Fantomas dvd of forbidden zone will be a mustsee for existing fans and the curious alike. Forbidden zone 1980 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The film was created by matthew bright and richard elfman from the 80s rock band oingo boingo. Along with some outrageous humor and fun characters, forbidden zone has memorable musicboth forgotten classics as well as great original material by my brother danny. But as a tuneful spectacle of weirdness, it doesnt really have an equivalent, and its easy to see the influence of its free use of popculture relics in everything from tim burtons films to the powerpuff girls.
But despite all these cultural touchstones, forbidden zone is an utterly unique thing, rather unlike any other movie before or since. She wanted alex sanders bad, and wow, did she get him. A low budget, blackandwhite rock n roll musical with a frog butler, a human chandelier and a midget king, forbidden zone 1980 must have seemed a daffy throwaway cult movie when it was released, another attempt to cash in on the success of the rocky horror picture show 1975, but out of this odd cinematic conglomeration. Watch forbidden zone movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Forbidden zone oingo boingo fans and midnight movie mavens will love this bizarre blackandwhite feature. Read the forbidden zone movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Inside danny elfmans twisted cult film forbidden zone rolling.
Released january 14th, 1992, forbidden zone stars herve villechaize, susan tyrrell, mariepascale elfman the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 16 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Conceived by the musical group oingo boingo, it has cult movie written all over it, almost as if it was created specifically for midnight screenings. Alien abduction features unusually high production valuesgrand sets and costumes, some ideas about its characters, and lots of very european i. Apparently brain juice got on the boxes containing the forbidden zone dvd. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Trolls world tour, like a boss and recommendations for easter and passover. Forbidden zone is like a pantomime stage show on crack, complete with swearing and full frontal nudity.
The album marked the soundtrack debut of composer danny elfman, who was frontman to the mystic knights at time of recording. For forbidden zone, richard cast his wife at the time, mariepascale elfman who also designed the movie s cabinet of dr. It mixes the most nightmarish elements of hundreds of film moments. There is a lot that should be offensive about forbidden zone, but its unique mixture of the surreal, the juvenile, and the clever, makes it hard to actually be offended. The forbidden zone was the radiationdisfigured land throughout the apes series. You know a movie has achieved something above average when people who. Youll be surprised by the things that you will see. Sexy frenchy falls into an insane underworld ruled by a horny little king and his jealous queen. Forbidden zone, the ultimate edition is coming shortly to dvd and bluray from my good friends at mvd entertainment. The thursday horror picture show will screen forbidden zone thursday, may 22 at 8 p. Forbidden zone movie bobbie lee is a florida housewife looking for some real excitement. Forbidden zone is a completely bonkers 1980 musical directed and written by richard elfman and matthew bright who would later direct freeway, created to be a last hurrah for his performance art troupe the mystic knights of the oingo boingo before elfmans brother danny reformed them as a successful new wave and ska band the movie s story focuses on a family that moves in a house.
A forbidden zone could be a mountainous desert or swamp, city or sea. Staring alina lopez, jia lissa, april oneil and maya kendrick. Forbidden zone 1980 is the eyebulging, headspinning, jawdropping, bonepopping, groovymidnight movie rocknroll freakshow cult classic to end them all. Chickenboy comes to the rescue, only to have his head. The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to. Forbidden zone nude scenes 20 images and 8 videos including appearances from mariepascale elfman gisele lindley susan tyrrell. Forbidden zone is up there on the list of strangest films of all time. The audience takes it home in their heads, they enjoy hearing it again. As seen on playboys sex under hot lights, she is silky smooth inside and out. Adventurer wolff goes there to rescue them and meets niki. The story revolves around the hercules family, who live in a house that just happens to hide a secret entrance to the sixth dimension in the basement. It would seem that each forbidden zone has to maintain a certain quota of mutants also. Forbidden zone found its biggest audience among movie fans trolling for video weirdness in the early 80s, then disappeared from circulation for years, leaving those.
