Lifeforce (Collector's Edition) [Blu-Ray/DVD Combo]

Halfway through watching Lifeforce you're wondering why this wasn't a legitimate hit. The monster effects are amazing, the acting is quite good, the concepts are great. Then the second half hits and you see why- things do go off the rails a bit. But this is still an all-time classic for fans of B-movies, horror, and sci-fi. The setup: Astronauts discover a derelict alien spacecraft. Inside they find a lifeform that looks human. They bring this entity back to Earth, only to discover that a soul-sucking alien has been let loose on the populace. Zombies, aliens, nudity, guns, post-apocalypse, and horror ensues. What's good: When people have their titular life force sucked out, they turn into creepily realistic zombies. These effects are absolutely tremendous, and hold up perfectly. They would work fine in a movie released today. There are some scenes- particularly the way the zombies "explode" when they run out of life- that deserve to be picked up in a sequel. Star Mathilda May plays the "Space Girl". She is the eye of the storm, a conduit to suck up all the life force on Earth and transmit it back to her ship. She's also naked for basically the whole movie, and her acting- including but not just limited to her body- is amazing. She adds a Terminator-like robot creepiness to the part, she's far more than just a naked lady. What's actually bad: Especially toward the latter half of the movie, the acting starts to run thin. Great British actors are tasked with delivering cheesy dialog, but no amount of acting can overcome the fact that the script isn't great and the scenes drag. There are also too many themes. It starts out sci-fi like 2001, it becomes a zombie movie, then it's a vampire movie, then it's a post-apocalyptic survival film, then it's a horror movie with religious themes. As the immortal quote from George Lucas goes, They "might have gone a bit too far in a few places". If the movie could have streamlined its list of genres and meld into one solid movie thematically, it would have been a classic. Things to watch out for: The amazing-for-its-budget ripoff of 2001 during the opening. The design of the aliens. Mathilda May's amazing role both in terms of nudity and acting. The creature effects. The amazing miniature shots when London is under siege. The absolutely crazy ending. And more! Lifeforce is an absolute can't-miss movie for all sorts of people. It's just a hair shy of being an outright all-time great movie, mostly due to being too ambitious with too many themes during its runtime. Give it a shot.

A hidden gem of 80s science fiction/horror. Sure, it's a bit cheesy, but honestly so was every movie made in the 80s. Believe it or not, these were cutting edge special effects for the time. Despite being a commercial flop, Lifeforce is one of the great horror films of its time.

