Harvey Atkin, Thor Bishopric, Rodger Bumpass

Based on the popular magazine of the same name, this animated cult film interweaves six visionary stories of science fiction and fantasy. The soundtrack includes such rock superstars as Black Sabbath,...( read more  read more... ) Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo, Donald Fagen, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Nazareth and Stevie Nicks.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Gerald Potterton, Jimmy T. Murakami

Release Date: July 29, 1981

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DVD Release Date: November 23, 1999

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  • October 16, 2009
    Got pretty darn bored, and pretty darn tired of cartoon boobs.
  • August 18, 2009
    2 stars just for the use of Mob Rules and Sammy Hagar song Heavy Metal. The lack of 3 stars will be due to horrible animation and really bad story.
  • September 23, 2008
    I remember being a kid and loving this film as it included graphic violence and a shitload of T&A! Can't ask for much more than that, except for the voice talents of a slew of future stars. Incredible animation and interesting storylines make this one of the best animated feature...( read more)s ever. Too bad the magazine went to shit.
  • May 26, 2008
    Fun; random; ultra-erotic, subliminal even; more random; but outrageous enough to be entertaining.
  • January 4, 2008
    Love this film. The magazine to life. Imaginative, original.
  • November 1, 2009
    A boy's dream, a guy's fantasy.

    It's an anthology of different sci fi and fantasy animated stories with "extra goods"

    Theres like 6 different stories, not counting the very first and last segments that tie everything up. I thoguht 3 of the stories were really great. 2 of ...( read more)them were good and one of them was okay. The animation looks good for its time.

    I would NOT reccomend this for women to watch! This is a 100% guy film, so BEWARE!

    Overall it was very enjoyable and I'm glad I bought it at the store for a discount price.
  • October 28, 2009
    I was at the Premier of this movie in California.
  • October 22, 2009
    Science fiction at it's best.
    If it's one thing I know how to do, it's fly when I'm stoned.
  • September 30, 2009
    It has always intrigued me. Difficult to find though
  • September 17, 2009
    This film, somehow, is extremely hilarious (it didn't make me laugh though and you know why). Although suddenly the film tries to show sex just for showing sex, it ends up being very funny. The animation is very cool. Some stories are stylish, the other are heroic since they are ...( read more)taken from a popular magazine.

    This peculiar Canadian film surpassed my expectations. It is nothing spectacular, but redefined the term "cool". Gory, violent, sexy, stylish, Heavy Metal conglomerates some of the most talented animators into a single, unique and somewhat ridiculous, but worth-watching animated feature.

    49/100

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  • metalnicks
    September 20, 2008
    Heavy Metal is my top favorite animated Sci-Fi movie of all time plus I love the movie sound track with Stevie Nicks Blue Lamp..

    Horns up high to the flix \m/
  • madcat612
    July 16, 2008
    "Death to all who oppose us!!!"
  • LiliVonShtupp
    October 28, 2007
    Classic movie, excellent soundtrack!

    Too bad that whoever keeps taking the scenes from the movie off of youtube! :(
  • jame1041
    February 4, 2007
    only i would know stuff like this haha

    cuz im a big dork lol
  • jame1041
    February 4, 2007
    one of the storys the last story is from blue osyter cults song Vengeance (The Pact) its the story on the cover. metallica does a cover song from blue oyster cult on garage days which is called astronomy and the song kicks ass check it out

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