Forbidden Zone

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Forbidden Zone

R

Released Mar 21, 1980

1h 16m

Comedy

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Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo tour the kinky realm of little King Fausto (Herve Villechaize) and his queen (Susan Tyrrell).

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Charles Bramesco

Polygon

Forbidden Zone's sheer gleeful-strangeness quotient still humbles that of any big-screen musical that's come since.

Apr 8, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Where else can one see Fantasy Island's Herve Villechaize as the king of another dimension, an Oscar nominee as his wife, and Batman / Spider-Man composer Danny Elfman as Satan?

Rated: 3/4

Jul 17, 2022

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

The music is awesome and one of the main reasons to seek this out. The visuals are fantastic and the colorization of the black and white-shot film gives it a dreamlike feel that adds to the experience.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 10, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

If viewers can make it through the opening scene, it's safe to say they'll be prepared for the appalling singularities that follow.

Rated: 3/10

Sep 6, 2020

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

It's frequently offensive and never clever, but it remains a unique and strangely magical movie.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 14, 2020

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Phil Hall

Examiner.com

Uneven, to put it mildly, but audacious in its daring to be different.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 7, 2016

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xpig332 B

I found it extremely boring.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Nick O

Feel like getting as far away from reality as inhumanly possible? Just slip into the sixth dimension for a mind-numbing trip with the Oingo Boingo gang!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/03/25

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Bucky R

The most absurd and fun movie I've ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Billy W

This film should have the same midnight movie showings with audience participation that Rocky Horror Picture Show enjoys! The film is absolutely nuts! An enjoyable assault on the eyes and ears! The production design is inspired and one of the most creative solutions to low budget filmmaking I've seen. Intended or not, this film embraces the most engaging concepts of German Expressionism.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/25

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brad p

Weird, wacky, and nearly undefinable Richard Elfman's cult classic defies all logic, carving out a singular place amongst oddity filmmaking.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

#1 on my list of favorite cult movies, because of Oingo Boingo and the Kipper Kids.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Synopsis

Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo tour the kinky realm of little King Fausto (Herve Villechaize) and his queen (Susan Tyrrell).

Director: Richard Elfman
Producer: Marie-Pascale Elfman, Richard Elfman
Screenwriter: Richard Elfman, Matthew Bright, Nicholas James, Martin Nicholson
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Company, Media Home Entertainment
Production Co: Hercules Films Ltd.
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 1980, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 16m

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