Planet of the Vampires (1965)
- Original title
- Terrore nello spazio
- Directed by
- Mario Bava
- Genre
- horror film, adventure film, science fiction film, vampire film, zombie film
- Country
- Italy, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 257 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Spaceship crews crash land on a strange planet. The planet's invisible inhabitants take over the dead bodies of the crew and use them to hunt the survivors.
atmosphericeerieslow-burnsuspensefulclaustrophobicmelancholicbleakvisually stylized
What happens
Planet of the Vampires (Italian: Terrore nello spazio, lit. 'Terror in Space'; released in the UK as The Demon Planet) is a 1965 science fiction horror film directed and co-written by Mario Bava, produced by Fulvio Lucisano, and starring Barry Sullivan and Norma Bengell. The screenplay was based on an Italian-language science fiction short story, Renato Pestriniero's "One Night of 21 Hours". Despite the American title there are no vampires in the movie. The film follows the horrific experiences of the crew members of two giant spaceships that have crash landed on a foreboding, unexplored planet. The disembodied inhabitants of the world possess the bodies of the crew who died during the crash, and use the animated corpses to stalk and kill the remaining survivors. The film was co-produced by Italian International Film and American International Pictures (AIP), with some financing provided by Spain's Castilla Cooperativa Cinematográfica. AIP released Planet of the Vampires as the supporting film on a double feature with Daniel Haller's Die, Monster, Die! (1965). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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For a Few Dollars More (1965)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.