The mere mention of its title will trigger memories among many people of A) a gorgeous space vampire prone to walking around London completely nude, B) a pre-Star Trek: The Next Generation Patrick Stewart getting possessed by said beauty, or C) both.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 29, 2024

There's a version of this that has a more cohesive vision of what it wants to be, though the actual theatrical release ends up a confusing mess that never knows what it wants to be.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 22, 2023

…Lifeforce is a simultaneously awful and yet kinda brilliant sci-fi opus that offers plenty to unpack to the casual cineaste with a taste for the silly…

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2023

What’s left is still loopy enough to make it worth a peek.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Dec 2, 2022

Lifeforce takes a rapid turn for the worse and becomes deliriously awful.

Full Review | Jul 8, 2022

Needed to be much trashier.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 13, 2021

...undeniably best taken with a huge dose of salt on your popcorn but it works brilliantly as an impressively-staged dose of cheesy sci-fi fun.

Full Review | Jun 10, 2021

The seriousness with which the actors approach the material is commendable.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 6, 2020

Has a tendency to get too caught up in the details of its strange plot, but overall the film is a strong and oft-overlooked piece of 1980s science fiction.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 7, 2019

Not near one of Hooper's best, at its core Lifeforce is the dark heart of all humankind's anxieties about extraterrestrials.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 1, 2019

A strange sci-fi/horror flick about space vampires.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Apr 6, 2019

Combining outer space adventure with late show horror might seem a great way to double your audience, but Lifeforce doesn't do real well in either genre.

Full Review | Mar 8, 2019

It loses some respect with its naked Mathilda May. But I would call this an audacious SF/horror film

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 29, 2018

"The American cut - with its Michael Kamen music - is the superior version of the film..."

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018

Seen today, it's actually an astoundingly brave, weird movie that tries more and accomplishes more than many of today's bland roller coaster rides.

Full Review | Jun 28, 2013

Occasionally silly, but still unique and very entertaining...

Full Review | Jun 28, 2013

How often do you find a sci-fi/horror hybrid that dares to walk the high wire? Not often enough, I think. For that reason alone, Lifeforce deserves to be rediscovered.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 17, 2013

The UK version is 15 minutes longer and makes this bizarre but lovable movie a bit more interesting.

Full Review | Jun 12, 2013

Lifeforce is a pretty curious specimen in its own right. Its sci-fi/horror concept is epic in scale and metaphysical reach, but the casting is catchpenny...

Full Review | Mar 24, 2013

Lifeforce is a dog.

Full Review | Feb 25, 2011