Me too i got my copy of this movie when it first came out for the first time on video at age 15. Do you also remember other cool adult animated 80's animated cult classics like Rock and Rule, American Pop, Hey Good Looking, Akira, LightYears, Fire and Ice, Starchaser Legend of Orin and Warriors of the Wind (aka the original 1985 US New World Pictures butchery of Nausicaa)? almost any 80's kid did back then.
@Johnlindsey289 OMG! Rock and Rule..dude...you just don't know how long I've been trying to remember the name of that movie! I mean for YEARS! All I could remember about it was the animals and Nuke York..THANK YOU!!! Really, I've been trying to remember it since I was like 20, I was 13 when I saw it, and I'm 42 now. You rock so much right now!! *hugs*
No problem but what about Warriors of the Wind? remember that one? awesome 1984 PG rated adult animated Sci-fi fantasy movie set in the future after a nuclear war and when giant blue insects roam a toxic jungle and had a blue dressed warrior princess similar to Taarna as they even wore breathing masks in toxic jungles to battle rival enemies and stop the insects from invading. It was a 85 minute butchery of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
Heavy Metal came out just as I graduated high school. I thought I was all grown up but this movie REALLY made me grow up. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll like I hadn't seen before. It opened open a different world. I was surprised when I found out BOC did this song. All I knew from them was "Don't Fear the Reaper". This song fit the movie like a glove.
I know what you mean. Do you also remember Starchaser Legend of Orin, Warriors of the Wind (The original US butchery of Nausicaa from New World in 1985), LightYears, Fire and Ice, American Pop, Pink Floyd The Wall and Akira back in the 80's? other cool adult animated movies from back then.
@Johnlindsey289 I loved LightYears, Akira and The Wall....never saw the others but now I am going to have to hunt them down. I watched this movie with my parents when I was a kid....even though it was very much an adult movie. My parents NEVER hid anything from me...was choice to have such cool parents. So now I love all things like this from the 80's it was a very innovative time in history with film and TV....some of the best things were made then, and I keep going back and watching them.
Don't bother with Warriors of the Wind, it's a crude butchery of Nausicaa, stick to the uncut Nausicaa. Did you know that James Cameron and Luc Besson are fans of this movie and used this as one of their inspirations to The Fifth Element and Avatar? it's true, this is one of Cameron's favorite animated movies including LightYears. He did borrowed from them for Avatar, did it reminded you of both movies? there are similarities even to Den and Taarna in the film.
@spacecowboy5000 When you're just graduating high school? Dude, when did you graduate? Cuz I got all hyped for this movie when it was released on video in 96..as I was graduating grade school..Heavy Metals an adolescent "This is so awesome" movie, not graduating high school at age 18 movie!
@rattlehead1999 This movie should be seen by everybody at any age. I graduated in 1980 from a stuck up Catholic high school. Every year they forced us to watch this movie about Saint Francis *eeeuw!*. So when I graduated the whole world was a party. This is one of the first "adult" movies I saw - 17 times - without paying. Actually I saw Fritz the Cat when I was 12 but don't tell anyone. Yup, I'm an old fucked-up dude, never married, no children (that I know of) and life is still a party.
@rattlehead1999 Sorry, but I have to disagree. I saw it in 81 in the theater and loved it. I was 26 way back then and long past highschool. Nothing compares to seeing this on a large screen in surround sound. If memory serves I was with my future wife and another couple at the time. The person who said this is based on a magazine is correct. The Magazine was quite popular in certian circles back then. The movie was aimed at that same crowd. It was meant for adults not pubescent children.
It is a great movie, did you grew up with it too? i was 12 back in 93 when i saw this on TBS with Vampire Hunter D, Robot Carnival, American Pop and Rock and Rule. If you like this movie i recommend Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wizards, Beowulf, Wicked City, Golgo 13 The Professional, Fantastic Planet, Lightyears (Gandahar), Starchaser Legend of Orin, Urotsukidoji Legend of teh Overfiend, South Park The Movie, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Warriors of the Wind).
on another note, i can remember this movie being blacklisted for years, good luck finding a copy back then. im sure i was first in line to buy it when it was released on dvd
@annondood Heavy Metal was originally a French magazine that gave new artists a chance to show their work. It was translated from "Screeching" metal like a train coming to a hard brake. It was bought by Americans and had originally nothing to do with "heavy metal" the music. That is just the lost in translation part.
@annondood "Heavy Metal" was originally an art magazine from Paris that let aspiring illustrators publish their work. It was actually "screeching" metal (like a train braking) but when Americans bought it, and translated it made it "heavy" metal. The comic book art in the magazine inspired the movie.... Very cutting edge for its time. Peace.
