FlashCallahan Halley's Comet returns to the solar system, and the team aboard the shuttle Churchill, discover an alien spacecraft in the comet. Inside the spacecraft are three cocoons with three humans. The Churchill takes the humans back to Earth. Once there the leaders of the project find the shuttle burnt out and all but one of the crew, Carlsen, dead. The humans from the spacecraft awake and all those who come into contact with them are drained of their life force, and in time most of the population of London are turned into zombie like creatures all preying on the horrified survivors......This was Cannon Pictures big chance to make their studio big. They had a seasoned director, a wonderful cast, and a considerable budget for the time.But the film squanders any idea it had by just being that little bit too long, and being convoluted to the point that you just decide to watch it for the arguably wonderful effects, and a certain Mathilda May walking around with no clothing whatsoever.Elsewhere in the film, we have Steve Railsback playing Basil Exposition, explaining the plot to rest of the characters.But it has that Cannon sheen, and any film that features Patrick Stewart being taken over by a woman, has to be worth a watch.The final third of the film is just beyond the laws of plausibility, with a very cheap looking London being overrun by wait for it.....Space Vampires.28 Days Later this is not.But it has it's charm, it's funny to see all this seasoned actors keep a straight face when spouting utter bilge from the script.If like me, your a Cannon completest, it needs to be seen. Just don't expect to get the enjoy-ability you had from their very low budget out put.

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.

Steve-war Truly one of the worst films ever made. Words cannot possibly describe how bad it is. Dialogue straight out of Thunderbirds, acting that would embarrass Ed Wood and Henry Mancini's score sounds like he wrote it while having a stroke. I'm not done yet - it's laughably miscast, the first ten minutes seem to have been badly edited down from at least thirty minutes and some of the dubbing is amateurish at best. It's truly ghastly, tacky, cheap-looking rubbish. And yet...and yet.... The special effects are great for the time, often filmed bravely in bright light. No CGI here, it's all prosthetics. The lead alien is as beautiful as the movie is bad, I mean she's gorgeous. And the action doesn't let up for a second. Slam bang from start to finish. And somehow the abiding atmosphere is strangely haunting. You will love this movie at the exact same time you are hating it.

Charles Herold (cherold) When Lifeforce started, I wasn't sure if it was meant to be serious or if it was a parody. It had the weird stiffness in acting and blandness in style you would get from an Ed Wood movie. And it's nude-vampire concept is utterly ridiculous. But as far as I can tell, this is not a parody, this is just a bad movie notable only for having one pretty girl who never puts on any clothes.When Poltergeist came out, it seemed so Spielbergian that it was hard to believe it was directed by Tobe Hooper rather than producer Spielberg. According to wikipedia, there is controversy regarding how much Hooper had to do with Poltergeist. Considering how good Poltergeist is, and how inept his next movie, Lifeforce is (and considering how minor Hooper's career has been since), I don't see any way he directed Poltergeist.