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

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Release Date: Oct 27, 1965 Wide

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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

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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
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
Horror.com

It's mainly Bava's masterful invention behind the camera that makes the film work. His movement and timing provide an atmosphere that clearly wasn't there in the script.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

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

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

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

Looks great, but dramatically lacking

August 14, 2002
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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

August 28, 2001
Q Network Film Desk

Audience Reviews for Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires)

A very smartly executed B-movie that fuses space opera with Universal-style horror atmosphere. Director Mario Bava injects a gloomy and foggy atmosphere that would come to influence "Alien" years later. There is a scene that involves people digging themselves out of their graves that is made terrifying by the chilling music score and gritty cinematography. The marvelous cinematography makes even the most basic sets look magnificent and more lavish than what they really are. The spaceship sets are a bit cheesy and some of the characters are given only bare-minimum development outside of their archetypes, but the film is so much fun to watch that these problems only become minor. Although it does perplex me why this was given the title "Planet of the Vampires" in America considering that there are no vampires in the movie.
March 9, 2012
Christopher Heim

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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 film influenced his take on The Thing is hard to resist, especially in contemplating the dark conclusion.

Word of warning, there actually aren't any Vampires in this film. If you are looking for Vampires, you will be disappointed when you find none. Perhaps, Planet of the Zombies, or Planet Without Vampires would have been a more appropriate title. Either way, this film is a lot of fun, there just aren't any Vampires.

March 24, 2008
DrBenway
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Foreign Titles

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