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6.5/10 • 715

1981-08-071h 30m

AnimationScience FictionAdventureFantasyMusic

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.

Directors
Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker
Characters
Jean Giraud
Editors
Gerald Tripp

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  1. Rodger Bumpass

    Rodger Bumpass

    Hanover Fiste / Dr. Anrak (voice)

  2. John Candy

    John Candy

    Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)

  3. Jackie Burroughs

    Jackie Burroughs

    Katherine (voice)

  4. Joe Flaherty

    Joe Flaherty

    Lawyer / General (voice)

  5. Don Francks

    Don Francks

    Grimaldi / Co-Pilot / Barbarian (voice)

  6. Marilyn Lightstone

    Marilyn Lightstone

    Whore / Queen (voice)

  7. Eugene Levy

    Eugene Levy

    Sternn / Male Reporter / Edsel (voice)

  8. Harold Ramis

    Harold Ramis

    Zeke (voice)

  9. Caroline Semple

    Caroline Semple

    Girl (voice)

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JPV852

Apr 23, 2022

6/10

I know this has an incredible fan base and considered a cult classic but as someone who never watched this I don't have any nostalgia feelings for this. I found some of the animation to be pretty good while others, like for the segment, "Harry Canyon", I didn't care very much for (although it was my favorite one of the bunch, reminded me of The Fifth Element). The rest was watchable but not terribly impressive and the last, "Taarna" had good visuals but at that point I really was not invested. I don't know, maybe if I had watched this at some point in the late 80s or early 90s, it would have a better connection with my, but I was more interested as it is, not sure I have much interest in revisiting. 3.0/5

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,300,000.00
Revenue
$20,118,654.00
Keywords
flying cartaximidnight movieheavy metalbased on comicdrug userotoscopingadult animation