Planet of the Vampires

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Planet of the Vampires ★★½ The Demon Planet; The Haunted Planet; The Outlawed Planet; Planet of Blood; Planet of Terror; Planet of the Damned; Space Mutants; Terror in Space; Terrore nello Spazio; Terreur dans l'Espace 1965

Astronauts search for missing comrades on a planet dominated by mind-bending forces. Acceptable atmospheric filmmaking from genre master Bava, but it's not among his more compelling ventures. 86m/C VHS, DVD . IT SP Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Angel Aranda, Evi Marandi, Stelio Candelli, Ivan Rassimov, Fernando Villena; D: Mario Bava; W: Mario Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Callisto Cosulich, Louis M. Heyward, Ib Melchior, Antonio Roman, Rafael J. Salvia; C: Antonio Rinaldi; M: Gino Marinuzzi Jr.