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Heavy Metal
1981
· Movie
· 90 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #474
- IMDb #397
- Rotten Tomatoes #338
- Metacritic #329
- Letterboxd #377
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #355
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #329
- Metacritic Critics #318
- Metacritic Audience #286
- Criticker #217
- Kinopoisk #393
- AlloCiné #351
- Trakt #443
Every rating
43–90
out of 100
A glowing green orb known as the Loc-Nar, the sum of all evil, travels across the universe, corrupting all it encounters. Its journey links together a series of animated fantasy and science fiction stories, featuring warriors, astronauts, aliens, and monsters. Each tale explores themes of violence, desire, and corruption.
Details
- Directors
- Barrie Nelson, Gerald Potterton, Harold Whitaker, Jack Stokes, Jimmy T. Murakami, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Paul Sabella, Pino Van Lamsweerde
- Writers
- Daniel Goldberg, Dan O'Bannon, Len Blum
- Studio
- Canadian Film Development Corporation, Guardian Trust Company, Famous Players, Potterton Productions
- Released
- 7 August 1981
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.3M
- Box office
- $20.1M
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