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| Mario Bava's 1965 creepy sci-fi thriller Planet Of The Vampires makes a rare T.O. big screen appearance at the Fox Sunday night. |
The Fox Theatre's "Detour" series is going galactic on Sunday (February 16) with Mario Bava’s gloriously atmospheric “terror in space” tour de force "Planet of the Vampires" from 1965 starring Hollywood veteran Barry Sullivan (Suspense, Framed, Tension, Pyro... The Thing Without A Face, etc) and Brazilian actress Norma Bengell (A Casa Assassinada) along with an international support cast all speaking their lines in their own language – to everyone's confusion on set – later dubbed in English.
Two giant spaceships crash land on a previously unexplored mist-enshrouded planet after intercepting a distress call from the far reaches of space. Is it a desperate cry for help…or something far more sinister? The investigation leads the crew members to clash with a horde of disembodied, soul-snatching aliens with a diabolical plan beyond their worst nightmares!
Planet of the Vampires was the sole science-fiction film from Bava, Italy's master of the macabre, and it's a clear influence on movies like Ridley Scott's “Alien,” with its eerie tone and unique visual style beyond the obvious narrative similarities. Plus with the always entertaining Bava at the helm, you get creepy/fun elements more typical of his low-budget horror films of the era such as heaps of swirling fog, monolithic gravestones, and a giant skeleton (!) along with our man's signature elements of gore, shock and a suitably unsettling score to tie it all nicely together. What's not to love?
Planet of the Vampires screens at the Fox Theatre (2236 Queen St. East) on Sunday (February 16) at 9 pm. Get tickets right here. Watch the trailer below.
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