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| Planet of the Vampires | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Italian | Terrore nello spazio |
| Directed by | Mario Bava |
| Screenplay by | Alberto Bevilacqua Callisto Cosulich Mario Bava Antonio Román Rafael J. Salvia English version: Ib Melchior Louis M. Heyward |
| Story by | Ib Melchior |
| Based on | "One Night of 21 Hours" by Renato Pestriniero |
| Produced by | Fulvio Lucisano |
| Starring | Barry Sullivan Norma Bengell Ángel Aranda Evi Marandi |
| Cinematography | Antonio Rinaldi Mario Bava (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Antonio Gimeno Romana Fortini |
| Music by | Gino Marinuzzi Jr. |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Società Italiana di Distribuzione (SIDIS) (Italy) C.B. Films (Spain) |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Spain |
| Languages | Italian English[1] |
| Budget | $200,000[2] |
| Box office | £90 million (Italy) 38.2 million ESP (Spain) $251,000 (United States)[1] |
Planet of the Vampires (Italian: Terrore nello spazio, lit. 'Terror in Space'; released in the UK as The Demon Planet) is a 1965 science fiction horror film directed and co-written by Mario Bava, produced by Fulvio Lucisano, and starring Barry Sullivan and Norma Bengell. The screenplay was based on an Italian-language science fiction short story, Renato Pestriniero's "One Night of 21 Hours".[3] The film follows the horrific experiences of the crew members of two giant spaceships that have crash landed on a forbidding, unexplored planet. The disembodied inhabitants of the world possess the bodies of the crew who died during the crash, and use the animated corpses to stalk and kill the remaining survivors.
The film was co-produced by Italian International Film and American International Pictures (AIP), with some financing provided by Spain's Castilla Cooperativa Cinematográfica. AIP released Planet of the Vampires as the supporting film on a double feature with Daniel Haller's Die, Monster, Die! (1965).[1]
Years after its release, some critics have suggested that Bava's film was a major influence on Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and Prometheus (2012), in both narrative details and visual design.[4]
- ^ a b c d Lucas, Tim. Mario Bava All the Colors of the Dark, pg. 600, Video Watchdog, 2007. ISBN 0-9633756-1-X
- ^ Lucas, Tim (2014). Audio commentary with Tim Lucas (Blu ray). Arrow Films. Event occurs at 0:00:32. K1448.
- ^ Stephen Jones. The Essential Monster Movie Guide. Billboard Books. 2000. Pg. 302
- ^ Maçek III, J.C. (2012-11-21). "Building the Perfect Star Beast: The Antecedents of 'Alien'". PopMatters.