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Lifeforce

Lifeforce

Horror · Science Fiction · Action · 1985

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Movie details

Lifeforce

“In the blink of an eye, the terror begins.”

1985 Horror · Science Fiction · Action 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tobe Hooper

Written by

Dan O'Bannon · Don Jakoby · Michael Armstrong · Olaf Pooley

Steve Railsback

Steve Railsback

Col. Tom Carlsen

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Col. Colin Caine

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Dr. Hans Fallada

Mathilda May

Mathilda May

Space Girl

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart

Dr. Armstrong

Michael Gothard

Michael Gothard

Dr. Bukovsky

Nicholas Ball

Nicholas Ball

Roger Derebridge

Court is in session

Put Lifeforce on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.