Remembered watching this as a kid and being in love with the Vampire Goddess. Recently rewatched and still blown away by the perfection that is Mathilda May.

Because of the rating my mother took _13 year old boy_ me to see it in the cinema, she knew I liked Dr Who and thought it was like _Quartermass and the Pit._ I spent a lot of the movie hugging my knees to my chest - but not out of fear. To say the meal at McDonald's afterwards was awkward is a understatement.

Mathilda May: one of the most beautiful women to ever appear on screen. Go see the movie if you haven’t.

Lifeforce's vindication comes from the fact that its loved and cherished 35 years later,and has also found a legion of new admirers born after it was made

Fell in love with Mathilda May (aka Space Girl) when I saw this movie in the theatre. I'm surprised Minty was able to find enough footage of her with clothes on for this video.

This movie is massively underrated. What a gem, got it on blu ray!!

Matilda May = insta-click

I have a sneaking suspicion that Mathilda May was likely the cause of many jumpstarted puberties. Lifeforce being a box office bomb is one of those sad facts of life that is hard to believe. I am glad this one found an audience.

Lifeforce does stick out in the memory more than Cocoon.

Mathilda May was perfection incarnate.

Well underrated. I remember this in 1985. Little did we realise Patrick Stewart would become the new Captain of the Enterprise just two years later.

“Simultaneously at the same time” another Mintyism at play. Love ya!

50 years old, and still have that teen crush on Mathilda May!

There are two things I love about this movie......... the visual effects and the wild premise.

One of my all time favorites! I still watch it around Halloween every year. Needless to say, the actress who played the lead vampire had a substantial effect on 13 year old me. I realized years later that I unintentionally married someone who looks a lot like her!

To think that this film was Patrick Stewart's first on-screen kiss. Brave man.

Matilda May is the definition of the term “smoke show”

Thank you for this review. I remember watching this on cable with my friends in the 80's. Let's just say the only special effects we were concerned with were those of the female vampire.

Matilda May was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Perfect. Besides that it was a fun /great movie. Good effects for it's time and good story telling. A fav from the past. If a critic puts a movie down, you know it's usually a good movie.

I saw this one in theaters. Went in boy; came out a man. 🤓

I love lifeforce its one of my favorite movies and directed by my favorite horror director Tobe Hooper. Mathilda may one of my favorite women of cinema. A great 1 hr 56 minute movie.

Lifeforce is one of the most insane and most British sci-fi movies of all time. Plus the awesome music by Henry Mancini. Every second is gold.

I have the steelbook Bluray edition of this. Fantastic cover and both versions of the movie. Mathilda in HD is a stunner for sure.

One of my favorites from the 1980's. It's just a fun piece of sci-fi/horror, like Starship Troopers. Both are over the top and fun to watch.

No love for the incredibly weird set of posters? No, the aliens don't resemble humans, no real person could ever look as INCREDIBLE as Mathilda May!

I loved the sci-fi/horror aspect of the movie and seeing that I was 12 at the time thought the brunette was beautiful. The 80s were such a great time for movies. Another video gem, thanks Minty!

Fun fact: Patrick Stewart wasn't the only Star Trek alum Steve Railsback worked with. He also appeared in an episode of the 80s Twilight Zone with John DeLancie (Q) and Brent Spiner (Data).

Call me shallow, but I mainly remember Lifeforce because of Mathilda May's body. Epic! Lol I also love the charging vampire exploding on the cell bars..I also love Linnea Quigley's dance in graveyard in Return of the Living Dead. They were onto something there😄😄

I always think this movie is older than it is. I get a strong connection/feel with this movie and 1967's Quatermass and the Pit aka Five Million Years to Earth.

This movie was playing at a small theater about a mile or so from my house. Between this movie, Return of the living dead and Fright Night, I pretty much spent my summer at this theater. It didn't hurt that the manager of said theater was my old 6th grade math tutor, so he would let me in for free almost all the time....not to mention that he would let a 14 year old in with no guardian...man, 1985 was a pretty good year for horror films!!!!

Mathilda May is a pristine Goddess in this film. Unbelievable.

As a teen I wore out all the good parts of the VHS copy of this movie. Mathilda May... Wow

I own Lifeforce, but no Cocoon... Yeah, Lifeforce is great! And Patric Stewarts first onscreen kiss 🤗

I liked the Director's Cut, as it has the most badass opening with the music by Henry Mancini!

THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE 80'S FILMS.I LOVED MATHILDA MAY'S PERFORMANCE.IT'S A SHAME THE FILM DON'T GET THE CREDIT IT DESERVES.HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE BEST CULT CLASSICS SINCE JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING REMAKE THAT CAME OUT OF THE 80'S WELL DONE MINTY.😎

The plot gets sooo lost in the middle but eventually has an awesome end. GREAT special effects!!!!

I love lending out this movie, with out giving too much away. Such a gem and very underrated / unknown film.

One of my favorite films! Thanks, Minty! This started my infatuation with Miss Mathilda (for obvious reasons).

She truly was a rare vision to behold, both in form and visage.

Hard to believe this film came out 6 years after Alien, it looks like it was made earlier in my opinion. It’s also pretty amazing that Alien only cost $11m compared to the $25m of Lifeforce.

Back in the 80:s, At the age of 15 this was one of my favorite movies, and hearing you speak of mathilda may, I now remember why. Strange how I forgot her, but remembered the zombie guy running at the bars and blowing up into dust.

Minty: "I won't beat around the bush." really? LOL

What's insane is I used to get pissed when I saw that Superman was on TV and it wasn't part 4, my favorite one only to grow up and find out it was despised by critics and everyone and their mothers along with Masters of the Universe which I still love and waiting for the sequel to this day. Also, the one damn time I caught Over the Top on TV, I freakin loved it! Never saw it again. I'm sure ill hate it lol!

This movie was required viewing on cable for any guy I knew back in the 80's

A box office flop? Perhaps, but this was a big hit on cable television during the "golden age" Thanks Minty, another great review.

In 1985 I saw both cocoon and Lifeforce in the theater. Since then I’ve gone on to watch Cocoon one more time on video but I’ve seen life force a dozen or more times. Life force is so underrated!

This movie gave me nightmares as a child. Then when I was 14 I decided to watch it, just because I wanted to know what was so scary, then...my sis and I just started to laugh at it

I’m surprised that Over The Top was a flop. It came out when I was in 2nd grade and I remember my whole class saw it. We were all arm wrestling each other the week after it came out.

A clip from Lifeforce turns up in Tobe Hooper's next flick Invaders from Mars the following year when the boy turns on the TV and tunes into a channel showing the movie. You should do The Keep, a similar film from the same period which is also overlooked.

Okay, I'll say it. I watched it to see Mathilda May walk around. Why did I never meet a gal like her in high school?

I was 17 when this movie was released and it's been a guilty pleasure ever since.

If you're a fan of this flick, make sure to check out Brandon Tenold's 2-part video review of it if you don't already follow him. Which you 100% should.

I have seen it! A couple times at the Cinema, and of course, on DVD. Without a doubt, one of my favourites. And Matilda May certainly grabbed screen presence… I'd like to see the full movie. I certainly hope that it is released sometime. BluRay edition maybe?

Such a spectacular, fun film. Great Atmosphere, music, visuals, suspense and action! And of course... Mathilda May. A must, for the collection.

I'm so glad you reviewed Lifeforce. I saw parts of it as a kid and could find the show. Now I'm going watch it!! Thanks again!

I know this movie only from my brothers old Fangora magazines. I used to have nightmares after even movies like The Toxic Avenger until my brother (against my parents best judgement) gave me a small stack of Fangoras and I never had a problem after that. I was young and I felt like I really knew something my friends didn’t know yet. Freakin awesome!

I think Matilda May is a real vampire. She hasn't changed much.

One of my favourite films. The soundtrack is awesome.

Great as usual! Will be watching this one this weekend... Thanx Buddy!

If you are reading the comments first and have not seen the movie - go watch it first! It is so much better to go into the movie cold. I do have to say, it is good that now more people will see the movie.

My favorite 🍿🎥🤓🤗💕 I was 13 I remember when it came out I didn't see it in the theater saw it on VHS I immediately was scared and fascinated loved that it was filmed in England made it even more regal the cast perfect Matilda was definitely luminous Beauty and sexuality this movie and Excalibur my top two favorite movies of all time

Loved this film! Re-rented many, many times to see Mathilda May...God almighty she was beautiful!!! And what a body!

I remember seeing scenes back when I was a kid and it freaked the hell out of me. Years later I tried to rediscover that film for a while because I didn't know the name of it.

I was in my thirties when I first saw this and man it scared the piss out of me. I sat through and enjoyed The Thing with no problem and several other movies but this one got to me. To this day I can make through the space scenes and some of the earth stuff but once the life sucking begins I'm out.

Life force is one of my favorite movies.

