Lifeforce (1985)


Lifeforce
Release Date21 June 1985
Budget$25,000,000
TaglineIn outer space they unleashed a force more evil than the world had ever imagined!.. [UK Theatrical]
GenreHorror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
CountryUK
Filming LocationsBrent Cross Shopping Centre, Hendon, London, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix70 mm 6-Track, Dolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAlien Film
ThemesEnd of the World, Mutants, Vampires, Evil Aliens
TonesAtmospheric, Tense, Creepy, Ominous, Slick
TagsAlien [not Human], Apocalypse, Comet, Hysteria, Outer Space, Revenge, Soul, Vampire, Zombie

Lifeforce is a 1985 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby, from the novel The Space Vampires, published in 1976, by Colin Wilson.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Col. Tom Carlsen

Col. Colin Caine

Dr. Hans Fallada

Space Girl

Dr. Armstrong

Michael Gothard
Dr. Bukovsky

Roger Derebridge

Aubrey Morris
Sir Percy Heseltine

Nancy Paul
Ellen Donaldson

John Hallam
Lamson

John Keegan
Guard

First Vampire

Bill Malin
Second Vampire

Pathologist

Derek Benfield
Physician

John Woodnutt
Metallurgist

Peter Porteous
Prime Minister

Katherine Schofield
Prime Minister's Secretary

Owen Holder
First Scientist

Jamie Roberts
Rawlings

Russell Sommers
Navigation Officer

Patrick Connor
Fatherly Guard

Brash Guard

Paul Cooper
Second Guard

Chris Sullivan
Kelly

Milton Cadman
First Soldier

Rupert Baker
Second Soldier

Gary Hildreth
Police Surgeon

Edward Evans
Doctor

Nicholas Donnelly
Police Inspector

Peter Lovstrom
First Boy in Park

Julian Firth
Second Boy in Park

Carl Rigg
Brendan - First Radar Technician

Second Radar Technician

Geoffrey Frederick
Communications Officer

David English
First Crewperson

Emma Jacobs
Second Crewperson

Michael John Paliotti
Third Crewperson

Brian Carroll
Fourth Crewperson

Richard Oldfield
Mission Leader

Christopher Barr
Trajectory Officer

N.A.S.A. Man

Thom Booker
First N.A.S.A. Officer

Michael Fitzpatrick
Second N.A.S.A. Officer

Richard Sharpe
Ship Crewman

John Golightly
Colonel

William Lindsay
Colonel's Aide

David Beckett
Soldier

Sydney Livingstone
Ned Price

Ken Parry
Sykes

John Edmunds
BBC Commentator

Haydn Wood
Helicopter Pilot

Patrick Jordan
Communications Officer

Narrator

Del Baker
Soldier at Greenwich

John Benson
Man on Tannoy

Ian Cashmore
Landing Officer

John Forbes-Robertson
The Minister

Tip Tipping
Man attacked by Zombies

Director

Writer

Don Jakoby

Michael Armstrong
uncredited

Olaf Pooley
uncredited

Producer

Yoram Globus
producer

producer

Michael J. Kagan
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Alan Hume

Editor

John Grover
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Casting Director