An awesome movie when you're 15 years old, your buddy is 18 and two 16-year old chicks at a drive-in. I spent 9 years searching for this on VHS (a stone age recording medium). Finally recorded it one night in college at 3 AM from Comcast. Since owned 2 more DVDs (1 was stolen). The most trippin' soundtrack through and through, nothing weak. Still LMAO from the subtle, outrageous humor in spots. This film would add character to today's generation of gamers/texters...they've got no idea!
Oh you think this one is sleazy, you should definitely watch Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend and Wicked City which are more raunchier animated movies
@Deserounus I have had multiple copies of this since I was a kid...I have 4 copies, two on DVD and two on VHS, Also 2 copies of the soundtrack for when I kill one...and wear it out...I'll have a back up plan.
@annondood As I recall, the movie was an offshoot of the magazine, which was an amalgam of fantasy cartoons, soft porn, and more or less 'biker' oriented articles and humor... The music probably wasn't the heaviest of metal, even by the standards of the day, when it was maybe still a little hard to figure out the distinctions between hard rock, heavy metal, and acid rock. As for the movie, I remember being more impressed with the animation than the music at the time.
war is so much fun.........i even liked this song when i was a kid..........what a world.........know i wasnt a troubled youth..........search for peace,when others dont have any.
@splardybutt23 you never seen the movie huh? he parachuted onto an island because zombies were on his plane, unfortunately the island also had zombies.
nice creative transpose of the soundtrack. Wasn't this song used for NY instead of this scene. I just wished they could've made the evolution scene work. The Locknar was supposed to have a smooth transition with every scene. oh well. Remake?
this movie brings me back to when i was 6 and i saw it in like 1987 or so. i was young as hell but it is prob still one of my favorite movies still. this part is still really creepy
Those all kick ass too. But Heavy Metal and Rock'n'Rule were the first two that i ever saw so they left more of an impression on me than any of the others.
One of my online friends was 4 years old when this came out in theaters in 1981 as his 17 year old cousin took him to see it and he told me it was his first time seeing cartoons bleeding and his first sex education, he even told me Amalthea was his first crush. Both Taarna and Amalthea are the best white haired chicks ever, but who's more tougher She-Ra or Taarna? that would be awesome if Den fought He-Man.
@Johnlindsey289 Well,Taarna is the toughest, sexiest warrior chick of all time and would probably kick She-Ra's butt badly. Den vs He-Man would be very interesting to see too. lol.
wheres da chicks:)
thedeadpooldude 10 months ago
I have to admit, this segment of the movie genuinely creeped me out. The music had a lot to do with it.
ShyDaniel2112 10 months ago
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best movie ever
obsidiansnake91 10 months ago
Wow Good Nyborg Man!!!
Alcoholicaust44 10 months ago
I love this movie, when they finally released it on VHS I was working at Camelot Music, of course I was the first person to reserve a copy :)
rayne68 11 months ago
@rayne68
Me too i got my copy of this movie when it first came out for the first time on video at age 15. Do you also remember other cool adult animated 80's animated cult classics like Rock and Rule, American Pop, Hey Good Looking, Akira, LightYears, Fire and Ice, Starchaser Legend of Orin and Warriors of the Wind (aka the original 1985 US New World Pictures butchery of Nausicaa)? almost any 80's kid did back then.
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 OMG! Rock and Rule..dude...you just don't know how long I've been trying to remember the name of that movie! I mean for YEARS! All I could remember about it was the animals and Nuke York..THANK YOU!!! Really, I've been trying to remember it since I was like 20, I was 13 when I saw it, and I'm 42 now. You rock so much right now!! *hugs*
rayne68 10 months ago
@rayne68
No problem but what about Warriors of the Wind? remember that one? awesome 1984 PG rated adult animated Sci-fi fantasy movie set in the future after a nuclear war and when giant blue insects roam a toxic jungle and had a blue dressed warrior princess similar to Taarna as they even wore breathing masks in toxic jungles to battle rival enemies and stop the insects from invading. It was a 85 minute butchery of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
Heavy Metal came out just as I graduated high school. I thought I was all grown up but this movie REALLY made me grow up. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll like I hadn't seen before. It opened open a different world. I was surprised when I found out BOC did this song. All I knew from them was "Don't Fear the Reaper". This song fit the movie like a glove.
spacecowboy5000 11 months ago
@spacecowboy5000
I know what you mean. Do you also remember Starchaser Legend of Orin, Warriors of the Wind (The original US butchery of Nausicaa from New World in 1985), LightYears, Fire and Ice, American Pop, Pink Floyd The Wall and Akira back in the 80's? other cool adult animated movies from back then.
