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Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires) (1965)

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This classic blend of science-fiction and horror belies its extremely low budget with buckets of atmosphere and some genuinely creepy setpieces. The story concerns the crews of two spaceships, who land on a foggy, seemingly deserted planet. What they don't know is that the planet was home to a race of vampiric aliens, who possess their minds, eventually rising from their strange, misty graves to seek human blood. Legendary director Mario Bava once again proves himself a master at atmospheric

Aug 28, 2001

HBO Video

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A peerless example of a bravura visual imagination abstracting cheap sets into psychedelic textures

February 5, 2011 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

Planet of the Vampires is not among the best of the scary sci-fi genre, but seen under the optimum circumstances, fans of schlock or/and vintage Italian horror will find it fun.

March 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Horror.com | Comment

Though never particularly scary, Bava has a cool way with the alien eerieness of it all...

July 5, 2005 Full Review Source: St@tic Multimedia | Comment

I lost interest in wanting to know more about the supernatural manifestations.

September 28, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Looks great, but dramatically lacking

August 14, 2002 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

an interesting, if not entirely successful, attempt at genre blending

August 28, 2001 Comment
Q Network Film Desk
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Audience Reviews for Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires)

An atmospheric blend of space opera and horror elements that fits well into Mario Bava's list. Filled with inventive futuristic sets and chic black leather spacemen suits, its' gloomy style most likely influenced ALIEN some 15 years later. As John Carpenter admitted Bava's influence on Halloween, then the notion this

March 24, 2008
DrBenway
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At first, I was extremely disappointed by the fact that this movie doesn't have any vampires in it, but then I realized that that was the American title, the Italian title says Terror in Space or something, which makes more sense. Other than that, I loved the story in this movie, it's fantastic. Of course, this is a

September 5, 2010
ajv2688

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Foreign Titles

  • Planet der Vampire (DE)
  • Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio) (UK)
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