Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce (1985) – WTF Happened to this Movie?

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at TROUBLED movie productions! Box-office smashes and flops, fan-favorites or creative failures, these movies endured numerous problems behind-the-scenes.

Horror director Tobe Hooper’s 1985 sci-fi spectacle LIFEFORCE has earned cult status for its wild ideas (and one nubile naked space vampire girl), eventually overcoming its chaotic production, budgetary excess, editing battles and box office failure. We drift through the cosmos and run through apocalyptic London to find out “WTF Happened to LIFEFORCE”!

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Chris Bumbray began his career with JoBlo as the resident film critic (and James Bond expert) way back in 2007, and he has stuck around ever since, being named editor-in-chief in 2021. A voting member of the CCA and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, you can also catch Chris discussing pop culture regularly on CTV News Channel.