rdoyle29
Richard Elfman directs what is essentially a film version of the stage act of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Frenchy, played by Richard's wife Marie-Pascale Elfman, lives in a house that has a doorway to the sixth dimension in the basement. One day she falls through it, encountering the King of the Sixth Dimension (Hervé Villechaize), who instantly falls in lust with her. This earns the ire of the Queen of the Sixth Dimension (Susan Tyrell). Meanwhile, her brother, grandfather and close friend Squeezit (co-writer and future "Freeway" director Matthew Bright) follow her into the Sixth Dimension in hopes of rescuing her. Elfman is clearly obsessed with early cartoons as this black and white feature feels like a live action cartoon from the 20's stuffed with nudity and scatological humour. The real highlight is the musical numbers, which are all jazz tunes from the 20's or 30's, plus original numbers in that style. They are so outrageously good that they tend to overshadow the rest of the film. The amazing cast is rounded out by Warhol superstar Viva as the King's ex-wife, Joe Spinell as a drunk sailor, and Danny Elfman as Satan.
Sorpse
aw man where to start. Easilly hands down the trippiest movie ever made. So many flat out random things happen yet somewhere in between all these occurrences there still lies a plot. I cant really recall how i was able to follow what was going on but it happened. There are so many crazy bizarre characters you just cant turn away. King Fausto creeped me out and his wife was hilarious. Awe man watching this with my girlfriend we kept just looking at each other and saying w....t.....f. The weird cross dressing teacher with the weird lips what the heck was that all about. I honestly can not get over this movie it was so insane, is there anything remotely like this out there? i think not and if there is i need to know about it. Originality at its weirdest.
Paul Green
Indescribably weird from the off, like a box full of strangeness being tipped upside down and all over the place. We've got a transvestite teacher, a butler with the head of a toad, sex-obsessed adults masquerading as kids, and the midget from 'The Man With The Golden Gun' and that doesn't even skim the surface. Forget about a plot - after about an hour of camp music, wacky dialogue and over-the-top actors so bizarre that it's possible they actually live on the set you will feel reasonably prepared for whatever else this crazy f**king film will spray you with. That, and let's not forget that it's really a black and white musical! Hold on tight. 75% - Monty Python, 10% - Carry On movie, 8% - Unquantifiable Weirdness, 7% - B.D.S.M fixation
rjlafont
Imagine if 50 of your closest Hollywood friends, all aspiring or has-been actors agree to be in your ultra-low budget thriller / musical and an equal number of craft people agree to do all the behind the scenes work for free, including cardboard sets so thin that just walking by them makes them quiver. Now imagine that since you never expect anyone to ever see this epic effort you toss out everything anyone ever taught you in film or acting school and toss in every Yiddish cliché, elementary school poo reference and simulated sex with amphibians, add choreographed dance numbers lip-synced to marginally classic recordings long since in the public domain, that is what you will see in Forbidden Zone.I loved it! I don't think that I have ever been so captivated and appalled by any movie, ever. This is a classic that must be seen by all USC film students in Cinema 101. It is Judy and Mickey doing a show in her father's barn on steroids. I apologize for the has-been reference above because every actor in every scene was right on mark and brilliant. Everyone exhibited extreme courage by showing their worst side in almost every scene. Actors really don't like to do that as a rule and takes a high level of confidence to do so. To all the actors I stand, applaud and solute you.
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