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago 2
@Johnlindsey289 I loved LightYears, Akira and The Wall....never saw the others but now I am going to have to hunt them down. I watched this movie with my parents when I was a kid....even though it was very much an adult movie. My parents NEVER hid anything from me...was choice to have such cool parents. So now I love all things like this from the 80's it was a very innovative time in history with film and TV....some of the best things were made then, and I keep going back and watching them.
AlicesEvilTwin 10 months ago
@AlicesEvilTwin
Don't bother with Warriors of the Wind, it's a crude butchery of Nausicaa, stick to the uncut Nausicaa. Did you know that James Cameron and Luc Besson are fans of this movie and used this as one of their inspirations to The Fifth Element and Avatar? it's true, this is one of Cameron's favorite animated movies including LightYears. He did borrowed from them for Avatar, did it reminded you of both movies? there are similarities even to Den and Taarna in the film.
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
@spacecowboy5000 When you're just graduating high school? Dude, when did you graduate? Cuz I got all hyped for this movie when it was released on video in 96..as I was graduating grade school..Heavy Metals an adolescent "This is so awesome" movie, not graduating high school at age 18 movie!
rattlehead1999 10 months ago
@rattlehead1999 This movie should be seen by everybody at any age. I graduated in 1980 from a stuck up Catholic high school. Every year they forced us to watch this movie about Saint Francis *eeeuw!*. So when I graduated the whole world was a party. This is one of the first "adult" movies I saw - 17 times - without paying. Actually I saw Fritz the Cat when I was 12 but don't tell anyone. Yup, I'm an old fucked-up dude, never married, no children (that I know of) and life is still a party.
spacecowboy5000 10 months ago 2
@rattlehead1999 Sorry, but I have to disagree. I saw it in 81 in the theater and loved it. I was 26 way back then and long past highschool. Nothing compares to seeing this on a large screen in surround sound. If memory serves I was with my future wife and another couple at the time. The person who said this is based on a magazine is correct. The Magazine was quite popular in certian circles back then. The movie was aimed at that same crowd. It was meant for adults not pubescent children.
Alexandertg1955 10 months ago 3
Saw this movie with my Dad when I was young, ha ha, I remember this scene scared me, but now it has a bit of a meaning to me.....
Crimzoid21 11 months ago
this is so well done. Wow. Just perfect
bradmj68 1 year ago
Best Animated Film Every Made
RzXzB 1 year ago
@RzXzB
It is a great movie, did you grew up with it too? i was 12 back in 93 when i saw this on TBS with Vampire Hunter D, Robot Carnival, American Pop and Rock and Rule. If you like this movie i recommend Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wizards, Beowulf, Wicked City, Golgo 13 The Professional, Fantastic Planet, Lightyears (Gandahar), Starchaser Legend of Orin, Urotsukidoji Legend of teh Overfiend, South Park The Movie, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Warriors of the Wind).
Johnlindsey289 11 months ago
on another note, i can remember this movie being blacklisted for years, good luck finding a copy back then. im sure i was first in line to buy it when it was released on dvd
Jimmyz96 1 year ago
killer tune from blue oyster cult, this soundtrack is definitely on my top 5 list
Jimmyz96 1 year ago
whwre can u watch this online
MultiScream123 1 year ago
Awesometastic. (So this is how zombie nazis came about even if these guys aren't nazis.)
helloremix 1 year ago
heavy metal???? some one care to explain this?
annondood 1 year ago
@annondood It's a movie. Look it up. Watch it. :D
TwistOfCain01 1 year ago 15
@TwistOfCain01 what an epic movie it is!
minislash2112 1 year ago
@annondood Heavy Metal was originally a French magazine that gave new artists a chance to show their work. It was translated from "Screeching" metal like a train coming to a hard brake. It was bought by Americans and had originally nothing to do with "heavy metal" the music. That is just the lost in translation part.
brianpadraic 1 year ago
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@annondood Heavy Metal is what my cock is, bend over and I will show you, fuck off and die you turd.
jay19xxx 1 year ago
@jay19xxx
wow your a d-bag
1bigbottom 1 year ago
@1bigbottom I know right?
Crimzoid21 11 months ago
@annondood "Heavy Metal" was originally an art magazine from Paris that let aspiring illustrators publish their work. It was actually "screeching" metal (like a train braking) but when Americans bought it, and translated it made it "heavy" metal. The comic book art in the magazine inspired the movie.... Very cutting edge for its time. Peace.
brianpadraic 1 year ago
An awesome movie when you're 15 years old, your buddy is 18 and two 16-year old chicks at a drive-in. I spent 9 years searching for this on VHS (a stone age recording medium). Finally recorded it one night in college at 3 AM from Comcast. Since owned 2 more DVDs (1 was stolen). The most trippin' soundtrack through and through, nothing weak. Still LMAO from the subtle, outrageous humor in spots. This film would add character to today's generation of gamers/texters...they've got no idea!
