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Planet of the Vampires
The film follows an astronaut (Barry Sullivan) and his partner (Norma Bengell) flee from walking-dead astronauts looking to hitch a ride back Earth to indulge in a sanguineous smorgasbord on a volcanic planet.
7 May 1938, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
18 September 1934, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain
21 September 1935, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3 January 1925
7 August 1941, Athens, Greece
April 14, 1907 in Italy
July 14, 2007
It's mainly Bava's masterful invention behind the camera that makes the film work. His movement and timing provide an atmosphere that clearly wasn't there in the script.
August 14, 2002
Looks great, but dramatically lacking
March 23, 2008
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.
August 28, 2001
an interesting, if not entirely successful, attempt at genre blending
September 28, 2004
I lost interest in wanting to know more about the supernatural manifestations.
February 05, 2011
A peerless example of a bravura visual imagination abstracting cheap sets into psychedelic textures

