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January 30, 2009 by

Lifeforce (1985)

Director: Tobe Hooper

Written by: Dan O’Bannon & Don Jakoby

Based on the novel: “The Space Vampires” by Colin Wilson

Starring: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball, Aubrey Morris

Music by: Henry Mancini (Michael Kamen in the US theatrical cut)

Taglines: “In outer space they unleashed a force more evil than the world had ever imagined!”

“With an insatiable hunger, they are coming… Mankind is their prey”

“The Cinematic Sci-Fi event of the Eighties”

“The force… More evil than the world imagined!”

“In the blink of an eye, the terror begins.”

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December 4, 2008 by

Salem’s Lot – Part 2: The First TV Miniseries (1979)

Director: Tobe Hooper

Written by: Paul Monash, based on the novel by Stephen King

Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Elisha Cook Jr., George Dzundza, Ed Flanders

Taglines: “The ultimate in terror!”

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