This movie is on Amazon Prime for free for Prime members. I agree that it is one of my favorite cult movies.

Haven't seen it in years,but it's a classic.

Wonderful MInty, great job on an under-appreciated film.

In addition to John Dykstra's visual effects, respect also goes to Nick Maley's makeup and creature effects. Watching Lifeforce as a preteen was a good news/bad news trade-off; good news was I got to see Mathilda May, the bad news was those dried-out, living-dead corpses gave me the creeps.

One of my all time faves !! The BluRay looks great and the ship design is the best of the 80’s and 90’s. Not topped until the Event Horizon model.

This was the most fantastic sci fi movie when it was released. It still holds up today

It was the first large scale actual living crowd zombie/vampire attack I'd ever seen in the subway sequence. Also fantastic music score.

Thanks for this 10 things episode. Love Lifeforce, actually only watched it for the 1st time 5 years ago, even though I'm an 80's kid who is also a movie buff. Somehow this just slipped past me, but so glad to watch it when I did. Makes me appreciate the 80's even more.

I came here expecting a review of a classic NES game that involved spaceships flying around and fighting random enemies. Instead, I got a review of some movie I'd never heard of before...

One of my favorite movies of all time! Thank you for reviewing it Minty. I absolutely love your channel. Now, review Razorback!

Thanks for doing this one Minty, I'd asked for this in the comments only a few months ago. I really need to see the longer version now as I haven't seen this film for a long time but remember it well as when I was a young teenager I recollect a big article about it in one of the UK Sunday paper supplements at the time making me want to see it.

I just rewatched this and I still love it. So underated when it came out, I'm glad you decided to cover it.

While this film wasn't great, when I caught it accidentally on TV one night it was good enough to draw me in. I've only seen it the once, but it has stuck in my mind.

0:58 with the whole world at "stake" vampire pun 🤣 come on Minty it was right there lol love your channel u have good taste in videos 👍

Badly underrated and always worth a repeat viewing - if only to admire MS May's talents - with more than a few memorable scenes, the crazy blood image in the helicopter is a standout. Remember I found this as a £1 bargain bin video back in the day, believe or not with a copy of Bladerunner for the same price

Great review, minty. I'm glad you finally did this one. Lifeforce is one of my favorite movies ever.

Always loved this movie , it’s so underrated

Wooo-hooo! One of my favorite "pop" movies -- came out when I was in college. Thanks Minty!!!

One of my favourite cheesy guilty pleasures in sci-fi movies, this and Quatermass and the Pit.

This movie was AWESOME!! Naked chicks, space vampires, special effects...my brother and I loved when this came on (cable tv, we had it on navy base in the 1978-1986)

This has been one of my favorite sci- fi movies of all time.

So happy that you are covering this movie.

Still one of my favorites!!! And I loooove Mancini's Score! Thanks for the video, Minty! :)

In all these years I've been watching your channel, this is the first time you showed me a movie I haven't ever heard of. I NEED TO LOOK THIS ONE UP!!!

One of my all time favorite vampire movies!!

There are 2 + 1 incredible things I know about this movie, and that’s good enough for me!

Just rewatched this movie, because of this video. Way better than I remember. And you were dead on about the soundtrack. Amazing!

Seen this movie about a dozen times since it's release. I feel I enjoy it more every time I watch it. I would recommend watching it 3 times before final judgement. I love this flick.

Minty ... u saved many of boring corona lockdown evenings with your videos. or sometimes it is/was an interessting suggestion to watch the movie ... like in this way. greatings from Dresden, germany.

The actors all seem "perfect" for their roles.

I loved this movie! 11:20 Wasn't it said that Lucas came up with the design for the Millenium Falcon after he ordered a burger at a diner and it arrived with a pickle hanging out the side?

I think this movie is amazing. It's such an odd mix of tones, styles, and genres - Hammer-style gothic, Quatermassian cosmic horror, zombie apocalypticism, 1950's conspiracy, and the very current (for the times) one-upmanship in horrific practical effects, interlaced with an exceedingly DePalmalike sexual paranoia and even some Spielbergian wonder. I can absolutely see how audiences and critics absolutely rejected this weird mutant stew of a movie, but to me it is all of a piece, full of propulsive energy and pervasive dread and an overpowering horniness just as naked as Mathilda May.

7 awesome minutes. I loved the 80s. She was perfect

I'm always so happy when you do movie I had totally forgot about or rarely never saw. I remember seeing this as a little kid just once. So I'm definitely going to watch it again!

Life force gave me nightmares when I was a kid and traumatized me for ever 😂