Naked, naked Mathilda May
LIFEFORCE
Lifeforce is another one of those horror movies that wrapped itself in science fiction marketing. It’s also another one of those movies that lots of people seem to loathe but I predictably love — and not just because of Mathilda May, though there’s no arguing that she doesn’t hurt. It’s referred to by some as a rip-off of Hammer’s Five Million Years to Earth, akaQuatermass and the Pit (one of my all-time favorites, by the way), with a little bit of Night of the Living Dead thrown in, plus probably some Planet of the Vampires. And pretty much every movie that could was ripping off Alien at that point as well, so we might as well through that one onto the pile too. It mixes everything up into a completely loopy sci-fi horror tale featuring a perpetually nude female lead and an exploding Patrick Stewart. |
#1 by Jen S on December 16, 2011 - 2:08 pm
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My husband and I watched this one on On Demand; one of those “Oh, yeah, I’ve heard of this one, kinda, well, let’s see” and were mesmerized/confused for the whole thing.
If I was Mathilda May I would walk around naked all the time. Running errands, going on the White House tour, Parent-Teacher Night, my best freind’s baby shower, you name it.
#2 by Ed on December 16, 2011 - 2:27 pm
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God, I love this one. Just an awesome over the top b-movie.
#3 by Cullen M. M. Waters on December 17, 2011 - 2:04 am
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God I love this movie.
#4 by The Rev. on December 19, 2011 - 9:02 am
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I came in late on it once on cable years ago, eventually realized what it was, and stopped watching since they were cutting out the main reason a younger Rev. would’ve been watching it for in the first place. I’ve never gotten around to seeing it. I have a feeling that, when I do, it’ll be one of those movies I’ll have wished I’d seen in my teens. Who knows, though; maybe I’ll love it anyway.
#5 by KeithA on December 19, 2011 - 11:32 am
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Rev — it is indeed everything a teenage lad could want. However, I wouldn’t underestimate its appeal to older-than-teens as well
#6 by Rod McBan on December 20, 2011 - 7:12 am
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LIFEFORCE
YES
FUCK I LOVE LIFEFORCE
#7 by supersonic on December 21, 2011 - 2:05 am
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You don’t have to be a horny teenager to love Lifeforce.
#8 by Guy on January 1, 2012 - 8:21 pm
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“You don’t have to be a horny teenager to love Lifeforce.”
But it helps.