Lifeforce (1985)

An alien vampire race is found in space and brought to a lab in London, but upon escaping, chaos and doom threaten to destroy our planet.

Ask anyone why they remember Lifeforce… And as much as I understand why, this is why the film bombed! An alien sex bomb wreaking apocalyptic havoc in London sounds peculiar, to say the least. The film didn’t even make half its production cost back because a naked Mathilda May and her astonishing beauty stole the show and left everyone uninterested in its shallow science. BUT…

Lifeforce has become a classic, and watching it 25 years later, I must say that it is a case study of deconstructing a B-movie. I don’t think I’ve ever read more production details on a film such as this. Moreover, most of these details revolve around May’s backstage nudity or how the film’s failure showed during the early stages of principal photography.

Despite how my review sounds so far, especially in times like these, Lifeforce is the escapism that will truly entertain you (I mean, read the logline). Based on Colin Wilson’s novel, “The Space Vampires”, and directed by Tobe Hooper, the film offers a lack of seriousness and superficiality that harms no one and, if anything, reminds us of the cinematic, low-budget, sci-fi era that, once upon a time, was as believable as today’s advanced CGI. The practical effects, the make-up, the effort given not to be rated pornographic, and the budget restraints, to name but a few, constitute it a very hard film to make. No words can describe the satisfaction you will get through while watching it. So, forget reality for a couple of hours…

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