#spacehunter: adventures in the forbidden zone

[darktripz]

[horrororman]

More #horror films that were released on May 20th...

#Maniac (1963)(UK).

#TheEvilEye (1964)(US).

#MarioBava

#SpacehunterAdventuresintheForbiddenZone (1983)(US & Canada).

#scifi

#MollyRingwald

#Mosquito (1995)(US)(video premiere).

#GunnarHansen

#DominionPrequeltotheExorcist (2005)(US)(limited).

[metaphoricalcolours]

molly ringwald films, the official cinema release poster vs the dvd release cover (part 1: 1982-1986)

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I had a dream last night that I found a bargain bin DVD collection of a bunch of shitty 3D movies from the 80s and it came with two pairs of those red and cyan glasses, and I was so disappointed to wake up because I wanted to have a b-movie marathon...

[cultfaction]

Cult Faction Podcast Ep. 103: Spacehunter - Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Spacehunter – Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is this week’s spotlight subject! Produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by Lamont Johnson this 1983 American-Canadian Space Western stars Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside, Andrea Marcovicci, Hrant Alianak, and Deborah Pratt. All that plus your usual banter from three men who should know…

[amesmonde]

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Review

A bounty hunter with a vagrant teenage girl goes on a mission to rescue three women stranded on a brutal planet. Boasting a release in 3D, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is a flawed sci-fi adventure in the wake of Mad Max” and Mad Max: Road Warrior. Similar to Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn and Space Raiders, it seems to only exist to cash in on the release of Return of…

[femaleziegfeld]

i wrote about my weekend at the movies in Varnsdorf ! :)

[80smovies]

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my 80's Fest Stevegoolie Saturday Night...Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (1983) on classic DVD 📀! #movies #movie #scifi #spacehunter #spacehunteradventuresintheforbiddenzone #mollyringwald #PeterStrauss #michaelironside #erniehudson #andreamarcovicci #dvd #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest #Stevegoolie #svengoolie #METV

[zippocreed501]

FROM THE B-MOVIE BADLANDS...

...images from the lost continent of cult films, b-movies and celluloid dreamscapes

Starfighters in 70's/80's SF movies

Tally ho! Let's fire up those pulse engines, charge the laz-burners and see if we can bag one of those damn Vyveek bounders! What?

Battlestar Galactica (1978) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) Flash Gordon (1980) Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone  (1983)The Ice Pirates (1984)The Last Starfighter (1984) Enemy Mine (1985)

[thefugitivesaint]

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) A film that was almost instantly forgotten when it was released just days before ‘Return of the Jedi’ hit theaters. It was the one of the last movies to use 3D as a marketing gimmick to get audiences into seats. I was 9 years old when I saw it and I loved it. Adult me? *shrugs shoulders* It’s ok.  The stills I took (from a digitized VHS copy) where meant to give you a flavor of what the movie is like. The plot is as bare bones at a plot can get and the world building is severely undercooked. It all goes something like this: a luxury space ship suffers from some catastrophic space event that forces passengers to abandon ship. Three of those passengers land on Terra XI, a planet that was devastated by some kind of virulent plague and has become a kind of post-apocalyptic hellscape. Bounty hunter/mercenary Wolff (Peter Strauss) receives a “broadcast” about the stranded passengers and sets out to retrieve them and collect the reward of “3,000 Mega Credits.” Soon after arriving on Terra XI, while trying to rescue the three passengers, they are abducted by agents working for the local tyrant Overdog (Michael Ironside). Wolff decides to head off to free the women from Overdog and, along the way, runs into Niki (Molly Ringwald) and Wolff’s former colleague Washington (Ernie Hudson).  The story is a loose narrative of episodic action sequences involving strange creatures and weird people that are given almost no clarification as to who they are or why they do what they do. It is briefly mentioned that Overdog was once a scientist named McNabb who was sent to Terra XI to combat the plague (with two other scientists) but no explanation is given as to why they became tyrants or why they started experimenting on the Terra XI’s population. I guess that’s all the narrative the creators thought was necessary (this movie did come out in the wake of ‘Mad Max II: The Road Warrior’ and that movie is almost purely action with hardly a plot to drive it so..) This was Molly Ringwald’s second film and the score was composed by Elmer Bernstein (who also composed the music for ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘The Magnificent Seven’ to name two). The 3D-effects are as clunky as one might suspect. The overall effects (some of the miniature work is by legendary ‘Terminator’ animator Pete Kleinow) and production design (which is doing most of the heavy lifting here) are a mixed bag of competent execution and outright jankiness. Overall, it’s one of those modestly budgeted science fiction films from the 80s that didn’t hit it big, barely raked in a profit, and quickly faded into obscurity. It’s worth one watch if you’ve never seen it.  And, should you have any desire to put this movie into your brain, you can do so here (this might be a better quality copy than my digital VHS transfer). Oh, what folk have gabbed about the movie over at letterboxd. 

[thedurvin]

Ever since that "you should watch dumb movies" post went around I've been trying to figure out my favorite Dumb Movies to recommend--subjective, yes, but personally I, a connoisseur of the genre, find these movies to be the fun kind of stupid and the stupid kind of fun. Expect some more when I can skim my DVD collection and remember more of them

Demolition Man (1993)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (1993)

The Last Dragon (1985)

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

Tank Girl (1995)

Flash Gordon (1980)

Masters of the Universe (1987)

Time Bandits (1981)

Running Man (1987)

Apologies to anyone that thinks these movies shouldn't be called dumb

[cipheramnesia]

Intrigued by "Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone" which appears to be someone's wet dream Han Solo fan fiction crossover with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with Peter Strauss channeling the future spirit of Troy McClure, and Moly Ringwald creating one of the prototype tough as nails female supporting character / improbable love interest characters seen in other movies like Cherry 2000 or Night of the Comet.

Ringwald along with the costume, set, and prop designers are the ones having the best time so far, while the lead character inverts the already touchy male chauvinist / charming rogue balance of Solo's character with zero regard for whether or not it fits the setting, but that last little scrap of charm remains enough in combination with the lovingly fucked up world building to carry interest for at least 30 minutes so far.

This is the kind of movie which literally puts "star" in front of normal words to make them seem futuristic but also has a huge fight sequence with Road Warrior style post apocalyptic weirdos.

[70s80sandbeyond]

Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald in Spacehunter: Adventures in The Forbidden Zone (1983)

[filmkareleri]

Spacehunter Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (1983)

B movie with a small budget, a smart set design, an uninspired storyline, an interesting cast and a fairly rich soundtrack. It also has outdated graphics and silly monsters. A good lazy afternoon watch.