Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
“Rainbow Brite lights up the screen in her first big movie.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 64, rated by 1 admin.
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A princess tries to acquire the planet responsible for the universe's light, which is an ambitious shopping decision even by royal standards. Rainbow Brite and her horse ride into a very colourful rescue mission. Best approached as an eighties toy-box nostalgia trip; repetitive peril and relentless brightness can exhaust an unconverted crowd.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 6.5/10
“The princess has added the entire light supply to her wishlist.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 64
Synopsis and movie facts
Rainbow Brite, and her magical horse Starlite, must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra. When they meet Orin, the wise Sprite tries to make the two children get along and work together to stop the evil Princess. Orin tells them that they can only destroy her by combining their own powers against her. Getting in the way of their mission is the sinister Murky Dismal and his bumbling assistant Lurky who, as usual, are lavishing in the new gloom created by the darkening of Spectra, as well as trying to steal Rainbow's magical color belt.
- Released
- 1985
- Directed by
- Kimio Yabuki
- Running time
- 85 min
Starring
- Bettina Bush as Rainbow Brite (voice) (as Bettina)
- Pat Fraley as Lurky / On-X / Buddy Blue / Dog / Guard / Spectran / Slurthie / Glitterbot (voice) (as Patrick Fraley)
- Peter Cullen as Murky Dismal / Castle Monster / Glitterbot / Guard / Skydancer / Slurthie (voice)
- Robbie Lee as Twink / Shy Violet / Indigo / La La Orange / Spectran / Sprites (voice)
- Andre Stojka as Starlite / Wizard / Spectran (voice)
- David Mendenhall as Krys (voice)
- Rhonda Aldrich as The Princess / The Creature (voice)
- Les Tremayne as Orin / Bombo / TV announcer (voice)
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985), directed by Kimio Yabuki, Bernard Deyriès. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · badmovies.org
Badmovies.org describes the planetary-light plot and repeated confrontations but finds the relentless rainbow imagery and story exhausting; the copy frames its appeal as nostalgic rather than universal. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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