Great underrated 1985 Sci-fi shocker from the director of "Poltergeist" and the writer of "Total Recall", "Heavy Metal", "Dead & Buried" "Return of the Living Dead" and " Alien" about astronauts whom discover a spaceship while investigating Haley's comet as they find hordes of dead alien bat-like creatures and three naked humanoid beings preserved in energy crystals as they are brought back to Earth to be studied. However soon, the three humanoids wake up as they are actually vampires from space that drain people's energy lifeforces out as they transform their victims into dried fast moving zombies that begin to infect England. And only a surviving astronaut and two people must stop the vampires from space or else the world will end!
It's a unique Sci-fi horror flick that is a different take on the vampire myth on how a race of aliens were the source of the vampires of myths and legends and it's got zombies, great special effects, destruction, apocalyptic themes and a good music score.
I highly recommend it!
But i have a few questions for those who seen this movie:
If the humanoids are really called vampires, how come they don't have fangs or suck blood?
Anyone thinks the idea of vampires originated by aliens is the same idea used in the Vampirella comics?
And was this movie an inspiration to the recent "Dawn of the Dead" remake? the same similar kind of screeching running zombies infecting the world or was Umberto Lenzi's Nightmare City an inspiration to DOTD remake?
Posted by ERIC 31 (Member # 1793) on :
Good movie. Nothing like a sexy, naked, space vampire!
Patrick Stewart (Capt. Picard) is in it as well. Good actor.
Posted by CT......The Son Of Scarface (Member # 2903) on :
Hav'nt seen this movie.....Or if i had i don't remember anything about it
Did it have a Red Snake like man on here???
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
I remember being very scared of lifeforce. I saw the beginning with the woman and then she kissed the doctor or the cop, whatever it was, and I was more than a bit scared. Cool movie now though.
We are DEVO
Posted by raggedyman (Member # 4065) on :
never saw LIFEFORCE - Tobe Hooper right? I must check it out someday.
Posted by Gav (Member # 4075) on :
Oh yeah thats not a bad one from 1985.However i don't think it's as good as "Poltergiest","Texas Chainsaw"or what about an early appearance from the Mr Englund in "Deathtrap"!Hell"sorry that's 70's.
Posted by Gav (Member # 4075) on :
You still need to check it out "Raggedyman"
Posted by Gav (Member # 4075) on :
Sorry Mr Dodger i don't won't to seem patronising but,you are thinking of Dan O'Bannon who wrote Alien and wrote and directed R.O.T.L.D
Am i right or am i right?
Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :
Ah Lifeforce, one of a few great films my grandad showed me when I was much younger I did the review on this site for it. Glad I got round to getting the DVD because it has a whole load of bits added back in that the VHS had cut out, without those pieces some of the storyline doesn't make sense.
Posted by Dodger (Member # 4051) on :
But why are the creatures called Vampires if they don't have fangs or suck blood?
Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :
Because they're space vampires that suck your lifeforce from you.
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I did the review on this site for it. Glad I got round to getting the DVD because it has a whole load of bits added back in that the VHS had cut out, without those pieces some of the storyline doesn't make sense.