January 10, 2011
A fantastically eclectic crazy musical, and I love it.
Herve Villechaize,
Susan Tyrrell,
Marie-Pascale Elfman,
Viva,
Philip Gordon
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Oingo Boingo fans and midnight movie mavens will love this bizarre black-and-white feature packed with music, madness, and members of the Elfman clan. The story revolves around the Hercules family, wh... read more
DVD Release Date: May 7, 2012
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October 15, 2008'Forbidden Zone': Don't Say You Weren't Warned!
Yikes! What netherworld of dementia did I just land in? Imaginative, outlandish, kitschy, purile, grotesque cult film fodder. Worth a look so you can decide for yourself how to finish the sentence, "So bad it's...." -
March 7, 2008The best things in this move were the songs. It was okay, but I wouldn't watch it again.
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February 5, 2007A great score, insane characters and bizarre situations make this my favourite musical of all time (maybe a tie with Pennies from Heaven).
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January 2, 2012Forbidden Zone (1980) -- [6.5] -- A gift from cult movie heaven for which no summary could do justice, "Forbidden Zone" is a prolonged crash of the whacky and perverse. The utterly irreverent storyline tests my patience in a few places, but the inventive animation and catchy soun... read more
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January 10, 2011Gave this a re-watch off the to-watch pile: it holds up really well on a repeated viewing.
Bizarro fun from the Elfman Clan, worth a look just to wonder at the sheer lunacy of it all, as they make a lot of the limited budget and their own creative freedom.
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October 31, 2010A bizarre and over the top musical with an assortment of unusual characters, including the devil himself, Danny Elfman. Just read the plot description to know if this movie is for you. Highly recommended to those people. Great music, interesting play-like sets, and outlandish pe... read more
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November 6, 2009"Come with us to the land of sin and pleasure. You'll be surprised by the things that you will see." - The cast of Forbidden Zone
Now I'm not what you would call a fan of musicals. The idea of people bursting into sudden fits of song, unless used for comic effect or in a cart... read more -
June 3, 2009If you like Oingo Boingo I would watch it or if you are willing to watch anything otherwise run away. It's a little out there.
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September 27, 2008Very strange movie, it gives one a small peek into what the "Knights Of The Oingo Boingo" were like back when they were a theater group. This one is more for the fans of the band and fans of bizarre humor.
Critic Reviews
June 14, 2010
Ian Berriman, SFX Magazine
September 3, 2007
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
bizzare in every sence, lovely
June 13, 2006
Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
Patently the only film of its kind that could give a home to its nutso musical numbers
May 10, 2004
Brent Simon, Entertainment Today
If awards were given for sheer insane spectacle, this avant garde 1980 cult flick would certainly qualify as among the most gold-bedecked movies of the past quarter century. Full Review
October 28, 2003
Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat
A much better cult classic than "Rocky Horror"
November 5, 2002
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
As wild a concoction of deliberately politically incorrect outrageousness as can be imagined - a love-it-or-hate-it proposition if ever there was one. Full Review
August 11, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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