Maude Spector
-

Ann Stanborough
-

Production Designer

John Graysmark
-

Art Director

Robert Cartwright

Terry Knight
-

Tony Reading
-

Alan Tomkins
-

Set Decorator

Denise Exshaw
-

Simon Wakefield
-

Costume Designer

Carin Hooper
-

Makeup Department

Marion Appleton
prosthetic and makeup effects

Dorothy Arthur
prosthetic and makeup effects

Ron Baker
prosthetic and makeup effects

Janice Barnes
prosthetic and makeup effects

L.W. Batty
prosthetic and makeup effects

Jean Bolte
prosthetic and makeup effects

Nigel Brackley
prosthetic and makeup effects

Denis Brown
prosthetic and makeup effects, makeup effects crew

Steve Cullane
prosthetic and makeup effects

Tony Dunsterville
prosthetic and makeup effects

Sandra Exelby
makeup artist

Graham Freeborn
prosthetic and makeup effects

Jacques Gastineau
prosthetic and makeup effects

Jeremy Harris
prosthetic and makeup effects

Alex Harwood
prosthetic and makeup effects

Ken Herd
prosthetic and makeup effects

Kevin Herd
prosthetic and makeup effects

Sue Higgins
prosthetic makeup effects creator

Jill Hooper
prosthetic and makeup effects

Bob Keen
prosthetic and makeup effects

Patricia Kirkman
hair stylist

Paul Knowles
prosthetic and makeup effects

Nick Maley
special makeup effects

Richard Mills
makeup artist

Michael Morris
makeup artist, prosthetic and makeup effects, makeup effects crew

Marian Nicholson
prosthetic and makeup effects

Daniel Parker
makeup effects crew , prosthetic and makeup effects

W. Petit
prosthetic and makeup effects

Geoffrey Portass
prosthetic and makeup effects

Jason Reed
prosthetic and makeup effects

Helen Renshaw
prosthetic and makeup effects

Joseph Ross
prosthetic and makeup effects, makeup effects crew

John Schoonraad
prosthetic and makeup effects

Richard Smith
prosthetic and makeup effects

Hilary Steinberg
prosthetic and makeup effects

Uta Trinks
prosthetic and makeup effects

Laurie Warburton
prosthetic and makeup effects

David White
prosthetic and makeup effects

Kenny Wilson
prosthetic and makeup effects

Production Manager

Terry Lens
unit manager

Basil Somner
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tony Aherne
assistant director

