With stars made familiar by other TV and film franchises, a bona fide rock star as its villain, and a rising genre star behind the camera and the script, 1984's Runaway - the subject of today's Sci-Fi 5 - seems like it should have been a bigger deal.

Follow Sci-Fi 5 for your daily dose of science-fiction history.

Written by John Champion

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry