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''Starship Invasions'' is a 1977 Canadian science fiction film produced by Ed Hunt and filmed in Toronto, Ontario. It was re-released in the United Kingdom as Project Genocide. ==Synopsis== The plot concerns the black-clad Legion of the Winged Serpent, a rogue group of human-like telepathic aliens led by Captain Rameses (Christopher Lee). The Legion's home planet Alpha in the Orion constellation is about to be destroyed in the imminent supernova of its star, and Rameses is leading a small force of flying saucers to Earth to examine its suitability for their race. Performing several alien abductions, they discover they are descendants of transplanted humans and that the planet is perfect for them. They plan to make way for themselves after killing everyone through the use of a device whose signals prompt people to commit suicide. Opposing any such plan is the Intergalactic League of Races, a highly advanced group of bald, big-headed aliens from Zeta Reticuli. The League operates a hidden observation base on Earth in the form of a golden pyramid deep beneath the ocean. Rameses lands at the base pretending to be a friendly researcher, and the League reminds him that under the Galactic Treaty he is to have no contact with humans. He is then disturbed to see a television broadcast featuring human UFO expert and astronomer Professor Allan Duncan (Robert Vaughn) discussing Rameses' abductions. He laughs it off and indulges in the local entertainment. Rameses' crew sabotages one of the League's saucers, which is later shot down when approaching a US Army base. The League sends one of its ships to investigate, and Rameses and his crew kill everyone left in the base. One of the League saucers manages to return but its crew is killed in a shootout. A second destroys Rameses' own ship, but combat causes its computer to burn out and prevent further action. Rameses then calls in his fleet, in hiding behind the Moon, to hunt down the remaining League ship. He also deploys the "extermination device," an orbiting, global-scale version of the suicide device. The US armed forces discover it, but are powerless to prevent the ensuing suicide epidemic. The surviving League ship requires repair, and decides to contact Duncan for help. He enlists the help of Malcolm, a computer expert, who repairs the ship using parts picked up in downtown Toronto. They are discovered shortly after taking off and are intercepted by one of Rameses' ships, but they shoot it down and it crashes into First Canadian Place. Duncan and Malcolm's abduction makes the front page of the ''Toronto Star''. After repairs and refueling they leave Earth in an attempt to enlist the help of other League ships. Malcolm's improvised repairs burn out shortly past the Moon, so Duncan's knowledge of the masses of the planets is put to use by Malcolm's pocket calculator to plot their course to the outer solar system. The ship successfully reaches a League squadron, and they set out to attack the Legion. Rameses uses the computer in the League base to calculate superior strategies and begins to destroy the League ships. One of the robots in the base is only damaged, not destroyed, and re-takes command. He causes the extermination unit to destroy itself, and then directs Rameses' ships to collide with each other. His fleet destroyed, the super-weapon eliminated, and his sun gone supernova, Rameses crashes his ship into the Moon. During the action the extermination unit had passed over Toronto, causing Duncan's wife (Helen Shaver) to slash her wrists. The League races to Duncan's home and easily revives her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Starship Invasions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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