Recensioni da altri dizionari del film space vampires. A race of space vampires arrive in london and infect the populous. Space girl and her two male consorts were discovered by the hms churchill, a space shuttle sent to investigate what seemed to be derelict space ship hidden in the tail of haleys comet. Patrick stewart, mathilda may, frank finlay, peter firth a space shuttle mission investigating halleys comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of londons population into zombies. Hans fallada and his team discover that the space girl is a sort of vampire and drains the life force from people, transforming them into zombies. In fact, it almost seems this book were contrived as a means of expressing his ideas on the dynamic of vampiric exchange and the nature of consciousness, and thats fine by me because wilson is spot on with his observations. The sillyness involved does make everything mildy interesting, but dont be mistaken this is not a good movie but one can certainly sense the amount of potential going to waste which is in itself facinating and no movie with a beautiful nude spacevampirevixen strutting around is entirely worthless. Through a series of unlikely plot convolutions the space girl ends up in london, where she.
The story of lifeforce involves a british space mission to study halleys comet but discovers an enormous spacecraft hiding in its tail. Based on colin wilsons the space vampires, a massive alien ship is found hidden inside the tail of halleys comet, the surviving humanoid inhabitants are brought back to earth and mayhem ensues. Director tobe hooper starring steve railsback, mathilda may, peter firth if youve never seen this movie its the one with the nude space vampires. Dangerous beauty with mathilda may lifeforce behind the scenes. In our second part of the three part look into classic vampire movies part one is here while part three is here, pophorror is taking a look back at lifeforce, an 80s cinematic scifi horror with elements of romance, action and mystery, and is a true classic that any horror collector should include on their shelf. Tom carlsen steve railsback is the head of the space shuttle churchill who along with a team of astronauts investigate a strange form that is attached to halleys comet. When alien vampires terrorize london, its up to a determined police inspector and an astronaut to stop them. Wilsons fiftyfirst book, it is about the remnants of a race of intergalactic vampires who are brought back from outer space and are inadvertently let loose on earth. Tobe hoopers sciencefictionhorror film lifeforce 1985and ill confess right up front that its one of my guiltiest 80s pleasures, despite it not being all that goodis a mess. Lovecraft and the gothic horror of bram stokers dracula collide, courtesy of a script by alien cowriter dan o. Lifeforce 1985 her true form scene 610 movieclips youtube.
The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Lifeforce was a scifi horror movie from the guys behind alien and. The space vampires is a british science fiction horror novel written by author colin wilson, and first published in england and the united states by random house in 1976. American and british space travelers discover humanoids while exploring near halleys comet. It was never going to win the best picture oscar, but who cares. This is the second list in our feature, 5 lists for halloween. With steve railsback, mathilda may, peter firth, frank finlay. I know space movies can seem a little empty and vampire movies tend to suck, but i know there is another space vampire movie out there. Mathilda may as alien vampire in lifeforce movie mathilda may as space girl shown here wearing clothes from lifeforce. An astronaut steve railsback struggles with love withdrawals after a space vampire makes him its bitch.
Lifeforce 1985 mathilda may lifeforce richard gere french films scream queens french actress film director best actress. The astronauts investigate and discover long dead bat creatures and three. Lifeforce 1985 space vampire movie seriously needs. The outer space horror movie that all others are measured against, alien is one of the most influential horror movies of all time, spawning multiple ripoffs and three more spaceset sequels. Monsters battle to rule libraries, which showcases a different monster list each week, followed by a monster war at the end of the month to reveal which monster rules the.
Lifeforce 1985 lifeforce is a 1985 science fiction film directed by tobe hooper and written by dan obannon and don jakoby, based on colin wilsons 1976 novel, the space vampires. Then again, who knows what they would have thought of lifeforce, the 1985 film about an. It has to be said that lifeforce is a big, stupid film full of pointless, spectacular deaths, pointless, spectacular nudity and yes, pointless, spectacular explosions. A space shuttle mission investigating halleys comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of londons population into zombies. Bannon, in tobe hoopers opulent homage to hammer films. On second thought, the revelation about carlsons true nature as a space vampire wouldnt have came out of the left field like i previously assumed. Looking for information on the summer season, 1985. Lifeforce 1985 aka space vampires directed by tobe hooper. This movie is about beautiful space vampires that suck the life out of you. The space vampires is by no means a great scifi book. The space girl, also known as the female space vampire, is the main antagonist of the 1985 scifihorror film lifeforce she was portrayed by mathilda may biography. When the authorities find that colonel tom carlsen has survived, they. When a space mission involving american and british astronauts.
