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

By Chris Bumbray

Posted 5 years ago

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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Tags: 1985, Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby, Frank Finlay, Horror, Lifeforce, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Sci-Fi, Steve Railsback, Tobe Hooper, WTF Happened To This Movie

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