Planet of the Vampires
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Movie Reviews of Planet of the Vampires
Movie Review: The best part is the ending
Summary: 4 Stars
Fun, and not bad for the era, with the usual helpings of swiss cheese in the plot department. The ending has a nice twist. The acting could be better, the pseduoscience gets a bit thick (although one bit of the techobabble turns out to be a vague hint about the ending), and the costumes are absurd. It is a little slow at points, but in general, it entertains. The relationship between this movie and Alien is obvious, to the point where I wonder if some of the scenes in Alien were actually homage to this film. The really weak points seem to stem from the translation from Italian to English; word choices are occasionally a bit strange.
Worth the $3 rental fee.
Movie Review: Obviously enormously influential film is pretty darn neat
Summary: 4 Stars
Mario Bava was a great filmmaker . Like some other films of his , one can easily see how his colorful , fog drenched , creepy/eerie , magnificently photographed style , influenced a great many filmmakers of future generations . The story is cool . The ships spare and understated (making them look very futuristic) . This is only a very good film (in my opinion) . In retrospect though , it's evident how much honor and thanks we owe Mario and his brilliant film teams . I'll be getting a copy . Just finishing streaming on ROKU .Movie Review: Space Ghouls...
Summary: 4 Stars
Finally, after sitting through so many average to awful italian space epics, PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES comes along! Mario Bava (Black Sunday, Black Sabbath) takes a story about parasitic aliens and creates a colorful, living-dead creep-a-thon. Yes, the acting is over-wrought, the costumes are hilarious, and the sfx are rather silly, but the atmosphere is fairly chilly for 1965 sci-fi (Deceased astronauts rise from the grave, inhabited by a dying race). I especially enjoyed the bleak, twist ending...Movie Review: "Alien"esque film .
Summary: 4 Stars
The film was interesting with parallels with the 1979 film "Alien" by Ridley Scott that are hard to deny . "Alien" was NOT a remake of this film but one wonders about how original "Alien" really was and whether the director and the writer Dan O'Bannon really did not see this film as they (understandably) say and deny . Planet of the Vampires , though , is still worth watching and a product of it's time .
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Movie Review: Surprisingly great
Summary: 4 Stars
Such atmosphere, such texture, great costumes, fluid camerawork, and a fog-machine that's stuck on setting #9.... it all adds-up to one great curio.As a fan of Bava's other films, I was apprehensive about this one, but now realize how class (and very influential) it is.
The picture is sharp,the colours are vivid, the sound is very good---- Recommended.