roddekker Favorite Movie Quote: "She's totally dangerous!" Though out of whack and even daffy at times - "Lifeforce" was an insanely wild, over-the-top SyFy tale that owed plenty to "Dawn Of The Dead" and "The Thing"."Lifeforce" starts off as an outer space saga, then becomes a crazy vampire movie, then turns into an end-of-the-world story."Lifeforce" is the sort of movie that's clearly ridiculous to the extreme, but, at the same time, it's so bizarre that it's actually fascinating - (Yes. People disintegrate)The city of London finds itself madly over-run by soul-sucking zombies and the one controlling it all is a gorgeous, naked, space vampiress.With a promising screenplay written by "Alien's" Dan O'Bannon, "Lifeforce" certainly could've been a whole lot better, but, unfortunately, it suffered considerably under the inconsistent direction of "Texas Chainsaw's" Tobe Hooper.

bowmanblue 'Lifeforce' is terrible. Almost. Actually, it's quite good fun. And terrible. Work that one out for yourself. It's one of those films that tries to be really great, as if it has aspirations that it's going to be the next 'Godfather' film, only to end up being more akin to 'Flash Gordon.' It kind of reminds me of 'Species' – a film about a beautiful naked alien woman running amok through a city and generally killing helpless (and horny) males. Species kind of knew it was a B-movie and played on its silly strengths. Like I say, Lifeforce thinks it's dark and mysterious and going to be the next 'Alien' movie, yet it never quite manages it.The dialogue is cheesy, the special effects not that special and its main selling point is the fact that the lead actress spends her time in a state of full undress. But it tries. And, in some way, that kind of makes up for its failings. You can't help but feel kindly towards the film because it really does its best to live up to what it wants to be. It doesn't really have the budget of Species; instead we have a British spaceship (the 'Churchill,' obviously!) encountering an alien craft which has got caught in the tail of Halley's comet. Once they board it, they unleash a trio of hungry alien vampires upon England. Now it's up to the only surviving American space pilot from the mission and an SAS colonel to hunt her down and stop her sleeping her way through the nation's men.It's the kind of film where you have to (a) know what you're getting and (b) be in the mood for. If you're expecting an epic sci-fi drama which is truly terrifying and/or you're hoping for action aplenty, then you're probably better off watch one or other of Alien or Species. However, if you're ready to overlook the slightly stilted acting (and the terrible puppet of Patrick Stewart's head) and gaping plot holes, then give it a go – you might be surprised.And, if all else fails, most guys won't mind spending a couple of hours watching Mathilda May and her ever decreasing wardrobe.

jessegehrig This movie is based off a book, that book's title is Space Tits. I have not yet read Space Tits, but part of me really wants to. Space Tits is based off of Dracula- so if a movie is based off of a book which itself is based off of another book, wouldn't the movie ultimately be based off of the book that the book is based off of? It means Lifeforce is just Dracula but by another name. Just like remarkable nudity in this movie, top shelf, I remember watching this movie for the first time and thinking to myself, hot damn that's some tittie! I feel as though that previous statement provides adequate summery of the movie's plot. People struggle, the struggles have meaning, the end.

Joxerlives Such a wonderful film, every time you think you've got the handle on it they throw in something new that totally takes you by surprise. I can see why it wasn't a success (partly I think because of the useless eye-over-Earth poster, you have a film with the gorgeous naked Mathilda May, apocalyptic London and huge spaceships and you don't put them on the poster? Indeed most of the advertising art for Lifeforce seems to be for a different film altogether and never appears on screen) but surely it deserved to be?What's great about it? EVERYTHING! Mathilda May is just the most beautiful woman ever, she's sexier than Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman and Eliza Dushku as the dominatrix and that's really saying something. On the whole the perversion in this mainstream film really has to be seen to be believed, Aubrey Morris as the Home Secretary seems to be constantly salivating over it all like the customer at a porno show and you feel that many in the audience will be feeling the same way. Amidst exploding zombie corpses and naked spacegirls constructed from her victim's blood the scene that really stands out to you is the heroes slapping the beautiful red-headed nurse around for information but saying that's OK because she's 'an extreme masochist' and is loving every second of it. Even in today's world of extreme gorno I don't think you'd get away with that any more in a mainstream film (interesting rewatching that scene and looking at the posters on the wall behind her, her as a little girl being hugged by her father and a sticker saying 'Head over heels in love'?). Some great performances from Peter Firth (Colonel Caine, SAS)and Frank Finlay (obstensibly a bio-chemist but his real interest is death), watching these characters dealing best they can with a situation totally beyond their control. A few great lines of dialogue and some wonderful set-pieces, absolutely love Caine heroically fighting his way through zombie infested London to Henry Mancini's amazing orchestral score to save the day and Carlsen's valiant act of self-sacrifice (again, the last thing you're expecting, you think he'll stab her but it's a shock when he impales himself too).Many questions that are never really answered. Are Carlsen and the spacegirl dead or are they preserved in the spaceship crystal coffins as before? What happened to all the human souls, did they go free, are they trapped on the ship or have they been used to revive the vampire race? Was Fallada genuinely trying to help Caine stop the vamps or was he leading him astray knowing that he was going to try to drain him? Where did he get the sword and how did he know how to use it? All told it will never win any Oscars but it is truly fantastic in every sense of the word.