Forbidden zone is an american musical fantasy comedy film directed and produced by richard. Rating 0 spacehunter adventures in the forbidden zone. A frantic, funny, and occasionally profane blend of fleischer brothers cartoons, german expressionism, depressionera musicals, and 60s underground movies, forbidden zone is definitely not for all viewers, but cult aficionados will be delighted by the sheer energy and imagination of this longunavailable classic. I was laughing mad throughout, almost convulsively at one other step after another in the plot and yes, there is one, once checked into the zone and the 6th dimension and the annals of the queen and the family going through the zone, but is it entirely a comedy. After all the trouble taken to achieve the right technical look for the picture, the 1980 optical tracks were murky and distorted, making a lot of dialogue hard to hear. I was used to the black and white version, and its very obvious that a lot of the makeup work was done in homage toparody. Having learned that forbidden zone was originally shown in black and white, i can almost see how it would be an even better movie devoid of color. Season 1 episode 3 as the gang hatches an illicit scheme to get to the bottom of the deepsea mystery, john b confronts sarah while pope jumps at the chance. Oingo boingo fans and midnight movie mavens will love this bizarre blackandwhite feature packed with music, madness, and members of the elfman clan. The episode, in the campy 1980 cult hit forbidden zone, found the.
The name silk describes this vietnamese beauty perfectly. Forbidden zone is an american musical fantasy comedy film directed and produced by richard elfman, and cowritten by elfman and fellow mystic knights member matthew bright. Forbidden zone nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Check out this behind the scenes look at bad boys for life read more. Striking are the interesting locations which are thrown at the viewer at a fast pace where new environments show up around every corner during their hunt in the forbidden zone. The forbidden zone ost is the soundtrack album to forbidden zone, the 1982 cult film directed by richard elfman, with music by danny elfman and performed by the mystic knights of the oingo boingo. The forbidden zone ultimate edition consists of the film and bonus features on one region abccoded bd, and the films soundtrack album running around 40 minutes on one cd. Forbidden zone is a one of a kind movie that is both highly intelligent and unafraid to be broadly stupid. It grabbed me from the opening seconds and i didnt stop smiling and laughing and wowing until the very end.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing forbidden zone near you. While short scenes in themselves, they come together nicely in creating the feel of a good adventure movie reminiscent of the indiana jones movies. Watch spacehunter adventures in the forbidden zone for. With gene cunningham, mariepascale elfman, virginia rose, phil gordon. The transfer is a great improvement on the 35mm prints i saw when new. The film tells about the unreal story about three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator overdog. There is a booklet mentioned on the packaging that was mistakenly left out of the first batch of releases. Forbidden zone 1992 stream and watch online moviefone. Forbidden zone 1982 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Forbidden zone is the most colorful black and white movie. Inside danny elfmans twisted cult film forbidden zone. Caligarilike sets, to play frenchy hercules, the woman who.
The musical adventure explores common tropes such as love, lust, infidelity, and the classic efforts of a group who will stop at nothing to save one of their own. Forbidden zone is truly a groundbreaking, funfilled timeless classic. Noted contemporary composer danny elfman and his band oingo boingo make their feature film debut in this offbeat musical fantasy that chronicles. A sexy girl falls into an insane underworld filled with frog butlers, a topless princess and danny elfman playing the devil, in this cult classic. If you like forbidden zone you are looking for stylized, humorous and offbeat movies about with cult, parallel world, mystery, danger, imaginary, chaos and mayhem and mysterious place themes of comedy, fantasy and musical genre shot in usa. The cast of forbidden zone now im not what you would call a fan of musicals. Forbidden zone 1980, comedy released in english language in theatre near you in. Its a hell of a lot of fun, even though it doesnt make much sense. I supposed the real question here is not whether or not you should own forbidden zone on dvd the answer to that, simply, is that you should. In the bizarre 80s flick forbidden zone, director richard elfman pushes the boundaries of 20th c.