Lifeforce (1985)

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(Foreign Titles)

Nomination Year: 2006

SYNOPSIS: A spaceship commanded by B-movie staple Steve Railsback finds an alien ship while investigating Halley's Comet. Inside the ship are a bunch of dead bat-like aliens and three humanoids perfectly preserved in suspended animation. Weeks later, the ship returns to Earth orbit with the crew dead and the suspended animation capsules in the hold. The capsules are returned to Earth and taken to a London lab for study. The humanoids turn out to be space vampires who escape and kill lots of British people, including Patrick Stewart. Meanwhile, Steve Railsback crash-lands in Texas in the ship's escape pod and makes his way to England where he teams up with an SAS Colonel and a scientist with really bad hair to defeat the space vampires.

Greg Pearson

Smithee Award Nominations

Deus Ex Machina
Fiery Escape via Fire Escape The SAS guy is being chased by zombies. Every way he turns, there's another horde. Nothing can save him now! Except for the possible collapse of a flaming fire escape between him and the hordes -- but what are the odds of that?	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Let's Up The Rating To 'R'"
Hot Naked (Not-So-)Dead Alien Chick You go into a biohazard room to do an autopsy on a dead alien girl and she suddenly sits up. What do you do?	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Crummiest Ending
"You're One of Us; Let's Go!" Steve Railsback is making out with the female vampire. She tells him that he's one of them and always has been. The SAS guy throws him a sword. Steve stabs it through both the vamp and himself. The two of them get beamed up to the alien ship in a really bad special effect. The ship flies away for no good reason. The end. Huh???	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Tobe Hooper	director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and numberous other films in that vein (and gristle)

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Steve Railsback	<Not Yet in Database>	Played Charles Manson in Helter Skelter. Also Cameron in The Stunt Man, Carlsen in Lifeforce, the titular Ed Gein, and Col. Pryzer in Barb Wire. Has crazy eyes.
Peter Firth	<Not Yet in Database>
Frank Finlay	<Not Yet in Database>	nominated for a Best Supporting Actor for his work in 1965's Othello
Patrick Stewart	<Not Yet in Database>	"Captain Jean-Luc Picard" of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Professor X" from the X-Men movies, Broadway actor, and all-around bald sex symbol
Michael Fitzpatrick	<Not Yet in Database>


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