Let's forget for just one second that Mathilda May, who is one of the most gorgeous women in all of cinema, spends nearly entire running time of the film completely nude. Cast that aside. I know it's an amazing spectacle and certainly got a lot of young boys going when they first saw it(as it may still today), but there's a lot more cool stuff in this movie. First off, it's based on a novel called "Space Vampires". I know we're all a little vampire-fatigued these days, but I still feel like there haven't been enough space vampires used in movies or TV. Secondly, you have genre-favorite director Tobe Hooper. Hooper, he of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE(1 & 2), EATEN ALIVE, THE FUNHOUSE and of course POLTERGEIST. Hooper taking on a large scale production approach to a space vampire movie is quite exciting. Next you have the Cannon films factor. I'm not sure about you all, but I love me some Cannon films. They are known for gritty genre films with great genre moments. They are the 'raging ID' of genre filmmaking if you will. If you can conceive of it, Cannon films has probably put it in one of their features. So here we have Cannon films, on a high budget, helping to realize B-level genre material and make it stand out and feel completely A-level. And this movie feels big. From the very opening credits we are bombarded with a kick-ass, rousing space-adventure score by the great Henry Mancini. It truly is one of best opening pieces of score for a movie. For me, it's right up there with anything John Williams ever did. It sets the tone and carries with it a wave of energy and excitement. It says "Get Ready!". Tell me this clip doesn't get your blood going:
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2 comments:
It's a fun movie and the original novel by Colin Wilson is well worth reading as well.
The movie is awful. Along with his wretched INVADERS FROM MARS remake, this is a Tobe Hooper sci-fi double feature from hell.
Are we all agreed that his half-way decent POLTERGEIST had at least someone else "helping" him along the way? Perhaps, someone who's name rhymes with Freeberg?
But, there IS Mathilda May running around nekkid...........
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