Lifeforce
Lifeforce
A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.
Matthias_812 reviewedApril 4, 2025
You've got your Sharktopus movies, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Killer Tomatoes- those are all wild but get this; naked space vampires with the lead as a big busted female. Interested? Curious? There's nothing else like it. And to make it that much more of an oddball, this space epic came from the mind of Tobe Hooper- the father of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
This wasn't your standard horror movie made on a budget of a couple million. In fact, the studio forked over a WHOPPING twenty-five million dollars to create Hooper's vision! But it's not a positive outcome at all, in the box office the film didn't even earn back half their budget in ticket sales. A commercial and critical failure as reviews weren't exactly as praising either. To be honest, I don't even know if there's a big cult following for this space epic oddity either but I freaking adore it.
This is a Star Trek/Steven Spielberg/Alien gone mad mess of a mash up. All of the great 80's practical effects are there plus we get a load of the wonderful cartoonish CGI action that looked far from lifelike. The vampires are quite different from the gothic vampires we're so used to- even differing from the bloodthirsty ones too. These vampires don't bite the neck alternatively sucking the life energy out of the body through the mouth (of which causes a spectacular lightning energy) turning their victim into a human rasin before becoming a zombie. On top of that they can overtake their victim's body as a walking vessel traveling from body to body. They have very little dialogue too adding to their mysterious beings.
This little space epic romp takes itself too seriously- I mean you've got a model-level naked broad of a space vampire robotically walking around sucking the life out of those she needs energy from leaving them as a trail of zombies. And I haven't even begun to detail the apocalyptic ending!
It's bad sci-fi, weak as a horror too, yet carries the spirit of both on top of a blockbuster budget- it's hard not to enjoy how ridiculous this little flick is.