I remember going to see Supergirl in 1984 to review it for my university newspaper. I don’t recall any specifics, other than it being an unholy mess!

Helen Slater plays the title character (before vanishing from our screens), with Faye Dunaway chewing the scenery as the evil witch baddie. Brits Peter O’Toole and Peter Cook slum it in supporting roles. Honestly, nobody comes out of it well. 

It was the 4th film in the Superman series and the producers turned to director Jeonnot Szwarc, who had previously brought us the lousy Jaws 2, so seemingly he specialised in delivering mediocre sequels/spin-offs to far superior movies!

I remember nothing about the plot. Apparently, it was originally intended to feature Superman in a cameo, but was hastily rewritten after Christopher Reeve wisely decided not to be a part of it.

These are a couple of stills I picked up at the press screening.