If you loved *batteries not included, try Heavy Metal

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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*batteries not included

1987 · dir. Matthew Robbins

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Heavy Metal

1981 · dir. Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker

What they share

Theyboth carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Fantasy / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to *batteries not included, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Heavy Metal is

Heavy Metal meets 2001 in a neon-lit fever dream of interdimensional sabotage. A glowing crystal pursues a terrified teen through a gallery of sleaze, swords and sin. A portal-load of flesh and fury hurtles toward a finale where desire and doom collide.

If you loved *batteries not included, try Heavy Metal

*batteries not included

Heavy Metal

What they share

What Heavy Metal is

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