STAR TREK REVIEWED

Links to hundreds of Star Trek fan films. Founded by Barb Reader.

Historic Films

These early fan films are from the 1960s and 1970s. They are listed in chronological order. Click the title to see our full entry for each.

DKPHOTO24 Fan Films

Golden Age Film; Series (Meta - Documentary etc.)
1 — 01min 15sec — 01 January 1967
"This was our 1st Star Trek movie we made in Jr High in 1-1967. We tried to make a Serious science fiction but instead got a comedy . Still was great fun to make way back when."

1960's fan films - made on real film! - by teenagers just having fun! Released between 5-9 Sep 2021 with some commentary & details about the locations.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wUxlp7kNnOI

Star Trek: The 8mm Movie
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Golden Age Film; Short Film (Drama) — Torrance, CA
02min 59sec — 01 January 1967

This black & white silent 8mm movie with the Original Series music looping over it could very well be the first Star Trek fan film. The child actors, hand-made CGI and effects were cutting edge for home movies at the time!

Barb Reader has a link to this at http://www.break.com/usercontent/2010/5/29/star-trek-the-8mm-movie-1848482 but this is a dead link as at Jun 26, 2021 and the Wayback Machine has no record of it.

Uploaded to YouTube by johndcal, 22 May 2010: https://youtu.be/LmxlTh63-0c

Jr Star Trek
Jr Star Trek poster

Golden Age Film; Short Film (Drama)
07min 59sec — 01 January 1969

Early Star Trek Fan Film, possibly the second ever created.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK9hXWpckdY

Junior Star Trek
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Golden Age Film; Short Film (Drama) — Levittown, Long Island
07min 58sec — 01 January 1969

'Back in 1969 ten-year-old Peter ("Stoney") Emshwiller created his own version of a Star Trek episode using his dad's 16mm camera. The, um, fabulous special effects were created by scratching on the film with a knife and coloring each frame with magic markers. The movie won WNET's "Young People's Filmmaking Contest," was shown on national television, and, all these years later, still is a favorite at Star Trek Conventions.'

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kK9hXWpckdY

Heineken Advert, 1970s - Film 1093304

Era Not Applicable Film; Short Film (Advertisement) — Germany

Excellent spoof of 'Star Trek'. Star Trek on the Huntley Film Archives. Complete with Captain Kirk look-alike, the group on an alien planet, Captain Kirk talks into his communicator. A green monster comes towards them. They try to be transported but it does not work. 'Spock' sits at a control panel. It says 'Molecular structure needs Heineken'. Spock smiles. Heineken is beamed down. The crew drink some Heineken and are beamed up, away from the scary green monster. The crew appears in the teletransporter room and clink glasses. A couple glasses of Heineken, 'refreshes the part other beers don't reach'.

Heineken Advert, 1970s - Film 1093304

Era Not Applicable Film; Short Film (Advertisement) — Germany
00min 47sec — 28 January 1970

German spoof of 'Star Trek' on the Huntley Film Archives in a Heineken advertisement. Complete with Captain Kirk look-alike, the group on an alien planet, Captain Kirk talks into his communicator. A green monster comes towards them. They try to be transported but it does not work. 'Spock' sits at a control panel. It says 'Molecular structure needs Heineken'. Spock smiles. Heineken is beamed down. The crew drink some Heineken and are beamed up, away from the scary green monster. The crew appears in the teletransporter room and clink glasses. A couple glasses of Heineken, 'refreshes the part other beers don't reach'.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YbVYcuFp_Uo

My 1971 College Star Trek Production
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Golden Age Film; Short Film (Drama) — Columbus, OH
05min 07sec — 01 March 1971

Titled "Legacy of the Past", Ray Glasser created this film for his final exam in a TV production class at Ohio State University "back in the spring of 1971. I had it taped on 1" open-reel, then transferred to U-Matic and then to Beta. I got an A-."