Derek Cracknell
second unit director, first assistant director

Richard Hoult
assistant director

Melvin Lind
assistant director

Paul Lowin
assistant director

Timothy Reed
assistant director

Jeremy Coote
third assistant director

Asad Qureshi
third assistant director

Art Department

Tom Adams
art department

John Addison
construction department

Simon Alderton
construction department

Philip Babbage
construction department

Geoff Bacon
construction department

Michael Bacon
property department

Sid Barnes
construction department

Pete Beasley
construction department

John Bede
construction department

Percy Bidwell
property department

Micky Biesty
construction department

Del Brewer
construction department

Richard Brown
construction department

Peter Bryant
property department

Jim Buckley
construction department

A.L. Bullock
construction department

Bill Bush
construction department

Les Butterfield
construction department

Austin Carter
construction department

Stephen Challenor
construction department

Leonard Chubb
construction department

Mick Chubbock
construction department

Bill Churchill
construction department

John Coghlan
construction department

Dave Coldham
construction department

Dean Coldham
construction department

Eddie Connell
construction department

Sean Conry
property department

Dennis Cooke
construction department

Steve Cooper
art department

Derek Creedon
property department

Gary Crosby
construction department

Keith Crossley
art department

Paul Crowe
construction department

Danny Cullinane
construction department

R.J. Davies
construction department

Carol De Jong
art department

Fred Denman
construction department

Winston Depper
construction department

Peter Dunne
construction department

Jack Dyer
construction department

Raymond Dyer
construction department

Trevor Dyer
construction department

J.W. Ede
construction department

Danny Evans
property department

Eddie Evans
construction department

Fred Evans
art department

Keith Evans
construction department

Philip Evans
construction department

Wally Few
construction department

Ken Fleming
construction department

Richard Fox
construction department

Eddie Francis
property master

Tom Frewer
property department

Harold Fryer
construction department

David Fullbrook
construction department

Brian Gamby
property department

Martin Geeson
construction department

Jim George
construction department

Mark Giles
art department

Patrick Gleeson
construction department

Bill Gough
construction department

Paul Grange
construction department

Geoffrey Brian Grant
construction department

Ian Grant
construction department

Tony Graysmark
construction manager

Dennis Griffin
production buyer

Michael Gunner
construction department

Fred Gurhy
construction department

Micky Guyett
construction department

Ernie Hall
construction department

Frank Hannon
construction department

Robert Harper
construction department

Ron Harrison
construction department

Norman Hart
art department

Raymond Hawtree
construction department

Michael Hayward
construction department

Arthur Healey
construction department

Reg Hill
art department

Martin Hitchcock
art department

John Hoesli
art department

Sid Holt
construction department

Alan Hooper
construction department

E.J. Hooper
construction department

Tony Horsefield
construction department

Bill Howe
construction department

Ernie Howe
construction department

Brian Humphrey
property department

J.J. Hurley
construction department

Charles Ixer
property department

Les Jiggins
construction department

Paul Jiggins
construction department

Patricia Johnson
draughtsman, art department

Albert Key
construction department

construction buyer

Paul King
construction department

Derek Knowler
property department

E. Lansbury
construction department

James Lansbury
construction department

P. Lavey
construction department

Michael Law
construction department

Colin Lovering
construction department

Steve Lowen
construction department

Tom Lowen
construction department

Ted Lynch
construction department

Paul Maliney
art department

George Malin
property department

Eric Mason
construction department

Kevin Mathews
construction department

Hugh McKenzie
construction department

Don McLellan
construction department

D. Miles
construction department

Malcolm Mister
construction department

Paul Mitchell
construction department

Brian Morris
construction department

John Morris
construction department

Leonard Morse
construction department

Peter Mounsey
construction department

Mick Murphy
construction department

Phil Murray
construction department

John Naisbitt
construction department

Eric Nash
construction department

Eric Nash Jr.
construction department

John Nethersole
construction department

Bruce Newell
construction department

John Newman
construction department

John Newvell
construction department

Ron Newvell
construction department

Desmond O'Boy
construction department

John O'Boy
