The Playlist: 5 Things You Might Not Know About Tobe Hooper's Underseen 'Lifeforce'

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5 Things You Might Not Know About Tobe Hooper's Underseen 'Lifeforce' Jun 21st 2013, 17:29 This week our friends at Shout Factory, through their Scream Factory imprint, released a new, deluxe Blu-ray edition of Tobe Hooper's "Lifeforce." A hugely budgeted cult oddity that concerns a European spaceship that encounters a terrifying alien craft in the tail of Halley's Comet, it has everything a growing horror freak needs: extreme violence, tons of nudity, vampires, mummies, and apocalyptic bedlam. The movie is slyer and smarter than people give it credit for, and absolutely gorgeous-looking (it was shot by a longtime Bond veteran). For most, this new disc will be the first time that they see "Lifeforce," a revelatory experience no doubt, but for the "Lifeforce" fanatics it will open up the vaults and let some surprises spill out. In the spirit of the movie, we've traveled to the abandoned spaceship of "Lifeforce" to uncovered five things you might not know about this cult classic.It Was Originally Called "The Space Vampires" "Lifeforce" was based on a novel by prolific British... Media files: lifeforce-header.jpg (image/jpeg)

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