Lifeforce (1985)
6/10
An eccentric science-fiction horror hybrid that needs to be seen to be believed
20 October 2020
An international space mission finds a strange apparently abandoned 150 mile long spacecraft hidden in the tail of Hailey's Comet. On board are some desecated large bats and some perfectly preserved beautiful bodies in a coma in glass caskets. The bodies are later brought back to Earth, but they turn out they are powerful vampires who are set to destroy the Earth.

An ambitious film from Cannon that begins as sci-fi before becoming a vampire horror film and then turns into an end of the world disaster sci-fi QUATERMASS like film.

An odd and eccentric film based off Colin Wilson's 'Space Vampires' that should be admired for its eccentric story arc alone. Some of the acting is over the top, especially by Peter Firth as the investigating SAS officer while Frank Finlay makes for an interesting Doctor Who type of scientist and Patrick Stewart has an amusing cameo as a mad doctor. Co-written by Dan O'Bannen.
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