Forbidden Zone

R

Released Mar 21, 1980

1h 16m

Comedy

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83%

12 Reviews

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81%

5,000+ Ratings

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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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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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Audience Member

A must watch for anyone seeking a cult classic experience

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Cult-film lovers rejoice! Imagine splicing episodes of The Banana Splits/H.R. PufNStuff with a 1950s era stag film, then mix in some industrial strength psilocybin, and that approximates the experience of watching this movie. It will disturb your subconscious for a distressing week. Also, insanely politically incorrect, including some major blackface, a painfully offensive Jewish moneychanger in the 6th dimension, and plenty of gay jokes. So what ever happened to Giselle Lindley, anyway?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

A surprisingly good movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Some perv made an Arthouse movie and it became a cult classic.. This style of movie does not appeal to me in the slightest

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Richard Elfman

Director

Herve Villechaize

King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension

Susan Tyrrell

Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension

Marie-Pascale Elfman

Susan B. "Frenchy" Hercules

Virginia Rose

Ma Hercules

Hyman Diamond

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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: Gene Cunningham
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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