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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > Lifeforce
Our Rating: 3.5 out of 5
In a nutshell:
This is a bizarre science-fiction movie, with loads of fun stuff thrown in, and plenty of excitement, especially near the end. Personally I love this film - you will too - if you don't take your sci-fi too seriously (I think this is why a lot of reviewers hated it), and are looking for a darn good romp.
Plot Synopsis (may include spoilers):
A British-American Space Shuttle visits Halley's Comet. Behind the Comet is an alien spaceship, containing three aliens who are brought back. The aliens turn out to be shape-shifting vampire-like creatures who suck the lifeforce out of humans (who then become zombie type creatures). The British authorities are then caught in a race to contain the infection, before London is overwhelmed.
Best Bits:
- Zombified humans effect
- Mathilda May as the space vampiress
- The scene in the Citadel with the Prime Minister
- London in chaos scenes (near end of film)
- Soundtrack
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 | Featuring Steve Railsback, Frank Finlay & Patrick Stewart Sony Released: 1998-05-27 DVD Description: From the director of Poltergeist and co-writer of Alien comes a thrilling sci-fi adventure of explosive action and pulse-pounding suspense. With mind-blowing special effects by OscarÂ(r) winner* John Dykstra, Lifeforce is a sci-fi extravaganza that delivers out-of-this-world excitement. A mission to investigate Halley's Comet discovers an even more fascinating phenomenon: an alien spacecraft! After a deadly confrontation, the aliens travel to Earth, where their seductive leader (Mathilda May) begins a terrifying campaign to drain the life force of everyone she encounters. Her victims, in turn, continue the cycle, and soon the entire planet is in mortal danger.And when the mission's sole survivor (Steve Railsback) sets out to destroy her, he comes face to face with the most charmingand horrifyingbeing he's ever known. Will he be able to destroy the lovely vampiress...or will he become yet another victim of her fatal charm? *1977: Visual Effects, Star Wars List Price: $14.98* Lowest New Price: $7.23* Lowest Used Price: $0.58* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 16:35 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
![Lifeforce [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KMNH8S8TL._SL160_.jpg) | Directed by Tobe Hooper Featuring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth & Patrick Stewart MGM (Video & DVD) Released: 1996-06-18 VHS Tape Amazon.com: Director Tobe Hooper was a hot property after he scored a popular hit with Poltergeist (thanks in part to producer Steven Spielberg), so his follow-up film was the most wildly ambitious of his career to date. Armed with a big budget and a special effects crew led by Star Wars pioneer John Dykstra, Hooper and Alien cowriter Dan O'Bannon whipped up a movie that must be seen to be believed. That's not really a compliment, since Lifeforce isn't much of a movie when all the sound and fury is over. But you've got to admit there's something crazily admirable about a movie that starts out as a science fiction adventure about a mission to explore Halley's comet, turns into an alien-invasion thriller featuring a beautiful naked woman (Mathilda May) who's a vampire from space, and escalates into an end-of-the-world disaster flick! It's got everything you could want from a horror movie--from zombies running amok in London to rotting corpses and energy bolts to signal the apocalypse to come! Holding it all together is Steve Railsback as the Halley mission survivor who holds the key to mankind's salvation--but what fun is saving the world when you could be seduced by a sexy naked space vampire? Check out Lifeforce to see how it all turns out. --Jeff Shannon List Price: $9.94* Lowest New Price: $4.61* Lowest Used Price: $0.99* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 16:35 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
 | Varese Sarabande Released: 1991-07-02 Audio CD Product Description: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Lifeforce from 1985. Music Composed and Conducted by Henry Mancini with The London Symphony Orchestra. List Price: $15.98* Lowest New Price: $32.95* Lowest Used Price: $8.88* *(As of 16:35 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
 | By Colin Wilson Warner Books Inc (Mm) Paperback Product Description: Far out in the asteroid belt an alien spaceship of colossal dimensions is discovered. Initial investigations of its vast, gothic interior reveal a number of humanoids preserved in a state of suspended animation. At last, there is real proof that intelligent life does exist in other galaxies. But when three of the beings are brought back to Earth, disaster strikes. The humanoids are discovered to be vampires-preying on people's life-fields, sucking the body's energy with a kiss of death. Suddenly one of the vampires - a female of extraordinary beauty and sexual allure - escapes. And the desperate hunt to track it down soon develops into a psychic struggle for the survival of the human race List Price: $2.95* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* *(As of 16:35 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
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