The townsfolk live in fear of the Three Who Rule, who govern from their mighty castle. [8], On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 73% rating based on 11 reviews (8 "Fresh" and 3 "Rotten"). [22], Tim Lucas has noted that the basic plot and ideas of the film not only inspired Alien but "continue to influence filmmakers and inspire the genre today, as witnessed by David Twohy's Pitch Black (2000) and Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars (2001). "[6] Sullivan's lines were spoken in English, Bengell's in Portuguese, Evi Marandi's in Italian and Ángel Aranda's in Spanish. Cap-a-holic just posted a comparison between the original US discs (that were found in both the original book style set and the later eco cases in a slipbox) and a UK release. [13] In 1974, Joe Dante wrote that the "fabulous comic strip sci-fi shows director Mario Bava at his most visually inventive..."[14] Phil Hardy's The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction noted in 1984 that the film was "A gorgeous atmospheric confection from Bava...Bava's ever-moving camera creates a chilling sense of menace. Restricted by a low budget, Bava was unable to utilize opticals, so all of the film's extensive visual effects work were done "in camera". Markary departs to get tools for opening the sealed room, but the corpses disappear by the time he returns. Carter inexplicably vanishes. Inside the ship, they discover large skeletal remains of the long dead crew and thus realize that they are not the first ones to have been drawn to the planet by the distress beacon. "[1], In the late 1970s Atlas/Seaboard Comics published a short-lived comic book entitled Planet of Vampires, which combined plot elements from Bava's film with elements of Planet of the Apes and I Am Legend.[23]. Or, Though he worked across a number of genres, be it fantasy with, Back in May, The Quad Cinema in New York celebrated the diverse works of director, For the discerning science fiction fan, this is the best of the Eastern-bloc Cold War Sci-fi epics, a genuinely brilliant and warmly human ‘, Mondo Bava July 14-25 The Quad celebrates the Italian maestro of the macabre with a near-complete retrospective of his work—21 titles with 13 on 35mm—plus the U.S. TV Shows These days, the small screen has some very big things to offer. Both ships, the Galliott and the Argos, attempt to land on the surface of the fog-encased world. PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES will screen on a new 4K restoration. The planet's exterior sequences were filmed on an empty stage obscured by mists, table top miniatures and Schüfftan process shots. American Barry Sullivan and Brazilian Norma Bengell led the cast of international actors. He learns that Sallis' corpse is being manipulated by an Auran, who reveals that the two ships were lured to the planet in order for the Aurans to escape from their dying world. So what starts as a space-operatic adventure in an exotic world soon becomes monster horror pitched somewhere between Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires and James Cameron's Aliens (Twohy had scripted several early drafts of Alien 3). : Bava’s Beautiful Best, Evil Eye (1963): Mario Bava Invents the Giallo, New York’s The Quad Cinema Hosting Massive 21-Movie Mario Bava Retrospective, Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of Mario Bava. The crewmembers climb up into the depths of the eerie ship and discover the gigantic remains of long dead monstrous creatures. Eventually, AIP heads Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson decided to coproduce some of these films, rather than just pay for the rights to distribute them, in order to have more control over their content. This review is for the Blu-ray version of 'Planet of the Vampires' released by Kino Lorber in October, 2014. IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. (1965).[1]. [21] Decades later, Dan O'Bannon would admit: "I stole the giant skeleton from the Planet of the Vampires". [15] Glenn Erickson (aka "DVD Savant") wrote in 2001 that "Bava's stunning gothic variation weaves a weird tale of flying saucers, ray guns and zombies that looks like no other space movie ever filmed". While entering the planet's atmosphere, the crew of the Argos becomes possessed by an unknown force and try to violently kill each other. With the crew of the Galliott under their complete control, they plan to use the ship to escape to the humans' home planet. In 1966, Castle of Frankenstein described the film as "Beautifully photographed Italian sfantasy with excellent sfx and superb color". They proceed to bury as many of the corpses as they can, but several bodies are locked inside the ship's bridge. Planet of the Vampires Quite a cast and crew that produced this one. As an Apes fan with multiple copies on DVD and a pretty decent copy on Blu-ray already, I'm looking forward to seeing what they've done with the film. When they finally arrive at the other ship, they find that the crew members have killed each other. They ask Wes, the last survivor, to join them. [12] Monthly Film Bulletin noted the film was, "a triumph of mind over matter, or of Bava over a shoestring budget and appalling dubbed dialogue...