People often discuss this epic film for its nudity (and not much else) and I consider that a shame. It’s excellent, features strong acting and an elaborate story, and including great concepts and special effects. I’d recommend it to all horror fans, new and old, critical and horror-hound alike. Director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, TCM Part 2, Poltergeist, Funhouse) is a horror master! Many know of Steven Spielberg’s heavy-handed involvement in Poltergeist and thus question Hooper’s contribution as a director. True. Spielberg is awesome and the family-urgency was likely a product of his influence. But have these Poltergeist nay-sayers even seen Lifeforce!?!?! Get ready for an AMAZING experience! An investigative space mission is graced with the discovery of the millennium! The astronauts unexpectedly encounter a 150-mile-long space vessel during an exploratory mission of Hailey’s Comet. The influence of H. R. Giger is undeniable as the vessel’s interior has an organic motif, as if the explorers were entering the anatomy (even the womb) of a leviathan being—much as in Poltergeist (1982; late in the film) or Alien/Aliens (1979, 1986). The spaceship’s inhabitants are all deceased, and they resemble bat people. You may be thinking “Are we really only 6 minutes into the running time?” The answer is YES. This film has a LOT to offer and it wastes none of your time! While most of the bat-like inhabitants are long dead, the explorers find three preserved, naked, uncannily human lifeforms in stasis chambers—two men, and a woman. Then…something mysterious happens and the mission returns home with zero contact for thirty days. So what happened on that ship that returned with no living crew members? It’s not as obvious as you may think. It’s not until mid-story that Colonel Tom Carlsen (Steve Railsback; Alligator II: The Mutation, Barb Wire, Ed Gein), who was on the original exploratory mission, is recovered as the sole mission survivor in an escape pod to inform the military that an alien vessel was encountered...and what happened on that ship. He comes back a changed man, and the only hope of hunting down the escaped female who is now wandering the streets of London and draining its inhabitants. Our interstellar succubus (Mathilda May; The Jackal) is beyond stunning, supernaturally manipulative, and clearly is on some sort of life-draining mission of her own. Her abilities infect our sexual weaknesses as well as our subconscious desires. So much so that a grown man might feel compelled to kiss Patrick Stewart (Green Room, Dune). For 1985 the special effects are fantastic!!! Utilizing Star Wars-like rotoscoping for space scenes and Ghostbusters-style ectoplasm for supernatural life-sucking effects, you almost forget this film is over 30 years old. The life-drained bodies are desiccated husks and the zombie-esque animatronics of their movement is impressive. Not only are the effects genuinely fantastic, but the concepts are as well. Classical vampire notions like the charming gaze, life-draining, telepathic links, and shapeshifting are clearly present, although cleverly modified. When the astronauts first enter the alien spaceship, it feels “strangely familiar” and when Tom sees the preserved female (Mathilda May) he seems to be entranced. And one can’t argue here, Mathilda May has entrancing boobs and a serious enthusiasm for kissing. Most men would be powerless. The first 20 minutes of this film are more substantial than most entire horror films. I know…you’re thinking “really, John, but all the nudity.” But you’d be wrong. This film remains something special even if there was not a nipple to be seen. Most interesting to me is how this 1985 movie, in the early HIV/AIDS era, captured the raw pansexuality of the vampire. Much as Anne Rice’s Lestat, even a withered male husk can allure another man to his charm. Although the “kiss” is admittedly more distant when male-to-male than when Mathilda tongue-wrangles her drained prey, infectious male-male kissing (or, at least, its implication) is quite frequent. It seems that Hellraiser (1987) and Hellbound (1988) were influenced by the exquisite life-draining effects, which set the bar high. The final segment erupts into an epidemic owing much to Dawn of the Dead (1978), with London immersed in a contagious essence-feeding maelstrom. The effects are consistently high quality and the bat monster is awesome, but the gore doesn’t properly kick in until this third act. Is this movie a work of film art? No. Is it an amazing horror film? YES! Does it have its fair share of heavy exposition? Sure. Do I care? Not at all! They deliver it well and in plausible context. This excellent horror film has my 100% backing. I may have fallen in love with it as a teenager (understandably for the boobs, at that age), but now I would love it if there were not a single nipple to boast. This film is smart, oddly elaborate without getting carried away with itself, and 96% serious in its delivery. Unusual in many respects, and noteworthy in more, this is not the film to miss.

The sound quality was so poor, made it impossible to watch.

ここは広大な宇宙空間・・・ カプセルの中には美しい全裸の女性・・ その女性が突然起き上がり人間を襲う・・ 襲われた人間はあっという間にミイラに・・ そうです この映画はスペース・バンパイアなのです 内容はご存知の方が多いいと思うので省略します この美しい女性は「タチアナ・メイ」1965年生まれ おそらく彼女が１９歳の後半の頃に撮影されたと思います 映像の中で、目障りなモザイクやボカシなどは一切ありません それにより画質が最高によいです イギリスからの郵送で１５日ほどで到着します 尚、これはｄｖｄとブルーレイの２枚セットになってます 字幕は英語のみです 音声はｄｔｓーｈｄ 5.1 日本語の音声及び字幕はありません 映像時間は１時間５６分 英語の字幕が、とても読みやすいので英語の勉強になると思います そしてこの映画の日本名を考えた人たちに☆１０個 リージョンは Ａ 最後に、とても画質がいいので大画面向きです

a cracking bit of eighties sci fi, great quality at a great price.

I waited to late to get a decent deal on this collectors edition and ended up spending $29 U.S. to get this shipped but after I finally watched all the special Shout Factory interviews and documentaries in this package it took the sting out of my purchase. Now Shout Factory is selling a lesser version of the collectors series that has none of those extra's which is good for some people but if you can find a copy of Life Force Collector's Edition buy it, it's worth the extra cost just to watch the interviews of cast & crew. Video quality is a solid 4 our of 5 stars.. Audio is 5 out of 5 it's really busy and will envelope you in uni-directional sounds. Extra's are excellent 5 out of 5 and the packaging is sharp to round things off. This film is an oddity by Tobe Hooper but even today after all these years it does not look dated and the plot moves along nicely and if you by chance come across this collectors edition (it will say it on the front cover) buy it and dive into the extra's the beautiful Mathilda May awaits you to suck your soul dry!

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