Deserounus 1 year ago 19
@Deserounus
Oh you think this one is sleazy, you should definitely watch Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend and Wicked City which are more raunchier animated movies
Johnlindsey289 11 months ago
@Deserounus Yeeeessshhhh!!!!
Mickym0rt 10 months ago
@Deserounus I have had multiple copies of this since I was a kid...I have 4 copies, two on DVD and two on VHS, Also 2 copies of the soundtrack for when I kill one...and wear it out...I'll have a back up plan.
AlicesEvilTwin 10 months ago
@annondood Rent it, burn one enjoy. Easy
Mostlyfun 1 year ago
@annondood yeap, the song and the movie
sactusletum 11 months ago
@annondood As I recall, the movie was an offshoot of the magazine, which was an amalgam of fantasy cartoons, soft porn, and more or less 'biker' oriented articles and humor... The music probably wasn't the heaviest of metal, even by the standards of the day, when it was maybe still a little hard to figure out the distinctions between hard rock, heavy metal, and acid rock. As for the movie, I remember being more impressed with the animation than the music at the time.
TarpaperShackSongs 10 months ago
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do not listen to this when stoned..... you will melt!
Zeppelinguy666 1 year ago
ahhh hand drawn artwork...
jrag1000 1 year ago
I totally get an Iron Maiden feel from this whole scene.
MattiasRobo 1 year ago
war is so much fun.........i even liked this song when i was a kid..........what a world.........know i wasnt a troubled youth..........search for peace,when others dont have any.
zvkkvz 1 year ago
Nice
unkwonstudios 1 year ago
the last guy is an idiot. who in their RIGHT MINDS goes into a forest with bones on the branches at NIGHT-TIME?!
splardybutt23 1 year ago
@splardybutt23 nah he was gonna get eaten anyway
galk108 1 year ago
@splardybutt23 you never seen the movie huh? he parachuted onto an island because zombies were on his plane, unfortunately the island also had zombies.
kristopherstarlieche 1 year ago
@kristopherstarlieche don't fear the reaper! LOL
LyleVSXyle 1 year ago
nice creative transpose of the soundtrack. Wasn't this song used for NY instead of this scene. I just wished they could've made the evolution scene work. The Locknar was supposed to have a smooth transition with every scene. oh well. Remake?
smokiemirrors 1 year ago
this movie brings me back to when i was 6 and i saw it in like 1987 or so. i was young as hell but it is prob still one of my favorite movies still. this part is still really creepy
REAPER3382 1 year ago
This is pretty bad ass.
Drizzlerman 2 years ago
Blue Oyster Cult , Perfect from this movie!
ReytoroTV 2 years ago
I agree, very good animation/story and of course the music by BOC is great.
EyeCollector42 2 years ago 2
Cool video. Very disturbing and haunting visuals captured within some very well done animation. I need to see this sometime.
wenbilliams500 2 years ago
@wenbilliams500 You do. It's an excellent film. Patchy, yes, but still well worth viewing. The new one not so much.
pang5 1 year ago
This film and Rock'n'Rule both kick total ass!
TheAltair4 2 years ago
@TheAltair4
What about Fire and Ice, Akira, South park The Movie, Wizards, Ralph Bakshi's other stuff and other adult cartoons?
Johnlindsey289 2 years ago
Those all kick ass too. But Heavy Metal and Rock'n'Rule were the first two that i ever saw so they left more of an impression on me than any of the others.
TheAltair4 2 years ago
@TheAltair4
And Taarna was your first animated crush eh? your first time animated tits and pubes.
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 Yep,Taarna was the first closely followed by Lady Amalthea.
TheAltair4 1 year ago
@TheAltair4
One of my online friends was 4 years old when this came out in theaters in 1981 as his 17 year old cousin took him to see it and he told me it was his first time seeing cartoons bleeding and his first sex education, he even told me Amalthea was his first crush. Both Taarna and Amalthea are the best white haired chicks ever, but who's more tougher She-Ra or Taarna? that would be awesome if Den fought He-Man.
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 Well,Taarna is the toughest, sexiest warrior chick of all time and would probably kick She-Ra's butt badly. Den vs He-Man would be very interesting to see too. lol.
TheAltair4 1 year ago
@TheAltair4
What about Cheetara?
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 Cheetara'a hot too, but Taarna will always be number one for me.
TheAltair4 1 year ago
@TheAltair4
Roger Bumpass was in this movie before he was Squidward and did the voice of Louis on Real Ghostbusters and was on Running Man.
Johnlindsey289 11 months ago
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