[Bava] does atmospheric wonders with pastel-shaded fog and cunning camerawork". [11] Richard Davis, in Films and Filming, wrote that "Bava is tied to a grossly synthetic studio set which doesn't for a moment convince of its extraterrestrial reality...the piece on the whole is poor stuff". Markary tears open Sallis' uniform, exposing his putrescent body. [16], Several critics have suggested that Bava's film was a major influence on Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and Prometheus (2012), in both narrative details and visual design. Premiere of a new 4K restoration of, “I’ll tell you this, if there ‘are’ any intelligent creatures on this planet… they’re our enemies.”, In today's Horror Highlights, we take a look at, In today's Horror Highlights, we have a look at Comet TV's March viewing guide, release details for, A spaceship heads to a remote planet to answer an Sos. Mondo Bava July 14-25 The Quad celebrates the Italian maestro of the macabre with a near-complete retrospective of his work—21 titles with 13 on 35mm—plus the U.S. Two huge interplanetary ships on an expedition into deep uncharted space receive a distress signal emanating from Aura, an unexplored planet. "[18] Govindini Murty of The Atlantic, in a review of Prometheus, said, "The striking images Ridley Scott devises for Prometheus reference everything from Stanley Kubrick's 2001 to Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires. In 1966, Castle of Frankenstein described the film as "Beautifully photographed Italian sfantasy with excellent sfx and superb color". Tuesday, October 31: George A. Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (new 4K restoration) at 7:30 p.m.; Peter Jackson’s DEAD ALIVE with Rushing Duck Brewing Co. in 35mm at 9:30 p.m. For more information and to pre-order tickets, head over to the Drafthouse’s website . Upon arrival on the fog covered world, they discover an insidious alien race that needs warm bodies to propagate their species. Markary and Sanya are temporarily trapped inside the ship, but manage to escape and return to the Argos. Markary, Sanya and Carter investigate. AIP provided the services of writer Ib Melchior, whose previous movies had included such modest hits as The Angry Red Planet (1959) and Reptilicus (1961), as well as the relatively big budget Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964). Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. The result is a triumph of the pulp imagination". Melchior wrote the screenplay for the English-language version of the film, with some assistance from AIP producer Louis M. According to Tim Lucas, the two plastic rocks were multiplied in several shots by mirrors and multiple exposures. I didn't even know this was being planned. This film came out 50 years ago, and it's never looked better. The November issue of Post magazine has a feature on the restoration of Planet of the Apes (1968). Get all of Hollywood.com's best Movies lists, news, and more. But where Scott's film tried to mask its humble drive-in origins, Planet of the Vampires revels in its origins. Premiere of a new 4K restoration of Planet of the Vampires [1][9] Planet of the Vampires has accumulated a very positive critical response over the years. When a filmmaker creates a number of movies that qualify for masterpiece status, it becomes nearly impossible to quantifiably conclude which one stands above the rest as his or her single greatest achievement. Samson vs. the Vampires (1961) aka Goliath and the Vampires aka Maciste vs. the Vampire STARRING Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Leonora Ruffo, Jacques Sernas, Annabella Incontrera IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080749/ CSFD https://www.csfd.cz/film/1320-mlha/prehled/ FILMWEB.PL https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Mg%C5%82a-1980-7700 'Terror in space') is a 1965 Italian science fiction horror film, produced by Fulvio Lucisano, directed by Mario Bava, that stars Barry Sullivan and Norma Bengell. Heyward.[5]. Brand New 4K Restoration! To assist the illusion, I filled the set with smoke. Markary vows to stop them. We have our favorites, of course, but can any of us really name which of Hitchcock’s films is his definitive best? Writer Robert J. Skotak reported that each cast member "used their own native language on the set, in many cases not understanding what the other actors were saying. The film literally feels like a pulp magazine cover come to garish life..."