1981 · sci-fi · animation · fantasy
Heavy Metal
Directed by Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker1h 30m1981
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Our read: Heavy Metal (1981) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal sci-fi · animation · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme sci-fi / animation, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- cold
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“You want pulpy adult animation, heavy riffs, and midnight-movie excess.”
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