characterization is pretty middle of the road. Don't be fooled by the "space" in the title btw, this could've…

33 Likes

Carlo Vanstiphout

Feb 2, 2025

English Version below ... Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Spacehunter - Jäger im All Starten Sie zu einem rasanten Abenteuer. Washington: Klüger? Von einem Scav-Girl geführt zu werden, das kaum aus den Windeln raus ist? Nicki: Ich bin kein…

32 Likes

Sidibus
Jan 28, 2022

Ever since I was a kid I’ve always loved the whole 3-D gimmick. Movies, books, comic books, photographs, etc. I even have a collection of glasses. During the second 3-D wave of the early 80’s I was too young to see any of the choice titles I really wanted to watch: Friday…

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hiruko

Feb 17, 2026

Jäger im All Das 22. Jahrhundert Ein Raum-Kreuzfahrtschiff wird zerstört, und drei überlebende Frauen stranden auf dem Planeten Terra 11. Wolff, ein Abenteuerer, mach sich auf den Weg, um die Belohnung für die Rettung, zu bekommen. SciFi Abenteuer/Action aus dem Jahr…

26 Likes

deMicha

Sep 16, 2017

If you ever wanted to watch Molly Ringwald be forced to bathe in 3D, I guess this is your movie.

24 Likes

Justin LaLiberty

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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

WTF was that? Was Molly Ringwald contractually obligated to this piece of garbage? Just… wow!

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