[17] Robert Monell, on the DVD Maniacs website, observed, "[M]uch of the conceptual design and some specific imagery in the 1979 Ridley Scott screamer undoubtedly owes a great debt to Mario Bava's no budget accomplishments. [35] Learn how and when to remove this template message, The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction, "Building the Perfect Star Beast: The Antecedents of 'Alien, "DVD Savant Review: Planet of the Vampires", "Decoding the Cultural Influences in 'Prometheus,' From Lovecraft to 'Halo, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Planet_of_the_Vampires&oldid=997573588, Articles needing additional references from March 2018, All articles needing additional references, Articles containing Italian-language text, Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Società Italiana di Distribuzione (SIDIS), Franco Andrei as Bert (Garr in the Italian version), This page was last edited on 1 January 2021, at 05:20. 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. Some of the Argos' crew are found dead. Still trapped in E-Space, the Doctor's TARDIS materialises on a medieval planet. External Sites, "The Furniture," by Daniel Walber. Unfortunately, the Argos incurred serious damage during the landing, and repairs will take time. Space vampire double feature! The original 5 Planet of the Apes movies possibly coming to 4K Reply Subscribe A couple of plastic rocks — yes, two: one and one! The Alejandro Jodorowsky 4K Restoration Collection also contains the 1957 short film Le Cravate, a mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a … The parallels are simply too good to pass up: like a sunken-eyed ghoul crawling out of its own grave, George A. Romero’s 1968 homemade horror … Naruto Heartland Henry Danger Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Ib Melchior and Louis M. Heyward are credited with the script for the AIP English-language release version. (1965), ‘Mission to Mars’: Brian De Palma’s Lavish, Epic-Scale Lark. Showtimes ‘Library of the Dead’ Books to Be Adapted for TV by Lucisano Group, Federation Ent. With 150 entries of the column now released, we thought it was the perfect time to shine the projector light on Scott's wonderful work on a new episode of Daily Dead's podcast! [10] Variety's Dool opined, "Plot is punctuated with gore, shock, eerie music and wild optic and special effects...Color camera work and production values are smooth and first class...Flash Gordon type story...should keep the young on the edge of their seats and the older set from falling asleep". While exploring Aura, Wes discovers the ruins of a spaceship a few miles from the Argos. Thick, pulsating mists, lit by ever-shifting eerie colors, saturate the terrain. (1965). Because the device has been broken beyond repair, Markary and Sanya decide to change course for a nearby planet: Earth. 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The film was co-produced by AIP and Italian International Film, with some financing provided by Spain's Castilla Cooperativa Cinematográfica. The magazine also pointed out other minor parallels between the two films. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. In 1979, Cinefantastique noted the remarkable similarities between this atmospheric sequence and a lengthy scene in the then-new Alien. Though I have to wonder just when the hell this release actually came out. O'Bannon has also noted the influence of "Junkyard" (1953), a short story by Clifford D. Simak in which a crew lands on an asteroid and discovers a chamber full of eggs. When Romana II and Adric are kidnapped, the Doctor must ally himself with a band of renegade peasan… The Terror from Beyond Space, 1958) was a direct influence on Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien. (Click on the images for magnified detail), "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream." Markary advises the survivors that they must escape from Aura. [4] Derek Hill, in a review of the MGM Midnite Movies DVD release of Vampires written for Images Journal, noted, "Bava's film (along with It! American International Pictures had achieved a great deal of commercial success in the early 1960s with Bava's Black Sunday (1960) and Black Sabbath (1963), as well as dozens of lesser Italian films, including several sword and sandal pictures. From sitcoms to dramas to travel and talk shows, these are all the best programs on TV. Looks like the restoration work may finally have seen the light of day on a Bd release. MTI Film is pleased to be partnering with 20th Century Fox on a 4K restoration of the 1971 classic Escape from the Planet of the Apes. In a private tape recording, Markary admits