---
title: 'Lifeforce (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tobe Hooper'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lifeforce-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089489/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lifeforce (1985)

1985 · R · 100 min · Drama, Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Lifeforce is a 1985 British science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, adapted by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby, and starring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, and Mathilda May. Based on Colin Wilson's 1976 novel The Space Vampires, the film portrays the events that unfold when a trio of humanoids in a state of suspended animation are brought to Earth after being discovered in the hold of an alien space ship by the crew of a European Space Shuttle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tobe Hooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobe-hooper)
- **Screenplay:** [Colin Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-wilson), [Dan O'Bannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-o-bannon), [Don Jakoby](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-jakoby)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini)
- **Producer:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Yoram Globus](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoram-globus)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alan Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hume)
- **Editor:** [John Grover](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-grover)

## Cast

- [Patrick Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-stewart)
- [Steve Railsback](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-railsback)
- [Michael Gothard](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gothard)
- [Mathilda May](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilda-may)
- [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay)
- [Julian Firth](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-firth)
- [John Hallam](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hallam)
- [Aubrey Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/aubrey-morris)
- [Fred Haggerty](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-haggerty)
- [Peter Firth](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-firth)

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