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''Lifeforce'' (1985), possibly better known as the "Naked Space Vampire Movie," is--[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|a very strange film]]. In 1985, a European Space Shuttle mission to Halley's Comet finds in the comet's tail an abandoned spacecraft with three (apparent) naked humans, two men and a woman, in suspended animation encased in glass pods. Later, after taking the pods aboard, the Shuttle goes out of contact with ground control. A rescue mission finds that all the crew are dead but the three people in the pods are still alive. The three not-really-humans are brought to Earth, whereupon they wake up, blow the hell out of the European Space Research Center, and escape. Meanwhile, the sole survivor of the shuttle's crew has returned to earth in an escape pod with a tale of terror...

''Lifeforce'' (1985), possibly better known as the "Naked Space Vampire Movie," is--[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|a very strange film]]. In 1985, a European Space Shuttle mission to Halley's Comet finds in the comet's tail an abandoned spacecraft with three (apparent) naked humans, two men and a woman, in suspended animation encased in glass pods. Later, after taking the pods aboard, the Shuttle goes out of contact with ground control. A rescue mission finds that all the crew are dead but the three people in the pods are still alive. The three not-really-humans are brought to Earth, whereupon they wake up, blow the hell out of the European Space Research Center, and escape. Meanwhile, the sole survivor of the shuttle's crew has returned to earth in an escape pod with a tale of terror...

And then it gets even weirder. Has to be seen to be believed.

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* [[Fan Service]]: There's a reason why the movie is popularly known as "that naked space vampire movie". This was suggested by writer Dan O'Bannon, who also put a nude girl in his next movie, ''[[Return of the Living Dead]]''.

* [[Fan Disservice]]: When space girl visits Carlson in his dreams, she proceeds to make out with him while lightning is engulfing the room and animalistic shrieks and howls can be heard all around them.

* [[The Film of the Book]]: ''[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|The Space Vampires]]''

* [[The Film of the Book]]: ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Space Vampires]]''

* [[Foe Yay]]: Carlson is obsessed with the beautiful space vampire he is hunting, even though to [[Kiss of Death|touch her means death]]. There's even a [[Ho Yay]] moment when he's driven to kiss her while she's [[Body Surf|occupying the body]] of [[Patrick Stewart]]. He later discovers the reason for his obsession is that she took the image of the perfect woman from his subconscious.

* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: The vampires assumed human form by probing the minds of the astronauts for suitable shapes. Their real forms are the hybernating bat-like creatures in their spacecraft, notably seen when the female vampire visits Carlson in his dreams, and when {{spoiler|the second male vampire is killed at the end.}}

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* [[Psychic Link]]: Between Col. Carlsen, the only survivor from the original space mission (Steve Railsback) and Space Girl.

* [[Special Effect Failure]]: The zombie corpses are impressive, but they move unconvincingly.

* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in ~~The~~ Mirror]]: Col Carlsen is a space vampire himself. At least that's what the Space Girl told him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror]]: Col Carlsen is a space vampire himself. At least that's what the Space Girl told him.}}

* [[To Serve Man]]

* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]