{"id":4452,"date":"2016-11-11T18:55:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T23:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4452"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:11:37","slug":"lifeforce-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4452","title":{"rendered":"Lifeforce-1985"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lifeforce-1985<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Tobe Hooper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #516<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/699938.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4453\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/699938-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"699938\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/699938-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/699938.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed November 11, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: F<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lifeforce, a film made in 1985, is a film that I did not enjoy at all.<\/p>\n<p>It tells the story of a team of astronauts who find three pods of seemingly human bodies, who eventually return the bodies to Earth and turn said humans into zombies.<\/p>\n<p>That is it in a nutshell.<\/p>\n<p>The story makes no sense whatsoever, and there is no rhyme or reason to the characters&#8217; actions except to further the plot.<\/p>\n<p>No mention or details as to why they are in outer space or anything that drives the character&#8217;s motives.<\/p>\n<p>The film is way too complicated for its own good, and it would have been wiser to go for a straightforward action film rather than what we are treated to (a combo sci-fi\/horror mess).<\/p>\n<p>The special effects are completely dated and very cheesy.<\/p>\n<p>Lifeforce (1985) is completely plot-driven, and I did not find it gripping at all; it is a waste of time that deserves to be completely forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lifeforce-1985 Director Tobe Hooper Starring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay Scott&#8217;s Review #516 Reviewed November 11, 2016 Grade: F Lifeforce, a film made in 1985, is a film that I did not enjoy at all. It tells the story of a team of astronauts who find three pods of seemingly human bodies, who eventually &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4452\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lifeforce-1985<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,440,9710,13,10957,8769,1200,10956,103,10955,1062],"tags":[131,441,9712,248,10960,8773,1202,10959,105,10958,1065],"class_list":["post-4452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1985-films","category-british-films","category-frank-finlay","category-horror-films","category-mathilda-may","category-michael-gothard","category-patrick-stewart","category-peter-firth","category-scifi","category-steve-railsback","category-tobe-hooper","tag-1985-movie-reviews","tag-british-films","tag-frank-finlay","tag-horror-films","tag-mathilda-may","tag-michael-gothard","tag-patrick-stewart","tag-peter-firth","tag-sci-fi-films","tag-steve-railsback","tag-tobe-hooper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4452"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23122,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4452\/revisions\/23122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}