40 years on from its release, Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at a defining moment in Cannon Films canon…What’s the craziest mo-fo of a film you’ve ever seen? There have been plenty of odd films. The beauty of cinema is in its variety. I’ve written about a slightly more critically acclaimed film Cannon made […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Lifeforce (1985)
Lifeforce, 1985.Directed by Tobe Hooper. Starring Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Patrick Stewart, Frank Finlay, Aubrey Morris, and Nicholas Ball.SYNOPSIS:Three mysterious humanoid bodies found in space are brought back to Earth, but they turn out to be space vampires that threaten to turn London into dust.Although he’ll forever be known as the director of […]
Arrow Video bringing Lifeforce to 4K Ultra HD with new restoration
Arrow Video is set to unleash Mathilda May’s Space Girl in 4K Ultra HD this coming February with the release of a new limited edition release of Tobe Hooper’s 1985 cult classic Lifeforce, complete with an all-new restoration of the 116-minute International Cut.When a space shuttle crew finds a mysterious spacecraft containing three human-looking creatures […]
DVD Review – Risen (2016)
Risen, 2016.Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Starring Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth and Cliff Curtis.SYNOPSIS:Joseph Fiennes stars as a world-weary Roman tribune leading the mother of all manhunts. The body of the crucified Christ has up and vanished, talk of the risen Messiah is spreading like wildfire and a flustered Pontius Pilate (Peter Firth) fears […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 28 – Lifeforce (1985)
Lifeforce, 1985.Directed by Tobe Hooper. Starring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Melinda May, and Patrick Stewart.SYNOPSIS:A joint UK-US space mission aboard the HMS Churchill takes a strange turn when the crew stumbles upon an enormous craft hidden in the tail of Halley’s Comet, with three seemingly humanoid bodies entombed within. Contact with Earth is […]
