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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Mario Bava |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 27 October, 1965 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Mgm/Ua Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616865649 |
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Customer Reviews of Planet of the Vampires
This planet is a mixed bag After watching it, I have to ask why he chose to do it in the first place. It doesn't seem as if Bava were particularly inspired when he shot Planet of the Vampires. As a science fiction film, it's not very visionary-I don't see any speculation on his part about anything at all about the future, except that we will have mastered space travel.
As a horror film, it succeeds even less-there is almost little or no gore. Not that I'm a gore monger (actually I am!), but if you don't create the necessary amount of tension, which this film fails to do, then you have to rely on other means of capturing viewer interest, these being either special effects or violent gore laden scenes.
As a sci-fi/horror film . . .well, it just isn't.
So, what the hey is the film? I read that Bava used the same set design that he had for his Hercules movie (which actually succeeded in being both cheesier and creepier); he could not have been that particularly motivated to do this film. Yet it does have scenes of brilliance. I've yet to encounter a Bava movie that didn't have at least two excellent scenes that blew me away. One of these was when our erstwhile astronauts explored the interior of the alien's ship. I also dug the lighting-the deep reds and blues that have become such staples in many of Bava's films.
Is it worth a DVD purchase? Yes, ...
awesome italian sci fi/horror flick -- reminds me of Alien
This is a great old sci fi/horror flick by that master Mario Bava. This movie starts out with two ships in orbit around a planet. You are treated to some really cool electronic sound effects/music and the best technobabble I have ever heard -- Star Trek has nothing on these guys. The ships are sucked in to the planet at 60 G's -- only the heroic captain is able to withstand that kind of force. The movie goes on to deal with what they encounter on the surface as they search for the other ship.
The special effects are a bit cheesy by today's standard, but not bad for a film of its time. They are not overused to ill effect either. The overall atmosphere of the film is properly chilling.
Some of the visuals, plot elements, and even music remind so much of Alien. I have to suspect that Ridley Scott has seen this movie at least once.
I rate this film excellent and highly recommend it!
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Classic B movie! Did you like Creature Double Feature, or Elvira... you will love this! Don't forget the 6 pack.