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''Planet of the Vampires'', AKA ''Terrore nello spazio'', ''Planet of Blood'', ''Terror in Space'', ''The Haunted Planet'', ''The Haunted World'', ''Planet of the Damned'', etc. (1965 film)

==Summary==
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After landing on a mysterious, dark, and foggy planet to respond to a distress signal emitted by a derelict alien spacecraft, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, but why....?

==Details==

* Release Date:  1965
* Country/Language:  Italy and Spain, English
* Genres/Technical:  Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
* Runtime:  1 hr 28 min
* Starring:  Norma Bengell, Barry Sullivan, Evi Marandi,  Ángel Aranda
* Director:  [[Mario Bava]]
* Writer:  [[Mario Bava]], et.al.
* Producer/Production Co:  MGM Studios
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzbEfsCNpis link])



==Ratings==
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* Rated:  (none) (roughly equivalent to a "PG" for Violence, gore, and creepiness)

===Tentacle Ratings===
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* S____ (One Tentacle:  Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

Not explicitly or implicitly based on any particular Lovecraft creation, though the bleak, oppressive atmosphere and hints of a vast, indifferent, Gothic universe haunted by alien ghosts is not too far off from Lovecraft in spirit.

''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

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==Synopsis==
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{{spoiler|After landing on a mysterious, dark, and foggy planet to respond to a distress signal emitted by a derelict alien spacecraft, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the sinister influence of the planet and its strange and ghostly inhabitants.}} 


==Notes==

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* Many fans of horror and science fiction films have noted numerous similarities between this film and ''[[Alien (1979 franchise)]]'', such as the hints at a dystopic setting, the dark and foggy planet, the distress signal emitted by a derelict spaceship containing only a fossilized giant skeleton, the parasitic alien ghosts invading human bodies, etc.  The creators of ''Alien'' claim to have not seen ''Planet of the Vampires'', however.
 

===Associated Mythos Elements===
* disembodied alien "ghosts" possessing human bodies


===Keeper Notes===
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