Forbidden Zone

1980
R
1h 14m

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6.5/10

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Danny Elfman, Jan Stuart Schwartz, and Susan Tyrrell in Forbidden Zone (1980)

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Dark Comedy Parody Satire Slapstick Comedy Fantasy Musical

The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

5.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Director Richard Elfman and star Marie-Pascale Elfman, who were married at the time, financed the movie by buying, renovating and selling houses. They ran out of money and the movie was rescued by a benefactor.

Quotes
Chicken: You know the chickens are always ready to help you any way we can. But as you know...
Squeezit: What can chickens do?
Chicken: Precisely.

Alternate versions
Premiere long version running time is: 76 mins., 38 secs. Theatrical Version is: 73 mins., 11 sec. The colorized version runs 74 mins., 14 secs., restoring René Henderson's verse in "Queen's Revenge," which previously only appeared as a "deleted scene" in the special features section of the Fantomas DVD edition. This is the version preferred by the director.

Connections
Featured in A Look Into 'the Forbidden Zone' (2004)

Soundtracks
Witch's Egg
Composed by Georg Michalski (as George Mishalsky) and Susan Tyrrell
Performed by Susan Tyrrell (uncredited)
Produced by Loren-Paul Caplin

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8/10

The weirdest most nonsensical musical you'll ever see!

"Forbidden Zone" is up there on the list of strangest films of all time. It's a hell of a lot of fun, even though it doesn't make much sense. The film was created by Matthew Bright and Richard Elfman from the 80's rock band Oingo Boingo. They also did the film's music. The story concerns a family who buys a house from a drug dealer. Little do they know that it has a door that leads to the sixth dimension. The film becomes a crazed B&W surreal musical of comical strangeness. Tattoo of "Fantasy Island" plays the king of the sixth dimension. There's a depraved queen, a giant frog, a topless princess, drag queens, gigantic dice props and other things that you have to see to believe. It's as if John Waters and Jodorowsky teamed up to film "the Wizard of Oz" in black and white. The funniest part of the film has to be the guys wearing jockstraps who make musical fart noises while boxing. This is definitely not your average musical!