Planet of the Vampires
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
Our read · Planet of the Vampires (1965) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · horror · cult entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Planet of the Vampires
What watching it is actually like.
“You want fog-drenched Mario Bava sci-fi with pulp dread and killer design.”
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The reading.
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