danny boyle be not the first person to realise that zombie can run like the clapper . that honour belongs to lifeforce and which be and of course and the great naked space vampire zombie from halley comet run amok in london end of the world movie ever make . tobe hooper may have make a lot of crap and but for this deliriously demented epic sci fi horror he deserve a place among the immortal . plus it offer space vampire mathilda may and the best thing to come out of france since simone simon and spend the entire movie naked . which she do very and very well . just bear in mind that while she be the most overwhelmingly feminine presence anyone on earth have ever encounter and she also totally alien to this planet and our life form and totally dangerous . it a pitch meeting i would have love to have sit in on represent astronaut from the british space program find three naked humanoid alien life form inside a giant 150 mile long artichoke or umbrella shape spaceship hidden in the tail of halley comet fill with giant desiccate bat and bring them back to earth with near apocalyptic result a they proceed to drain the population of london of their lifeforce amid much nudity and whirlpool of thunder and spit your coffee across the room direlogue ( i have be in space for six month and and she look perfect to me . assume we know nothing and which be understate the matter . don not worry and a naked woman be not go to get out of this complex . ) . oh and and we will get the writer of alien and blue thunder to write it with uncredited rewrite by the writer of mark of the devil and the sex thief and eskimo nell and the director of the jonestown monster . sound like a winner and here $ 22m have fun . and they do and they do . true and there enough promise in the raw material to have make something genuinely creepy and think provoking ( at a time when aid hysteria be approach it height and a sexually transmit plague offer ample opportunity for allegory ) and but in the hand of the go go boys at cannon and what could have be another quatermass and the pit quickly turn instead to be more plan 10 from out space . it full to burst with delirious inanity and be it frank finlay hilarious death scene ( here i go . ) and peter firth grand entrance ( i be colonel caine . from the sa . discreetly shout michael gothard across a room full of reporter represent gentleman and that last remark be not for publication . this be a d notice situation he reply to the surprisingly oblige pressman ) and the security guard offer mathilda may naked space vampire a nice biscuit to stop her escaping and reanimated body explode into dust all over people and the sweaty prime minister suck the life out of his secretary and london fill up with zombie nun and stockbroker and jogger a the city get it most comprehensive on screen trash since mr gorgo lose junior at battersea funfair and go on the rampage . and that not mention the this woman be a masochist . an extreme masochist . scene or the great stereophonic echo effect on the male vampire it will be a lot less terrify if you just come to me line while a lead stake wield peter firth adopt his best action man voice to reply i will do just that . in one scene alone you have a possess patrick stewart embody the female in our deeply confuse astronaut hero mind and steve i never get over play charlie manson railsback and his amazing dancing eyebrow in full on helta skelta . mode try to resist the temptation to kiss him and the inimitable aubrey morris ( the only man who make freddie jones look restrain ) play the home secretary sir percy heseltine a a kind of demented brian rix and peter firth ( one of those actor who always look like he must have be a doctor who around the time no one be watch it anymore ) ham up the blasé public school macho in the hope that no one will ever see it and the peerless reaction shot of john hallam a the male nurse who keep on open the door mid psychic tornado to bring in more drug . a if they need any more in this film . it just a shame that frank finlay mad haired scientist who isn not qualify to certify death on alien life form ( a role originally intend for klaus kinski ) miss out on the action in that one . no matter how mad you think the film be and it still manage to get madder still and whether it be a zombie pathologist ( he too need feed ) explode all over the home secretary suit and patrick stewart blood and entrails form a naked mathilda may or the space vampires turn st paul cathedral into the world big laser show to transport human soul from the london underground to their geostationary mother ship . i love every gloriously insane moment . in it own truly unique way and this might be the great film ever make . the dvd offer the original 116 minute version that open in the uk rather than the heavily edit 101 minute u version and which not only offer much more hilarity for your dollar and but also fully restore henry mancini score to it original glory ( the u version cover a lot of the gap with additional cue by michael kamen and james guthrie ) . although a somewhat surprising choice at first sight and mancini cut his teeth on many of the classic universal sci fi horror of the 50 and his score be quite superb and with a terrific driving main title that offer a rare reminder of just how interesting he could be away from blake edward . sadly there no more than a trailer by way of extra and though it would be nice to hope some day for a special edition with some of the deleted scene from hooper originally intend 128 minute cut represent from what on display here and these might just offer even more comedy gold .