Forbidden Zone
1980 · Movie · R · 74 min · ★ 6.2 · 74% critics
A strange doorway in a family’s basement opens into a wildly surreal other dimension reached through an unsettling passage. When a young woman disappears inside, the bizarre rulers of that world get involved, and her family and an unlikely ally set out on a chaotic rescue mission.
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Details
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1982-03-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (109 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re into midnight-movie oddities, campy musical chaos, and anything that feels like a fever dream; Not for you if you want coherent storytelling or gentle humor, like in Phantom of the Paradise or The Mighty Boosh.
Pros: wildly imaginative concepts; catchy musical numbers; unforgettable weird energy | Cons: gross-out moments; thin, chaotic story; humor may offend
Themes
- musical
- satan
- sexual violence
- incest
- rock musical
- shock humor
- lgbt
- school shooting
- blackface
- abusive mother
- independent film
- low budget
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Hervé Villechaize
as King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension
Susan Tyrrell
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Matthew Bright
as Squeezit & René Henderson
- GC
Gene Cunningham
as Pa Hercules
- ME
Marie-Pascale Elfman
as Susan B. "Frenchie" Hercules
- VR
Virginia Rose
as Ma Hercules
- PG
Phil Gordon
as Flash Hercules
- HD
Hyman Diamond
as Grampa Hercules
- BR
Brian Routh
as Harry Kipper
- MH
Martin von Haselberg
as Harry Kipper
Directed by Richard Elfman