A spaceship crash lands on a planet covered with mist. After the landing, something possesses the crew and tries to kill them.
Barry Sullivan is acceptable but rather robotic as the captain. The plot is murky, but where the film excels is in the cinematography by Antonio Rinaldi. Here it is full of swirling multi-colored mists, neon reds and blues, and odd shades of orange. The film is worth watching for the visuals alone. The scenes where the remains of an extinct(?) race of beings is discovered are genuinely creepy. The shock scenes are reminiscent of a tamer version of "Alien" (1979).
"Planet of the Vampire also boasts, good special effects (for 1965), the occasional howler (referring to another spaceship, a crew member cries "The Xanax Channel's Gone!"), or the absurdity of failed special effects (the door of the spaceship resembles a telephone receiver). A really good "midnight movie".
Barry Sullivan is acceptable but rather robotic as the captain. The plot is murky, but where the film excels is in the cinematography by Antonio Rinaldi. Here it is full of swirling multi-colored mists, neon reds and blues, and odd shades of orange. The film is worth watching for the visuals alone. The scenes where the remains of an extinct(?) race of beings is discovered are genuinely creepy. The shock scenes are reminiscent of a tamer version of "Alien" (1979).
"Planet of the Vampire also boasts, good special effects (for 1965), the occasional howler (referring to another spaceship, a crew member cries "The Xanax Channel's Gone!"), or the absurdity of failed special effects (the door of the spaceship resembles a telephone receiver). A really good "midnight movie".