Lifeforce

“In the blink of an eye, the terror begins.”

6.3

1985

1h 42m

HorrorScience FictionActionMystery

Director: Tobe Hooper

Overview

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Trailer

Lifeforce (1985) Original Trailer [HD]

Cast

Col. Tom Carlsen

Steve Railsback

Col. Tom Carlsen

Col. Colin Caine

Peter Firth

Col. Colin Caine

Dr. Hans Fallada

Frank Finlay

Dr. Hans Fallada

Space Girl

Mathilda May

Space Girl

Dr. Armstrong

Patrick Stewart

Dr. Armstrong

Dr. Bukovsky

Michael Gothard

Dr. Bukovsky

Roger Derebridge

Nicholas Ball

Roger Derebridge

Sir Percy Heseltine

Aubrey Morris

Sir Percy Heseltine

Ellen Donaldson

Nancy Paul

Ellen Donaldson

Lamson

John Hallam

Lamson

Guard

John Keegan

Guard

First Vampire

Chris Jagger

First Vampire

Reviews

teix

Great sci-fi flick. The story is very good, and the production and the actors did a great job. I don't think this movie is outdated, just more campy and enjoyable. A must see sci-fi classic.

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Gimly

The promise of 1980s, practical effects, and energy vampires with no clothes on is apparently all it takes to get me to watch a movie. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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adorablepanic

LIFEFORCE (1985) - By the mid '80s, Cannon Films was looking to move away from low-budget, disposable fare like HOSPITAL MASSACRE (1981) and BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO (1984). Owners Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus had loftier ambitions: They wanted a blockbuster; a big-budget smash that they could call their own. To this end, they signed director Tobe Hooper to a three-picture deal and turned him loose with $25,000,000 and free reign to create the movie he wanted. Working with a stellar, mostly British cast (save token American star Steve Railsback, who apparently misplaced his charisma at Heathrow; and startlingly uninhibited French goddess Mathilda May); legendary composer Henry Mancini; and a screenplay co-written by the man who wrote ALIEN (1979), Hooper unleashed a wonderfully unwieldy miasma of genres. What starts out as a science fiction mystery gradually morphs into full blown, zombie apocalypse horror - played with square-jawed seriousness by all involved. Unfortunately, this film got lost among that years' heavy-hitters like BACK TO THE FUTURE and the second RAMBO film, and earned back less than half its budget. Cannon Films ceased operations in 1994, but their ambitious attempt to stand amongst the major studios keeps giving back to its growing cult audience via home video. Sometimes success takes a few decades.

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