Planet der Vampire (1965)

Planet der Vampire: Directed by Mario Bava. With Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi. 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.

“Astronauts land on a mysterious planet and encounter many strange and dangerous things–like bodies that donu0026#39;t stay dead.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis Italian movie has horrendous dubbing (except for American Barry Sullivan), silly u0026quot;specialu0026quot; effects and truly laughable, comic book level dialogue. But itu0026#39;s still worth seeing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirector Mario Bava was a master at creating spooky atmospheres out of no budget. This was a VERY low budget film (it shows), but he covers it up with beautiful, inventive lighting, tons of dry ice and a really scary score. Also the astronauts wear tight leather outfits which are interesting and some of the Italian guys give good performances–Sullivan is horrible and the women are beyond belief. Also the film contains a few nice jolts and some very scary coming back from the dead sequences.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, ignore the lousy dialogue and preposterous plot and concentrate on the visuals and sounds. Perfect late night viewing.”