Lifeforce Movie (1985)
A race of space vampires arrive in London and infect the populace.
The space shuttle Churchill is assigned to observe the Halley's Comet under the command of Col. Tom Carlsen. They see a strange form attached to the comet and Carlsen goes with a team to investigate. They find three humanoid life forms in caskets and they bring them to the Churchill. However, Earth loses contact with the shuttle and the Space Research Center sends another spacecraft to search the Churchill. They find the crew dead and the shuttle burnt and one rescue pod missing. They bring the humanoids to Earth and soon Dr. 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. When the authorities find that Col. Tom Carlsen has survived, they summon him to explain what happened in the Churchill. Carlsen tells an incredible story about the three aliens and he teams up with Col. Colin Caine trying to save mankind from the evil vampires from the space.
The space shuttle Churchill is assigned to observe the Halley's Comet under the command of Col. Tom Carlsen. They see a strange form attached to the comet and Carlsen goes with a team to investigate. They find three humanoid life forms in caskets and they bring them to the Churchill. However, Earth loses contact with the shuttle and the Space Research Center sends another spacecraft to search the Churchill. They find the crew dead and the shuttle burnt and one rescue pod missing. They bring the humanoids to Earth and soon Dr. 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. When the authorities find that Col. Tom Carlsen has survived, they summon him to explain what happened in the Churchill. Carlsen tells an incredible story about the three aliens and he teams up with Col. Colin Caine trying to save mankind from the evil vampires from the space.
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The whole world is about to come to an end when space vampires discovered and brought back to Earth from Halley's Comet begin draining humans of their souls, transforming them into zombies who must repeat the process in order for the vampires to survive - and the only astronaut to have survived the encounter with the vampires in space must destroy their seductive leader in order to prevent spiritual Armageddon on a global scale in this science-fiction/fantasy/horror epic from director Tobe Hooper (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, POLTERGEIST) and writer Dan O'Bannon (ALIEN, TOTAL RECALL). Features special effects by John Dykstra (the original STAR WARS, SPIDERMAN), cinemtography by Alan Hume (RETURN OF THE JEDI, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY), and music by Henry Mancini performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
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The space shuttle Churchill is assigned to observe the Halley's Comet under the command of Col. Tom Carlsen. They see a strange form attached to the comet and Carlsen goes with a team to investigate. They find three humanoid life forms in caskets and they bring them to the Churchill. However, Earth loses contact with the shuttle and the Space Research Center sends another spacecraft to search the Churchill. They find the crew dead and the shuttle burnt and one rescue pod missing. They bring the humanoids to Earth and soon Dr. 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. When the authorities find that Col. Tom Carlsen has survived, they summon him to explain what happened in the Churchill. Carlsen tells an incredible story about the three aliens and he teams up with Col. Colin Caine trying to save mankind from the evil vampires from the space.Details
- Rated: R
- Runtime: 1:56 hours
- Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery
- Director: Tobe Hooper
- Writer: Colin Wilson (novel), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay), Don Jakoby (screenplay)
- Actors: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May
- Language: English
- Country: UK, USA
- Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
- Production Company: TriStar Pictures
- ASIN: 6304936532
- Year Released: 1985
- Release Date: Jun 20, 1985
- DVD Date: May 25, 1998
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