A new version was released on YouTube "with newer titles and other corrections made" 4 Jan 2019: https://youtu.be/RumRUI1Pi6U

A 'dual-screen comparison' of the original 1971 video and the re-worked 2019 version from which the audio is taken. "Somewhat synched up, it falls out of synch a little near the end." This was released on YouTube 5 Jan 2019: https://youtu.be/qUc5dYFYxJk

Rerelease of original video on Vimeo 30 May 2013: https://vimeo.com/67363536

Rerelease of the original video on Ray's second YouTube channel, 10 Oct 2011: https://youtu.be/tkIuPmSye3Y

Watch the first release on YouTube 9 Aug 2008: https://youtu.be/tGZlf-6woME

Thirty Minutes Worth, Star Trek Sketch

Golden Age Film; Short Film (Parody) — UK
02min 18sec — 01 January 1972

A Star Trek sketch featuring British comedian Harry Worth from 1972 on his TV Series, "Thirty Minutes Worth".

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1o3MBYbyM-g?si=huWdcc_uyR3wy2yE

Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda

Golden Age Film; Short Film (Parody) — Turkey
01hr 13min 21sec — 01 January 1973

Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda, literally translated as "Tourist Ömer is on Space Road" (ie Star Trek), sometimes called simply 'Turkish Star Trek', is one of a number of comedy films about a character, 'Tourist Omer', who is a Turkish hobo. In this one he is picked up by the Enterprise!

"The spaceship Enterprise under the command of Captain Kirk is on its new mission. They must receive the reports from Professor Crater, who lives alone with his wife on the planet Orin 7. Mister Spak lands on the planet with a crew. However, one of the crew dies unexpectedly. The doctor had difficulty determining the cause of death. The killer is the professor's wife, Nancy. To save him, the Professor decides to lure an ancient creature to the planet with a time machine. Tourist Ömer is about to be married to a woman he did not know at that time. During the wedding ceremony, the machine pulls Ömer to Orin 7. Tourist Ömer thinks he is saved. However, the adventure has just begun."

Restored full version but only 55:09 30 Nov 2018: https://youtu.be/bHGee7xAg8U

Restored full version on YouTube no English subtitles (1:13:21) 31 Oct 2013: https://youtu.be/_dBN5tCqWU0

With English and Russian Subtitles: (1:12:18) [Deadlink 03 Nov 2019]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc3CfHfNmXg

An unrestored copy of the original release on YouTube which was evidently in nine parts (4:36) 11 Aug 2007: https://youtu.be/B7iXNLUaaSk

Star Trek: The Klingon Incident
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Golden Age Film; Short Film (Drama) — Plainfield, Indiana
06min 26sec — 01 January 1973

Mark Pollock has released the film that he and Mike Sumen made in1973. Conceived & Produced by Mike in Plainfield, Indiana. Transferred to Youtube by Mark. "The audio was recorded on cassette tape. We gave a few showings at Plainfield Jr. Highschool back in the seventies."

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/F4xeXN2MgLo

Vic's Vintage Voyages

Golden Age Film; Series (Drama)

The Two Ronnies Star Trek Sketch

Golden Age Film; Series (Parody)

Star Drek

Golden Age Film; Short Film (Parody)
12min 40sec — 01 January 1975

A professionally (not) created film from 1975. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll probably vomit. Either way, you'll see the emotional story of the first voyage of the starship Win-a-prize. Led by Captain Woodrow N Cork, the crew of the Win-a-prize ventures into dangerous space. With an anibriated engineer, Mr. Scotch, miraculously, they survive this adventure. Starring Mark Schneider, Doug Max, Jay Brachman, Bob Kaynes, Peter Zaret, Carole Schneider and Amy Horowitz.

Watch on YouTube. Uploaded by Robert Kaynes, Jr. on Dec 7, 2020: https://youtu.be/byOSpZoiuPY

Paragon's Paragon
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Golden Age Film; Series (Drama) — Utica, Michigan, USA
01 — 24min 51sec — 01 January 1974
"Filmmaker John Cosentino made what could be argued is the first MAJOR Star Trek Film in 1974. Paragon's Paragon was done well before the days of CGI; and was made with family and friends, sets built in a basement, miniatures, and visual effects done on a homemade optical printer. John Cosentino has given me permission to post his masterpiece on Youtube." Released on Youtube by 1966tvbatman (Robert Long II) 28 March 2021.

In a loose adaptation of the James Blish novel "Spock Must Die", the Federation, Klingons and Organians come face to face again! Filmed in 1974 on super 8mm, over the years it has been transferred first to BETA, then to VHS, then DVD and digital format. Originally a one hour and 20 minute production with bloopers and a making of it video, it has been edited down to two, 15 minute parts. 