construction department

Michael O'Callaghan
construction department

John O'Connor
construction department

Pat O'Loughnane
construction department

Brendon O'Reilly
construction department

George Orr
construction department

Mark Overall
construction department

Stephen Page
construction department

Chris Parfitt
art department

John Parks
construction department

J. Pearson
construction department

Alfred Perkins
construction department

Les Phipps
construction department

Martin Phipps
construction department

Keith Pitt
property department

Gary Pledger
construction department

Mitchell Pope
construction department

Harry Portlock
construction department

Vic Predgen
construction department

Russell Prosser
construction department

Michael Quinn
construction department

John Rae
construction department

Eamonn Redmond
construction department

Ray Reeve
construction department

Gary Reynolds
construction department

Paul Reynolds
construction department

Ray Reynolds
construction department

Steve Rice
construction department

M. Richards
construction department

J.W. Rivers
construction department

John Roberts
construction department

John Robson
construction department

Ray Roffe
construction department

Ray Rose
property department

Gordon Routledge
construction department

Alan Rowland
construction department

John Sams
construction department

Nick Sargent
construction department

Roy Shave
construction department

Bill Shepherd
construction department

Ian Shubrook
property department

Terry Sibley
construction department

David Silverton
construction department

Dennis Simmonds
property department

Les Singleton
construction department

Ronnie Skinner
construction department

Alan Smith
construction department

Alfie Smith
property department

Colin Smith
construction department

Kevin Smith
construction department

Ray Smith
construction department

Bob Spencer
art department

Jimmy Spiller
property department

James Stachini
construction department

Peter Stachini
construction department

Richard Stachini
construction department

Ray Staples
construction department

Gerry Stewart
construction department

Roger Stewart
art department

Ricky Stone
construction department

Brian Sullivan
construction department

Paul Taggart
construction department

Eric Taylor
construction department

Stan Thomas
property department

Peter Thompson
construction department

Bert Thornton
construction department

Bob Todd
construction department

Mark Townsend
construction department

Michael Traynor
construction department

Raymond Tricker
construction department

Ilua Vasic
construction department

Frank Walsh
art department

Shaun Walsh
construction department

Kevin Wardle
construction department

Larry S. Wells
construction department

Micky Wells
construction department

Peter Wells
construction department

Bill West
construction department

Stephen Weston
construction department

Stan West
construction department

Kevin Wheeler
property department

John Wildgust
construction department

Mark Wilkinson
construction department

Mark Williams
construction department

Stuart Williams
construction department

Barry Wilson
construction department

Don Wilson
construction department

E. Wolstencroft
construction department

George Wolstencroft
art department

Paul Wolstencroft
construction department

John Woods
construction department

Sydney Wood
construction department

Patrick Worsley
construction department

Sound Department

David Anderson
sound re-recording mixer

Scott Brose
sound editor

Nigel Galt
dialogue editor

John Hayward
sound re-recording mixer

Richard Langford
sound re-recording mixer

Jean-Pierre Lelong
additional sound effects

Vernon Messenger
sound designer

Dennis Nisbett
sound maintenance

George Stephenson
sound recordist

Colin Wood
boom operator

Special Effects

Alan Barnard
special effects crew

Julie Beha
special effects crew

Ian Biggs
special effects crew

Michael Brady
special effects crew

Brian Chewins
special effects crew

Chris Corbould
special effects crew

Steve Crawley
wire effects

Russell Diamond
special effects crew

Peter Dorme
special effects crew

John Gant
special effects

Ray Hanson
special effects crew

Nick Harrison
special effects crew

Simon Hewitt
special effects crew

Richard Hiscott
special effects editor

Stephen Lloyd
special effects crew

Mark Meddings
special effects crew

Rita Nugent
special effects crew

Robert Nugent
special effects crew

Andrew Smith
special effects crew

Roy Spencer
special effects crew

Kevin Welch
wire effects

Roy Whitehead
special effects crew

Paul Whybrow
special effects crew

Andy Williams
special effects crew

Chris Gant
special effects crew

Visual Effects

Julie Adams
special visual effects crew

Richard Alexander
special visual effects crew

Percy Angress
special visual effects crew

David Beasley
special visual effects crew

Mat Beck
special visual effects crew

Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.
special visual effects crew

