Planet of the Vampires

After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.

Critics broadly regard the film as a visually inventive and atmospheric achievement that overcomes its limited budget and awkward dialogue with striking color, effects, and cosmic menace.

• The alien planet, fog-shrouded sets, eerie music, corpses, and bodiless invading entities merge gothic horror with cosmic exploration.
• Mario Bava uses pastel fog, intense color, moving camerawork, and deliberately synthetic sets to make Aura feel uncanny and dreamlike.
• The bodiless inhabitants of the dying planet seek escape, turning human bodies and crew identity into contested vessels.
• Flying saucers, ray guns, zombies, alien ruins, and a mysterious planet organize the film around comic-strip science fiction imagery.

• It! The Terror from Beyond Spacestylized space horror, extraterrestrial menace, and vivid practical production design
• The Forbidden Planetretro science fiction adventure, alien worlds, and pulpy cosmic danger
• Alienatmospheric body horror, claustrophobic spaceship tension, and unknowable alien life
• The City of the DeadItalian genre filmmaking, surreal visual design, and supernatural threats rendered through expressive color

Director

Mario Bava

Release Date

1965-09-15

Runtime

88 min

Rating

6.4 / 10 (265)

What is Planet of the Vampires about?

A vivid Italian space-horror nightmare follows a starship crew into a foggy alien world where invisible predators turn exploration into a struggle for bodily survival.

What is Planet of the Vampires like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Planet of the Vampires as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Planet of the Vampires violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Planet of the Vampires as moderate.

What did critics think of Planet of the Vampires?

Critics broadly regard the film as a visually inventive and atmospheric achievement that overcomes its limited budget and awkward dialogue with striking color, effects, and cosmic menace.

Which films are like Planet of the Vampires?

Films with a similar feel include It! The Terror from Beyond Space, The Forbidden Planet, Alien, and The City of the Dead.

How long is Planet of the Vampires?

Planet of the Vampires runs 88 minutes.

Where can I watch Planet of the Vampires?

In United States, Planet of the Vampires streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Hoopla, MGM Plus, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Player, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.