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Lifeforce" is one of those strange cases where you wonder what kind of movie this is. Of course, it's a sci-fi flick, but it has certain elements of action and horror together in one single package. The movie centers around three space vampires whose leader is a beautiful young woman. The vampiress creates chaos as she walks by the streets of London, and she has to run away from her hunters, especially Steve Railsback and Peter Firth. Railsback is terrible as Col. Tom Carlsen; he overacts so much by yelling everytime he can. Firth is quite good as Col. Colin Caine from the British Special Air Service; he's a good counterpart for Carlsen. Frank Finlay is terrific as Prof. Hans Fallada, the man who knows the mystery behind those alien visitors. And watch for Patrick Stewart as Dr. Armstrong, the manager of a madhouse who falls victim of the vampiress. Tobe Hooper made an interesting effort in creating such a crazy movie. I have to admit that some of the things shown in the movie are quite cheesy. The movie is quite good and watchable.Read full review
This movie has become a kind of cult classic. A shuttle discovers a massive space ship in the aura of Halley's comet and three naked humanoids within, one female and two male. They take them back with them which unleashes chaos on 1985 London. These aliens are a kind of vampire that drains the Lifeforce from their victims instead of blood so the victims shrivel up like dried prunes after attack. The victims of the vampires also need to seek out Lifeforce once "infected" so you can see how the chaos ensues. It was a pretty unique movie with excellent special effects for the time period. The female vampire was played by Mathilda May who was stunningly gorgeous and naked most of her screen time. Most people are awkward and clumsy when naked but Mathilda had a certain pose, grace, and dignity about her which was very alluring and I always wondered how she was able to pull that off while naked. During the extra features I learned she was a ballet dancer before acting and then her naked pose made perfect sense. The male lead, Colonel Tom Carlsen (Steven Railsback) the commander of the shuttle mission, shares a mental link with the female vampire and uses it to try and track her down so they can stop her but things get progressively worse the longer it takes to find her. It kind of has a living dead, zombie quality to the film once London is in chaos. It was a blockbuster movie which was pretty excellent at it's time but these days people might look at it as a "B" class movie. I still think it holds up pretty well and recommend it.Read full review
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In 2018, Cable TV apparently showed the Blue-ray 128 minute 'Director's cut' instead of the 116 minute Americanized DVD. French actress (19 year old) Mathilda May looked incredible in the longer version. Most American critics gave it negative reviews, but film critic Gene Siskel of Siskel & Ebert called the film a "guilty-pleasure", awarding it 3 out of 4 stars.
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The special effects were really good for a movie made in the 80's. The movie keeps you fully engaged and you get to see some stars before they became famous. Love the movie and can't wait till it is released in 4k
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It has defects. People shouldn't sell defective used merchandise. It is a stinky thing to do.
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