Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires)

Terrore nello spazio (Planet of the Vampires) (1965)

  • 63% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 53% of users liked it
    (3,106 ratings)

This classic blend of science-fiction and horror belies its extremely low budget with buckets of atmosphere and some genuinely creepy setpieces. The story concerns the crews of two spaceships, who land on a foggy, seemingly deserted planet. What they don't know is that the planet was home to a race… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Mario Bava
Genres
Horror, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Oct 27, 1965 Wide
On DVD
Aug 28, 2001
HBO Video

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    A peerless example of a bravura visual imagination abstracting cheap sets into psychedelic textures

  • Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

    Planet of the Vampires is not among the best of the scary sci-fi genre, but seen under the optimum circumstances, fans of schlock or/and vintage Italian horror will find it fun.

  • Sean Axmaker, St@tic Multimedia

    Though never particularly scary, Bava has a cool way with the alien eerieness of it all...

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    I lost interest in wanting to know more about the supernatural manifestations.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Looks great, but dramatically lacking

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Christopher H


    A very smartly executed B-movie that fuses space opera with Universal-style horror atmosphere. Director Mario Bava injects a gloomy and foggy atmosphere that would come to influence "Alien" years later. There is a scene that involves people digging themselves out of their… More

  • El Hombre I


    An atmospheric blend of space opera and horror elements that fits well into Mario Bava's list. Filled with inventive futuristic sets and chic black leather spacemen suits, its' gloomy style most likely influenced ALIEN some 15 years later. As John Carpenter admitted… More

  • AJ V


    At first, I was extremely disappointed by the fact that this movie doesn't have any vampires in it, but then I realized that that was the American title, the Italian title says Terror in Space or something, which makes more sense. Other than that, I loved the story in this… More

  • Stephen M


    Investigating the source of an extraterrestrial radio transmission, an exploration team touches down on a desolate planet. There they discover an alien spacecraft, the skeletal remains of her long dead crew and a malevolent parasite in search of a host. Sound familiar? It should do… More

  • Robert C


    Bava in the "21st Century"! Everything that (those of us who live Bava) expect from one of his films: creepy atmosphere, great sets, amazing costumes and damsels in distress! Bava's take on "the future" is both sexy and groovy. And full of space… More

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