Heavy Metal
Directed by Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas6.666%67%6.5
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
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- McCarty131318 August 2025Heavy Metal rules, so do boobs. This movie’s got both in spades. The 13 year old boy in you will thank you.
- Rob MacKinnon2 March 2026Cartoon boobies! Dan/Den’s VO upon seeing his first barenaked lady, the buxom Katharine: “She had beautiful eyes.” 😂
- Michael Surber14 November 2025I bought the very first US issue of Heavy Metal and quite a lot of this movie was originally in the print mag. The art is pretty timeless although the subject matter tends to be a bit sophomorish. Be prepared for some great classic rock tunes and most of them you'll recognize. Oh, and don't watch it if you are at all offended by cartoon nudity. There's quite a bit.
- Kevin Ward6 July 2025Not really my thing, but I can appreciate that 12 y/o me probably would have loved this when I was growing up, especially in a pre-internet household. Some of the animation is definitely impressive for its time, but I just didn’t really vibe with the majority of these vignettes save for a few moments. It was definitely surprisingly to hear John Candy here, among a couple other recognizable voices.
- Casper Hørning16 November 2024Brilliant 😎🤘🏻
Heavy Metal Trivia
Heavy Metal was released on 7 August 1981.
Heavy Metal was directed by Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker.
Heavy Metal has a runtime of 90m.
Heavy Metal was produced by Ivan Reitman.
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
The key characters in Heavy Metal are Hanover Fiste / Dr. Anrak (voice) (Rodger Bumpass), Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) (John Candy), Katherine (voice) (Jackie Burroughs).
Heavy Metal is rated 15.
Heavy Metal is a Science Fiction, Animation, Fantasy film.
Heavy Metal has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.
Heavy Metal had a budget of US$9.3M.
Heavy Metal has made US$20.1M at the box office.