Lifeforce

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Lifeforce

R,

1984,

1h 40m,

Sci-Fi/

Horror

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5,000+ Ratings

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When a space mission involving American and British astronauts encounters an alien craft, the humanoids within are brought aboard the shuttle. Back on Earth, one of the extraterrestrials, who appears to be a gorgeous woman (Mathilda May), proceeds to suck the life force out of various Londoners, turning the town into a city of roaming half-dead people. When Tom Carlsen (Steve Railsback), a surviving astronaut, realizes what is happening, he sets out to stop the ruthless alien presence.

Critics Consensus

Brazenly strange and uneven in its execution, Lifeforce is an otherworldly sci-fi excursion punctuated with off-kilter horror flourishes.

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Simon Abrams

House Next Door

Feb 25, 2011

Lifeforce is a dog.

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Nick Schager

The Screengrab

Apr 6, 2009

Frequently outlandish and far from profound, it's nonetheless a box-office bomb that, like its horror-maestro director, deserved quite a bit better.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 29, 2024

2.5/4

The mere mention of its title will trigger memories among many people of A) a gorgeous space vampire prone to walking around London completely nude, B) a pre-Star Trek: The Next Generation Patrick Stewart getting possessed by said beauty, or C) both.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 22, 2023

2/5

There's a version of this that has a more cohesive vision of what it wants to be, though the actual theatrical release ends up a confusing mess that never knows what it wants to be.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

May 16, 2023

3/5

…Lifeforce is a simultaneously awful and yet kinda brilliant sci-fi opus that offers plenty to unpack to the casual cineaste with a taste for the silly…

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Dec 2, 2022

B

What’s left is still loopy enough to make it worth a peek.

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Hermione G

Apr 6, 2019

A deeply silly film which despite it's many unintentional comedic moments, has not improved with age.

Rey R

Apr 6, 2019

One of my favorite movies. Saw it at the cinema 4 times back in 1985 when I was 10 years old. Space shuttles, skeletons, amazing visual effects. What more could a boy ask for.

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Draco R

Nov 27, 2018

Plain awesome, yet criminally underrated, epic hybrid of sci-fi, fantasy, horror and disaster. Uneven (and sometimes unintentionally humorous) at times, but the audacity of the concept and production (a revisionist vampire story told with the elements of Hammer, Quatermass, George A. Romero, sexploitation grindhouse flick, and Irwin Allen incorporated for more than just good measure), along with the integrity of the sadly late Tobe Hooper as director, complete with the assured cinematography of Alan Hume, still-impressive practical effects work of John Dykstra and memorable music of Henry Mancini, makes this colorful, intense and action-packed gem of a space-horror cult flick a serious case of worthwhile repeated viewing.

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Hagrid S

Sep 11, 2018

The promise of 1980s, practical effects, and energy vampires with no clothes on is apparently all it takes to get me to watch a movie.

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Sep 5, 2018

For a low budget Sci-Fi, it has stuck to me for all these years. Great movie,!!

Luke W

Mar 10, 2018

Under the helm of legendary unnatural hitters Tobe Hooper and Dan O'Bannon, the mid-budget sci-fi horror movie gives us awesome in every sense of life. It's got space vampires, cheesy 80's special effects, and the over-dramatic acting that comes from it. The result is spectacular: Cannon placed faith in Hooper, giving him full ability to go batshit insane. And you can't help but get lost.

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Tobe Hooper

Director

Steve Railsback

Colonel Tom Carlsen

Peter Firth

Colonel Colin Caine

Mathilda May

Space Girl

Patrick Stewart

Dr. Armstrong

Michael Gothard

Dr. Bukovsky

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Synopsis

When a space mission involving American and British astronauts encounters an alien craft, the humanoids within are brought aboard the shuttle. Back on Earth, one of the extraterrestrials, who appears to be a gorgeous woman (Mathilda May), proceeds to suck the life force out of various Londoners, turning the town into a city of roaming half-dead people. When Tom Carlsen (Steve Railsback), a surviving astronaut, realizes what is happening, he sets out to stop the ruthless alien presence.

Director: Tobe Hooper
Producer: Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
Screenwriter: Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby
Distributor: Cannon Films, TriStar Pictures
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Cannon Group, Easedram Limited, Golan-Globus
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 1984, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Dolby, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 70mm, Scope (2.35:1)

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