Planet of the Vampires

Planet of the Vampires Italian Terrore nello spazio, literally Terror in space is a 1965 ItalianSpanish science fiction horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film stars Barry Sullivan and Norma Bengell. The screenplay, by Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Callisto Cosulich, Antonio Roman and Rafael J. Salvia, was based on an Italianlanguage science fiction short story, Renato Pestrinieros One Night ofHours. The story 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.

Two huge interplanetary ships on an expedition into deep uncharted space receive a distress signal emanating from Aura, an unexplored planet. Both ships, the Galliott and the Argos, attempt to land on the surface of the fogencased world. While entering the planets atmosphere, the crew of the Argos becomes possessed by an unknown force and try to violently kill each other. Only Captain Markary Sullivan has the will to resist, and is able to force all of the others aboard his ship out of their hypnotic, murderous state.After the Argos lands on the surface, the crew disembarks and explores the eerie landscape in search of the Galliott. Thick, pulsating mists, lit by evershifting eerie colors, saturate the terrain. When they finally arrive at the other ship, they find that the crew members have killed each other. Markarys younger brother, Toby, is among the dead. They proceed to bury as many of the corpses as they can, but several bodies are locked inside the ships bridge. Markary departs to get tools for opening the sealed room, but the corpses disappear by the time he returns. ........

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