Synopsis
A Step Beyond Science Fiction
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
1981 Directed by Pino Van Lamsweerde, John Bruno …
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Pino Van Lamsweerde John Bruno Jimmy T. Murakami Gerald Potterton John Halas Paul Sabella Harold Whitaker Jack Stokes Barrie Nelson Julian Harris
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Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) Columbia Pictures Guardian Trust Company Famous Players Potterton Productions
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I'm a simple man. I see boobs, I rate 4 stars.
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7.5/10
Queen: The rising moon climaxes our love Den. It is a sign.
Den: Yes a Sign.
Den (inner narration): I had no idea what she was talking about.
Violence, Sex, and Heavy Metal Baby! This masterpiece is an entertaining blast from start to finish! Filled to the brim with naked women, bloody violence, and the greatest soundtrack known to man, this is required viewing.
Heavy Metal is an anthology film consisting of multiple fantasy and science-fiction stories tied together by the Loc-Nar, a corrupting glowing green orb. They’re also connected through the liberal use of naked flesh and gore!
The stories consist of:
Soft Landing
Grimaldi
Harry Canyon
Den
Captain Stern
B-17
So Beautiful and So Dangerous
Taarna
All of…
The 4K version of this influential film was just released and boy is it beautiful. Hard to believe this is 41 years old. This is one of my favorite animated films. The cast is terrific with John Candy, Harold Ramis and Eugene Levy as well as a killer soundtrack. Dan O’Bannon wrote the B-17 segment which for me is the best one, followed by Taarna at a close second. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it and it hasn’t lost a single thing.
Unfolding like the product of a 13-year-old boy's overstimulated imagination, 1981's "Heavy Metal" is a loosely linked collection of animated science fiction and fantasy vignettes. Violence, comedy, and buxom beauties fill out the anthology that strives to entertain and thrill but manages few compelling moments.
A green orb from the reaches of outer space ties the anthology together, but the separate tales are unrelated for the most part. A future-New York cabbie, World War II bombers, and bird-riding heroines drive a few of the chapters. The stories are short and tonally distinct, but they are not necessarily interesting. Some drag on too long, trying the patience of the audience, though the voice talents of John Candy and Eugene Levy add…
I've been hearing about this movie since I joined this site, and now that I've seen it, I have to say that I was quite underwhelmed. I mean, for a movie that turned out to be rather contentious, I was hoping for more, and instead I got an anthology that, like most movies of its kind, was ultimately quite average.
On the one hand, the animation is extremely fluid, and the designs are, shall we say, interesting. It's reminiscent of the more experimental, shape-playing, and creative animation I saw as a kid in the '90s, even if it was never strikingly beautiful. Particularly the works that were featured on MTV and Nickelodeon. Without the nudity, of course. The soundtrack…
Not really my thing, but I can appreciate that 12 y/o me probably would have loved this when I was growing up, especially in a pre-internet household. Some of the animation is definitely impressive for it’s time, but I just didn’t really vibe with the majority of these vignettes save for a few moments. It was definitely surprisingly to hear John Candy’s here, among a couple other recognizable voices.
Degrees of Kevin Bacon: 1
1. John Candy and Kevin Bacon in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
There’s legitimately good stuff here like the ending Eternal Champion storyline but unfortunately the movie keeps reminding you it was made for perverts by perverts.