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Starcrash (original Italian title Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione, literally "stellar crash beyond the third dimension") is an Italian 1979 science fiction film, which was also released under the English title of The Adventures of Stella Star (in the US). The screenplay was written by Luigi Cozzi (pen name Lewis Coates) and Nat Wachsberger, and Cozzi also directed the film. The cast included Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, Robert Tessier, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell and Hamilton Camp. The music is by John Barry, who was a very popular composer at the time. He has to his credit several James Bond Films, King Kong and many other productions.

It was filmed in Technicolor with Dolby sound, and has a runtime of 94 minutes. The US release is 92 minutes, and received an MPAA rating of PG. The movie is generally regarded by critics as a campy B film with cheap special effects and a weak, derivative plot that some people find unintentionally humorous. It appeared a couple of years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and tries to re-mix the same elements, but without much success. It has been compared to Plan 9 from Outer Space.