You have well known director tobe hooper and a good supporting cast including patrick stewart and peter firth. Lifeforce is a 1985 british science fiction horror film directed by tobe hooper, written by dan obannon and don jakoby, and starring steve railsback, peter firth, frank finlay, mathilda may, and patrick stewart. So a space vampire, like sexy mathilda, will drain the lifeforce out of a human victim. Lifeforce 1985 awfully good movies what makes this flick one of the most notable alien ripoffs is that it was actually cowritten by one of the screenwriters of the original alien, dan obannon. It seemed like a wasted opportunity overall, but scene by scene it is beautiful to look at, and like the female space vampire herself, creepy yet attractive. Lifeforce 1985 whether you think lifeforce is great depends a lot on your criteria for enjoying movies. It is, to quote a fellow imdb member, the greatest naked space vampire zombies from halleys comet running amok in london endoftheworld movie ever. Set in outer space, an evil force with an insatiable hunger is unleashed. It has taken nearly 30 years, but it seems that tobe hoopers 1985 scifi horror epic, lifeforce, is finally earning the respect it deserves. This movie has it all, science fiction, horror, space vampires, zombies and an alien woman who has not quite grasped the need to wear clothes. Lifeforce 1985 space vampire movie seriously needs reddit reconsideration. Lifeforce dvd, 1998, movie time for sale online ebay.
Armstrong patrick stewart, space girl mathilda may reveals herself to carlsen steve railsback. Lifeforce was a scifi horror movie from the guys behind alien and poltergeist. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips. The movie failed however to capture the true spirit of the cult classic reprinted here by popular.
Chiller to remake tobe hoopers space vampire movie lifeforce. A race of space vampires arrives in london and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos. There they find some humanoids in caskets and bring them. Even after watching the movie again several days ago for this article, this odd mix of scifi and horror still surprised me. Based on colin wilsons 1976 novel the space vampires, the film portrays. Originally made by cannon films home of many chuck norris and lowbudget action movies in 1985, lifeforce was meant to be a bigbudget blockbuster movie, directed by. As the end credits rolled i wondered what happened here. Lifeforce 1985 space vampire sacrifice scene 1010 movieclips. In celebration of halloween, were featuring the top vampire movies in libraries from the 70s, 80s and 90s. A 1985 movie, lifeforce was directed by horror legend, tobe hooper who also directed the groundbreaking 1974 movie, the texas chainsaw massacre and the acclaimed 1979 miniseries version of stephen kings novel, salems lot.
The space vampires, his fi ftyfi rst book, was translated into spanish, japanese, french, dutch and swedish and was later adapted for screen in the movie lifeforce, directed by tobe hooper salems lot, poltergeist, the texas chain saw massacre. The only thing i remember about this movie was that the space vampire didnt understand the concept of clothes for about half the movie. From nosferatu to what we do in the shadows, bloodsuckers have had more than a century on the silver screen in our list of the best vampire movies, ranked. Lifeforceor, mary poppins is a naked space vampire big. The ideas presented in lifeforce are beyond others vampire movies. The return of the living dead 510 movie clip headless zombie 1985 hd. Lifeforce must be the most lavish production golanglobus ever mounted, and no doubt led to their dissolution a few years later. The film marks one of the earliest appearances of patrick stewart, although his role is somewhat limited, as well as the stunning mathilda may, as the lead space vampire space vampire is accurate, although it sounds hokier than it is, walking around largely in the buff for the better part of the movie. Lifeforce is the movie that pretty much killed tobe hoopers mainstream directing career.
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