that he suspects none of them will survive. Or Kurosawa’s? Planet of the Vampires was one such coproduction, financed by AIP and Italy's Fulvio Lucisano for Italian International Film, along with some Spanish production money provided by Castilla Cooperativa Cinematográfica. [3] American International Pictures released the film as the supporting film on a double feature with Daniel Haller's Die, Monster, Die! During a struggle with the Aurans, Dr. Karan and Tiona are killed. Markary's younger brother, Toby, is among the dead. Planet of the Vampires has accumulated a very positive critical response over the years. Listen to the Corpse Club Discuss Horror Movies at the Drive-In on a New Episode of Daily Dead’s Podcast, Kill, Baby… Kill! BLU-RAY: The picture quality is just OK. The story follows the horrific experiences of the crew members of two giant spaceships that have crash landed on a forbidding, unexplored planet. [20] However, both Alien's director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Dan O'Bannon claimed at the time that they had never seen Planet of the Vampires. First up is Mario Bava's candy colored 1965 sci-fi film PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES which has gone on to influence a variety of genre cinema since, including BARBARELLA, John Carpenter's THE THING and KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE. Wes refuses and tries to sabotage the Meteor Rejector, but fatally electrocutes himself while doing so. ). After takeoff, however, they reveal themselves to be possessed by Aurans. [7] In Fangoria magazine, Tim Lucas said "Planet of the Vampires is commonly regarded as the best SF film ever made in Italy, and among the most convincing depictions of an alien environment ever put on film". [7] Bava explained: "Do you know what that unknown planet was made of? Markary and his crew rush to the Galliott to retrieve the Meteor Rejector. "[8] During the waiting period that ensues, several more killings occur. Markary and Sanya return to the Argos and manage to escape as the Galliott is destroyed. | Onesheet for Escape From The Planet of the Apes (1971) An announcement about new work in our Restoration department. Long before. Planet of the Vampires (1965) contains a scene in which the heroes discover a giant alien skeleton; this influenced the Nostromo crew's discovery of the alien creature in the derelict spacecraft. "[19], One of the film's most celebrated sequences involves the astronauts performing an exploration of an alien, derelict ship discovered in a huge ruin on the surface of the planet. Variety's Dool opined, "Plot is punctuated with gore, shock, eerie music and wild optic and special effects...Color camera work and production values are smooth and first class...Flash Gordon After the Argos lands on the surface, the crew disembarks and explores the eerie landscape in search of the Galliott. [8], AIP released the film as the supporting film on a double feature with Daniel Haller's Die, Monster, Die! The screenplay, by Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Callisto Cosulich, Antonio Roman and Rafael J. Salvia, was based on an Italian-language science fiction short story, Renato Pestriniero's "One Night of 21 Hours". Mexican Wrestlers, Italian Vampires, Filipino Mad Scientists and more. They are successful, and manage to place explosives in the ship. Carducci, Mark Patrick and Lovell, Glenn. — left over from a mythological movie made at Cinecittà! AIP released the film as the supporting film on a double feature with Daniel Haller's Die, Monster, Die! This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. Investigating, the Fourth Doctor discovers that the Three Who Rule are ancient astronauts who became vampireslong ago, and their castle is actually their spaceship. Yeah, I love, “It can be said with certainty that any reviewer who pans [Mission to Mars] does not understand movies, let alone like them,” declared, The Furniture: SciFi on a Budget in Planet of the Vampires. Miniatures and forced perspective visuals are used throughout, with much colored fog adding atmosphere but also obscuring the sheer cheapness of the sets. Tiona sees their corpses walking in the ship, and becomes paralyzed with fear. HD Talk The place to discuss Blu-ray, 4K and all other forms and formats of HD and HDTV. Since its premiere in 2015, Scott Drebit's Drive-In Dust Offs column on Daily Dead has celebrated forgotten cult horror movies and taken unique looks at beloved films in the genre. Planet of the Vampires (Italian: Terrore nello Spazio, lit. (1965). Kier escapes with the machine, but Markary fights Sallis. Two crew members of the Galliott, Kier and Sallis, arrive at the Argos to steal the ship's Meteor Rejector device. 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