Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires). 1965. Directed by Mario Bava

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Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires). 1965. Italy. Directed by Mario Bava. Courtesy Park Circus

Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires). 1965. Italy. Directed by Mario Bava. Screenplay by Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Callisto Cosulich, Antonio Román, Rafael J. Salvia, based on a short story by Renato Pestriniero. With Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi. 2K digital restoration by CSC - Cineteca Nazionale; courtesy Cinecittà. In Italian; English subtitles. 136 min.

The plot of Planet of the Vampires sounds like a Euro mash-up of Alien and Night of the Living Dead: astronauts of the future go temporarily nuts and become killer zombies. Despite the slightly cheesy, positively bizarre sci-fi horror story, come for the Bava visuals, created on colorful sound stages and inspired by pulp magazines and 1960s comic books. Carlo Rambaldi’s giant alien skeletons evoke an otherworldly terror he would tap into once again on Alien more than a decade later.

This film accompanies MoMA and Cinecittà Present: Carlo Rambaldi.

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