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Space Vampires Invade the Hi-Pointe Midnights This Weekend – LIFEFORCE
“Don’t worry. A naked girl is not going to get out of this complex!”
LIFEFORCE screens midnights this Friday and Saturday (September 5th and 6th) at The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63117)
The guys at Destroy the Brain are following up last month’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE with another film from director Tobe Hooper. His 1985 opus LIFEFORCE was exciting, trashy sci-fi from the nuts at Cannon Films, with a better than average cast, some decent special effects, an interesting premise, and yes, the hottest space vampire ever seen on screen! The plot of this gonzo sci-fi horror/hybrid is incomprehensible yet strangely compelling: A space crew brings back three bodies from an alien ship. All naked. Two guys and one girl. The guys don’t count for much. They’re not that important. What is important is the naked alien woman, (Mathilda May). She is to be lusted after, feared and despised for being so feminine. Instead of doing the usual vampire move of biting people on the neck, she kisses her victims and steals their LIFEFORCE. This movie is in fear of the female body. Ms May spends most of the movie completely naked. The men can’t get over how alluring she is. When the lead astronaut (Steve Railsback) has a dream about her he says, “You’re taking too much life out of me!”
I can’t help but wonder about the curious subtext of LIFEFORCE. A beautiful, nude space vampiress wanders the Earth seducing every man in sight and drains them of their life force. Sheesh! Were screenwriters Dan O’Bannon or Don Jakoby victims of a bad break up when they concocted this outer space oddity? Did Matilda May catch pneumonia from running around naked in London for days? Still, LIFEFORCE is pretty damn entertaining and definitely worth a look just to catch Patrick Stewart vomiting up great gobs of gore.
LIFEFORCE screens at midnight this weekend (September 5th and 6th) at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis) as part of their Late Night Grindhouse Midnight series, so don’t miss it!
Admission is $7 and the pre-show begins at 11:30
The Facebook event page for the Friday night screening can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/342456762576590
The Facebook event page for the Saturday night screening can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/560282687428279
The Destroy The Brain.com site can be found HERE
http://www.destroythebrain.com/
The Hi-Pointe Theater’s site can be found HERE
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