Lifeforce (1985)--
You'd never get a film like this made today, not to mention released.
Big budget, major studio, wide theatrical release, talented practical special effects team, some prominent actors to appear (such as Patrick Stewart, among others).
And the premise? Totally nude "space girl" walks through metropolitan London draining the "lifeforce" from people.
Nope, it'd never get made, not today.
Sure this movie flopped upon release, but it WAS made and it WAS (widely!) released.
One of the things which makes this film so entertaining was that it was trying so hard to be serious but in fact had loads of dialogue which came across as unintended innuendo ("What's five miles long?") or was just plain corny ("A naked girl will never get out of HERE!").
Oh, and Mathilda May's beauty must be remarked upon. I think it would be tough to find an actress nowadays willing to take on such a role-- even if she was brand-new to the scene, as May was, and presumably desperate to be involved with such a large project --and who was not rail-thin (May had a healthy physique, and I'm not just referring to what all the guys probably think I'm referring to), or who didn't have some kind of augmentation surgery (May was all-natural at the time-- chest was hers, mouth was hers [no Angelina Jolie botox lips], derriere was hers, etc.), or who didn't have tattoos (May had none).
Anyhow, just some random thoughts on Lifeforce; feel free to add your own:)
.לא מצאת סרט או סדרה? היכנס כדי ליצור אותם
?רוצה לדרג או להוסיף פריט אל רשימה
?לא חבר אתר
תגובה מאת FlyingSaucersAreReal
ב-מרץ 25, 2017 ב-3:44אחרי חצות יום
Hilariously insane wild movie. The whole movie is just so relentlessly histrionic, and the practical effects are mostly great.
תגובה מאת bluersun
ב-מרץ 25, 2017 ב-7:45אחרי חצות יום
Good fun film! I've got the bluray - found it in a second hand shop and it had been signed by Tobe Hooper, Patrick Stewart, Steve Railsback and Mathilda May - not bad for a couple of quid!!
תגובה מאת northcoast
ב-מרץ 25, 2017 ב-9:37אחרי חצות יום
That's awesome, bluersun.
Yeah, I've got the bluray, too-- surprising improvement over the DVD, and contains brief yet informative interview with Mathilda May; but I don't have the autographs:(
תגובה מאת bluersun
ב-מרץ 25, 2017 ב-10:09אחרי חצות יום
Cheers, yeah a massive improvement on the dvd
תגובה מאת Howard Burns
ב-מרץ 26, 2017 ב-4:10לפני חצות יום
Totally agreed. Movies like this are a true treasure now. I keep going back to a lot of stuff around '84-'85, it's like another world that got smacked with a magic wand. Pure escapism awesomeness.
תגובה מאת acf
ב-מרץ 26, 2017 ב-3:16אחרי חצות יום
you make this sound like a must-see! it's now on my watchlist.
תגובה מאת ultraviolet
ב-אוקטובר 20, 2017 ב-6:22לפני חצות יום
Just started watching this on Netflix, last time was in the early 90’s. Lovely to re-watch this again, so refreshing
תגובה מאת tmdb82469342
ב-דצמבר 5, 2021 ב-9:26לפני חצות יום
I have the blu-ray too and she is still stunning, isn't she? 😍
תגובה מאת tmdb82469342
ב-דצמבר 5, 2021 ב-9:27לפני חצות יום
Nope.
I miss Cannon Films 😢
תגובה מאת northcoast
ב-דצמבר 5, 2021 ב-11:58לפני חצות יום
Hi, there, Gus!
Funny you should revive this older thread-- I've just watched "Lifeforce" again last night, it's in my Winter film rotation.
And yes, she's still pretty, and it's too bad they don't have outfits like Cannon around anymore:(
תגובה מאת rooprect
ב-דצמבר 5, 2021 ב-3:58אחרי חצות יום
Great flick but I disagree that it couldn’t be made today. There are tons of big studio erotic scifi flicks bordering on camp, I’d say around every 3-5 years one hits the theaters. There was the Species franchise that started in the late 90s and took us up to 2007, and if you really want to see some twisted erotic scifi there’s Splice. More recently (although I haven’t seen them) there’s Her and Ex Machina which center around a sexy android/alien/sexdoll, there’s also Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin which is about a hot alien who seduces men so she can eat them, or something like that. And don’t forget the Battlestar Galactica remake which updated the 80s tin can cylons to a sultry Tricia Helfer whose spine glows red when she has an orgasm lol. Never fear, the spirit of Lifeforce will be alive & well as long as undersexed scifi nerds keep demanding it ;)