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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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

Theysit 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.

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

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Heavy Metal

What they share

What Heavy Metal is

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