“ Horror in space ” ( Italian: Terrore nello spazio ) or “ Planet of the Vampires ” [1] ( born Planet of the Vampires ) is a science fiction film by Italian director Mario Bava . The script is based on the story of Renato Pestrignero "21-hour night." The premiere took place on September 15, 1965 .
| Vampire planet | |
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| Terrore nello spazio | |
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| Genre | horror fantasy |
| Producer | Mario bava |
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| Author script | |
| In the main cast | Barry Sullivan Norma Bengell Angel Aranda Evie Marandi |
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| Duration | 86 min |
| A country |  Italy  Spain |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1965 |
| IMDb | ID 0059792 |
Story
On a spaceship they receive a signal for help from an unknown planet. The ship goes to the rescue, but when the ship arrives, changes occur with the entire crew. They begin to attack each other, and several people die. The dead are buried on the planet, and the survivors explore the planet: they do not find anyone who could give a signal for help, but notice flickering lights in the distance. After some time, the dead wake up and begin to attack the living.
Later it turns out that the inhabitants of the planet are incorporeal and they need a foreign body in order to survive. The crew decides to destroy their ship so that strangers could not move into one of the crew. But the invaders managed to interfere. At the end of the film, they fly to Earth.
Impact
Despite the rather restrained assessments of critics and viewers noting the lethargy of the action, this film, like some other works and individual visual decisions by Mario Bava, had an impact in the cinema. After the American blockbuster “ Alien ” was released in 1979, the press drew attention to the plot parallels of the new film with “The Planet of Vampires” [2] . Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon and director Ridley Scott denied their acquaintance with the work of Mario Bava. Parallels with The Planet of the Vampires were also indicated after the release of Scott's film Prometheus in 2012 [3] .
Specifications
- Image Format: 1.85: 1
- Copy format: 35 mm
- Shooting format: 35 mm
Notes
- ↑ For the English version, they tried 15 titles until they settled on “The Planet of the Vampires,” under which the film is known in Russia.
- ↑ Frentzen, Jeffrey. "Alien: It! The Terror from Beyond the Planet of the Vampires. " // Cinefantastique , Volume 8, Number 4, 1979, pgs. 24 - 25.
- ↑ Decoding the Cultural Influences in 'Prometheus,' From Lovecraft to 'Halo' - Govindini Murty . The Atlantic . Date of treatment January 11, 2013. Archived January 21, 2013.
Links
- Copyright website
- " Vampire Planet ” on the Internet Movie Database