"1974 Paragon's Paragon part 01" (15:07) released on Youtube by 1966tvbatman (Robert Long II) 28 March 2021: https://youtu.be/17QT2eJv0cM

"1974 Paragon's Paragon part 2" (15:07) released on Youtube by 1966tvbatman (Robert Long II) followed by 5 minutes of the film's highlights as "Next Week On Paragon's Paragon" 28 March 2021: https://youtu.be/8Gp7ASTJzvw

Star Flik
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Golden Age Film; Series (Drama) — Highland Park, IL
01.1 — 38min 28sec — 01 January 1975
This is Star Flik Pure. It's basically the same as the Star Flik Theatrical Version but it doesn't have the 'Coming Attractions' or Theater intro Jingle at the front. It also has a few small changes and corrections that didn't make it into the theatrical version. If you weren't part of the original cast or crew, this version might be the better choice of the two. It's pure Star Flik without the playing around at the beginning. Otherwise, they are basically the same thing. Enjoy!

John Fuller, who uploaded this video, says, "This is a comedy parody of the original Star Trek series with a theatrical coming attractions trailer. The film was made circa 1975 and shot on Super 8 film. The crew and actors were almost all students at Highland Park High School in Highland Park, IL. There was an original script but sound was not recorded on site. The film was later striped for sound and many hours were spent trying to lay in the sound afterwards using a borrowed friend's sound projector. The limitation of the format and the difficulty of getting everyone together again made finishing the soundtrack unfeasible.

I kept the original film canisters and 40 plus years later converted the films to digital format. Voices were laid in using a text to speech conversion program. Most of the dialogue is true to the original script but there have been some changes made as the film was re-edited for clean up and narrative purposes. The music is that which was originally chosen for the film, Gustav Holst's the Planets and particularly the track for Jupiter which I still feel was a likely inspiration for the soundtrack to the original Star Trek series. We've tried to contact original cast members to share this resurrection and were able to reach a few. Some, I'm sad to say, are no longer with us. But to them, I dedicate this re-christening of the wacky voyages of the Star Ship(t) Cheap Surprise. And I would particularly like to dedicate this premier to one of the cast members who is no longer with us, Dana Thompson or our Lt. O'Hurrah. And here is part of her touching and inspiring story: https://www.weremember.com/dana-thomp...

Please enjoy Star Flik."

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kjeEV_weQ-g

Bruchorama's Star Trek

Golden Age Film; Series (Drama) — Minneapolis, MN, USA
01 — 06min 53sec — 01 January 1976
Listed by Barb Reader as 8mm home movies from 1976 which were only posted on Youtube on 2017

This is one of those sad tombstones that mark the spot on the internet where a fan film once was. Barb Reader listed the first two videos on Blog 204 of the old Blogsite. She lists them as 8mm home movies from 1976 which were only posted on Youtube on 2017 and 2020 respectively from bruchorama but they are currently (Jly 01,2021) showing as unavailable.

Released on Youtube in 2017 but 'unavailable' from before Jly 01,2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t01n4_j9tE

Revised version released on Youtube in 2020 but 'unavailable' from before Jly 01,2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewINUBgHFpE

Star Trek MSU
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Golden Age Film; Short Film (Parody) — Montclair, NJ
06min 21sec — 25 January 1976

The Underprize with Captain Jerk, Dr Decoy and Science Officer Spark beam down to a planet made of alcohol in this fuzzy black & white 'frat house' style parody made at Montclair State University between 1977-1982

Released on YouTube by Bob Vidal, 1 May 2021: https://youtu.be/Gzbof2cOjsI

Released on YouTube by Bob Vidal, 4 Jul 2016: https://youtu.be/jzBbFvE1fZ4

Star Trek by 70s Kids
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Golden Age Film; Short Film (Drama) — Cape Cod, MA, USA
02min 47sec — 01 January 1978

As a teenager on Cape Cod in the late 70's, Rob Hampton was obsessed with movies and, together with his friends, recreated the blockbusters that they loved using a cheap Super 8 camera he got for Christmas. Twenty five years later, as a director and editor in L.A (IMDB) he added music, sound effects & dialogue and even got some of his old friends to voice their original lines.

Watch on YouTube, Released 06 Apr, 2009: https://youtu.be/Tvd9B2iMmfc

Watch on Vimeo, Released 20 Jun 2015: https://vimeo.com/131322195

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