Steve Brooks
special visual effects crew

John Brunner
special visual effects crew

Vivian Brunner
special visual effects crew

Glenn Campbell
special visual effects crew

Mark Cane
special visual effects crew

Brian Cole
modeler

Andrew Coupe
modeler

Pamela Cox
special visual effects crew

Blake Dennis
special visual effects crew

Frank Dickinson
modeler

Dennis Dorney
special visual effects crew

Roger Dorney
supervisor of optical effects

John Dykstra
special visual effects

Jonathan Erland
special visual effects crew

Maryan Evans
special visual effects crew

John V. Fante
special visual effects crew

Nick Finlayson
modeler

Stephen Fog
special visual effects crew

Randy Fullmer
special visual effects crew

Rick Gilligan
special visual effects crew

Mark Gredell
special visual effects crew

Michael Griffin
special visual effects crew

Arthur Healey
modeler

Gregg Heschong
special visual effects crew

T. Daniel Hofstedt
special visual effects crew

Paul D. Johnson
special visual effects crew

Ann Johnston
special visual effects crew

Mary Johnston
special visual effects crew

Michael Joyce
special visual effects crew

Denny Kelly
special visual effects crew

Sandy Kennedy
special visual effects crew

Nick Kubicki
modeler

Rick La Conte
special visual effects crew

Rachel De La Cruz
special visual effects crew

Jim Machin
modeler

Caren Marinoff-Montante
special visual effects crew

Grant McCune
miniature supervisor

Peter Michels
modeler

Michael Douglas Middleton
visual effects crew

Alvah J. Miller
special visual effects crew

Harry Moreau
special visual effects crew

Josh Morton
special visual effects crew

Debbi Nikkel
special visual effects crew

Don Nikkel
special visual effects crew

Tom Pahk
special visual effects crew

John Patrick
special visual effects crew

Eric Peterson
special visual effects crew

Lee Pogoler
special visual effects crew

Jerry Pooler
special visual effects crew

Kathleen Quaife-Hodge
special visual effects crew

Terry Rea
special visual effects crew

Christopher S. Ross
special visual effects crew

Steve Sass
special visual effects crew

David Scott
special visual effects crew

Roy Scott
modeler

John Seay
special visual effects crew

Robert Shepherd
producer: visual effects

John R. Shourt
special visual effects crew

William Shourt
special visual effects crew

Chuck Shuman
special visual effects crew

George Skidmore
modeler

Douglas Smith
special visual effects crew

Alan Spilkoman
special visual effects crew

Smokey Stover
special visual effects crew

John E. Sullivan
special visual effects crew

John Swallow
special visual effects crew

Ken Swenson
special visual effects crew

Olga Tarin-Craig
special visual effects crew

Richard Taylor
special visual effects crew

Don Trumbull
special visual effects crew

Thomas Valentine
special visual effects crew

Charles S. Warren
special visual effects crew

Wanda Watkins
special visual effects crew

Harry Weinmann
special visual effects crew

Bess Wiley
special visual effects crew

Robert H. Williams
modeler

Joseph Yanuzzi
special visual effects crew

Adele Zager
special visual effects crew

Alan Church
optical camera

Ryan Kolesar
special visual effects crew

Stunts

Roy Alon
stunts

Del Baker
stunts

Dickey Beer
stunts

Andy Bradford
stunts

David Brandon
stunts

Graeme Crowther
stunts

stunt arranger

Tracey Eddon
stunts

Sadie Eden
stunts

Stuart Fell
stunts

Dorothy Ford
stunts

Ray Ford
stunts

Terry Forrestal
stunts

Fred Haggerty
stunts

Reg Harding
stunts

Frank Henson
stunts

Nick Hobbs
stunts

Alf Joint
stunts

John Lees
stunts

stunts

Dinny Powell
stunts

Doug Robinson
stunts

Denise Ryan
stunts

Michael Scott-Law
stunts

Stuart St. Paul
stunts

Tip Tipping
stunts

Malcolm Weaver
stunts

Chris Webb
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

David Atkinson
clapper loader

Jonn Barry
electrical department

Bob Bremner
electrical supervisor

Tom Brown
electrical department

John Clark
electrical department

Tony Cridlin
camera grip

Eamonn Dunne
electrical department

John Fleming
camera grip

Mike Frift
camera operator

Simon Hume
focus puller

Tony Jackson
clapper loader

Alec King
electrical department

Russel Lister
electrical department

David Litchfield
focus puller

Jack Lowin
camera operator: second unit

Douglas Luke
still photographer

Colin Manning
camera grip

Eric Melville
electrical department

Bill Nicholson
electrical department

Brian Osborn
camera grip

Bob Penn
still photographer

Nick Penn
camera trainee

Stuart Reid
electrical department

Tony Rowland
camera grip

Terry Townsend
electrical department

Tim Wooster
camera trainee

Joe Dunton
technician: cameras and anamorphic lenses

Carlos Melville
electrician

Ian Murray
rigger

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Brian Cox
wardrobe department

Renee Heimers
wardrobe department

Don Mothersill
wardrobe department

Simon Murray
wardrobe department

James Smith
wardrobe department

Tiny Nicholls
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Ross Adams
assistant editor

Matthew Glen
assistant editor

Tim Grover
assistant editor

Michael Redfern
assistant editor

Wayne Smith
assistant editor

Omneya 'Nini' Mazen
assistant post-production

Music Department

Jack Fishman
musical advisor

Robert Hathaway
music editor

Eric Tomlinson
music mixer

composer: additional music

conductor

Transportation Department

Fred Chiverton
unit driver

Frank Jolly
unit driver

Arthur Miller
unit driver

Joe Pace
unit driver

Other Crew

Brendan Alimo
technical advisor

mime artist

Geoff Austin
location manager

Craig Barwick
accounts department

Susie Beavis
unit nurse

Alexander Beetham
technical advisor

Corrinne Bougaard
mime artist

June Broom
unit publicist

Marlene Butland
production coordinator

Ron Campbell
fire officer

Len Cave
production accountant

Jack Churchill
accounts department

Sylvia Ellwood
accounts department

John Fisher
video department

Duncan Fraser
accounts department

Peter Gibson
fire officer

Richard Glass
contact lens consultant

Bob Goody
mime artist

Mark Gosling
production runner

Michael Hartman
production company liaison

Mike Heaviside
video department

Adrian Hedley
mime director

Richard Hewitt
video department

Ron Hickson
title designer

Dave Hodgson
fire officer

Tony Hooper
runner: director

Kristine Landon-Smith
mime artist

Cheryl Leigh
continuity

Cal McCrystal
mime artist

Felicity Newton
secretary to producer

Hugh Nicholson
video department

Roy Parkinson
location manager: models

Carol Snook
continuity

Alan Sutton
fire officer

Jane Trower
accounts department

Lyndy Trower
accounts department

Alan Wheatley
title designer

production department secretary

mime artist

James Guthrie
assistant: Michael Kamen

Pauline Hume
title designer

Nick Joint
accounting assistant

Joseph Ross
location crew

Production Company

Golan-Globus Productions
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Easedram Limited
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London-Cannon Films
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Distributor

Cannon Group, The
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TriStar Pictures

Cannon-City Distribution

Guild Home Video

Image Entertainment

Live Home Video

MGM Home Entertainment (Europe)

MGM Home Entertainment

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
,

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Vestron Video

Special Effects

Apogee Productions

Miscellaneous

Abbey Road Studios
music recording studio

London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)
orchestra






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Films directed by Tobe Hooper
Body Bags (1993)
Crocodile (2000)
Eaten Alive (1977)
Eggshells (1969)
Lifeforce
Mortuary (2005)
Poltergeist (1982)
Salem's Lot (1979)
The Funhouse (1981)