Grindhouse Double Shock Show: Star Odyssey (1979) / Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983)

Star Odyssey (1979, Color): A fleet of invading UFOs piloted by android assassins menaces the Earth, and the planetary defense forces are powerless to repel them! Only the world's most brilliant scientist, aided by his hand-picked team of galactic warriors, has any chance of mounting a counter- offensive. Their best hope is to find a way to penetrate the enemy ships' armor, made from Endurium, the strongest substance in the universe. But their desperate search for Anti-Endurium is running out of time as the invaders begin herding millions of humans into slave transport ships. When help finally arrives in the unlikely form of a pair of love-struck robots, the final battle for Earth begins!

Starring Yanti Sommer, Gianni Garko, Malisa Longo, Chris Avram, Ennio Balbo; Directed by Alfonso Brescia.

Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983, Color): A scientist's teleportation device rips a hole in space that leads to another dimension! A bizarre series of accidents sends inventor Dr. Hartmann, beautiful TV reporter Carrie Madison, and martial arts champ Dan through time and into a violent world of swords, warlords and blood-sucking subterranean monsters. Dan's fighting skill's won't be much help after Dr. Hartmann, posing as a wizard, strikes an alliance with Malachi, the barbarian chief, buying his own safety with gifts of powerful "magic" never before seen in this primitive realm - gunpowder and nitroglycerin!

Starring Richard Hatch, John Saxon, Kay Lenz, Peter O'Farrell, Kenneth Hendel; Directed by Terry Marcel.

• science fiction