Forbidden Zone (1980)

Yeah,I like Forbidden Zone for all kinds of reasons. Number one reason.....well,because I do! Lol, it is entertaining as f**k. I first viewed the black and white version in 2011,and watched a second time 2016.It fun to watch with a friend but some movies are best when seen alone,late at night. I am sure to see it many times over.Thank You to my buddy Josh,who has turned me on to lots of hella good stuff. I recommend checking this movie out and giving it a chance. Whether you like it or not I doubt you easily forget it. I enjoyed the black and white release as well as the color version. The entire movie is visually stimulating. The musical aspect is lots of fun...lol,gotta love them musicals! The costumes are interesting! Over the top artsy,on a budget best describes that. Most interesting is the quirky cast. Tattoo! who knew..? Just watch the movie.

First of all, this film will separate viewers into two groups: either you get it or you don't, love it or hate it. For me I got it, and think it's one of the more amazing films I've seen in recent years. It's unabashedly weird, obscene, hilarious, and a musical masterpiece... I just can't get enough of this film! I've had to limit the number of times I watch this just because I don't want the experience to stale.I'd recommend this musical to anyone with an off-kilter sense of humor who yearn to stretch the limits of what constitutes a "film". Every time I watch it I see something new.There really isn't another film I could compare it to and give it justice, so I won't... but I love camp, British humor, and musicals so if you have similar tastes give it a shot.And if you're one of the ones who love it, you'll be humming the tunes ("bim bam boom") and screening the "Forbidden Zone" with your friends!

Huh? What? Somebody woke me. Wait... It was my father shaking me awake when I was watching this. Personally, as I have said a few times before, I don't know why I bother with this stuff. I lost six brain cells watching this piece of junk, and I couldn't remember why I started viewing this... *thing* in the process. Wait, memories are coming back, I only wanted to see this because I heard Danny Elfman had arranged the music and appeared as Satan (which had met my satisfactions quite well, actually), but as for the rest of the movie, I say: on a scale of 1 to 10; 10 being sophisticated, and 1 being bonkers; I say it's bonkers. It is filled with nothing but sex, obscene profanity, racist comments; and not to mention goofiest, silliest characters and scenes, that the story is lost in them. Most of my memories on this movie are still lost because my mind was asleep, even though my body was still awake. Next time, I'll think twice about movie elements before I rush to see something that stars one of my most favourite movie celebrities of all time. (No offence, though, Mr. Elfman; you're still my favourite movie composer.)

I thought that HEAD by the Monkees and 200 MOTELS by Frank Zappa were horrible, self-indulgent wastes of celluloid made by pop icons...but I may have to re-evaluate them after seeing something even worse, namely FORBIDDEN ZONE. Obviously, from the comments on this thread, there are lots of people who find this dreck entertaining, but it is hard to fathom.Sadism, racism, profanity, vulgarity, even bodily function jokes...yes, all the stuff that drunk or chemically-influenced college boys might find amusing...they're all here in profusion. About the only redeeming factors in this movie are the 30s music tracks, the clever animation, and the references to 30s films and musicians.This film is an example of what happens when an inbred group makes a movie without any accountability or quality control. Avoid it at all costs. (Trivia bit: this is Danny Elfman's first score, and even here he is using Steve Bartek to help with his arrangements. Bartek did orchestration duty on many of Elfman's later "legit" scores.)