Lifeforce (1985)
In the blink of an eye, the terror begins.
Lifeforce rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.1/10· 32K votes
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Metacritic50%
TMDb6.234/10· 721 votesWith 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 50/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Lifeforce
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Cast of Lifeforce
Steve Railsback
as Col. Tom Carlsen
Peter Firth
as Col. Colin Caine
Frank Finlay
as Dr. Hans Fallada
Mathilda May
as Space Girl
Patrick Stewart
as Dr. Armstrong
Michael Gothard
as Dr. Bukovsky
Nicholas Ball
as Roger Derebridge
Aubrey Morris
as Sir Percy Heseltine
Nancy Paul
as Ellen Donaldson
John Hallam
as Lamson
- J
John Keegan
as Guard
Chris Jagger
as First Vampire
Lifeforce facts
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $11.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Alien spacecraft concept provides imaginative science fiction setting
- •Halley comet mythology adds cosmic scale to narrative
- •Space marine action delivers entertaining creature conflict
What the audience disliked
- •Plot logic becomes increasingly convoluted as narrative progresses
- •Tone inconsistency undermines both horror and science fiction elements
Trailer
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