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Bookmark this pageLifeforce (1985)
Director: Tobe Hooper
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From Time Out Film Guide
Wows-a-routie! If you've never seen this mind-reeling schlocko sci-fi spectacular then hang on to your brains. Adapted by Dan O'Bannon from the Colin Wilson novel The Space Vampires, it starts with something strange happening to a trio of astronauts investigating the path of Halley's Comet, and proceeds with nude extra-terrestrial May turning half of London into sex-crazed zombies. Gasp as Chancery Lane tube goes up in smoke and St Paul's cathedral communicates with another galaxy! Wonder as Messrs Firth and Finlay get through reams of daft expository dialogue without cracking up! Utter nonsense, but great fun.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Tobe Hooper
Producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Cast: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 101 mins
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