This is what evil sounds like. And this movie was no turd it was amazing and unique. It's only considered a turd because they spent 8 million (1980 dollars) making it and it never even got released which almost destroyed Nelvana.
@@AmbrosiaDreamWeaver I think the Arthur action was very good in the movie the scene where mok disappears and turns into a butterfly was trippy and the demon looked cool
i heard when MGM bought the united artist, they didnt like some of the clips which meant them switching some scenes or redoing clips and only allowed the movie to be released to certain theaters
to be honest, it was made only because of the success heavy metal had, but yes the soundtrack is amazing. I think if the studio could have used the vision they had instead of the one their investors wanted it would have been overall a better movie. Still a cult classic.
Still can't B lieve this movie is PG. That demon scared the Hell out of me, I even had a gory dream about it once.................................AWESOME!
Joshua Hallman I don't think there was a PG-13 rating when this came out, and it's not bad enough to get an R rating. You'd be surprised what got, and managed to retain it's PG rating. I'm pretty sure Back to the Future, despite being riddled with swearing, and even an implied rape scene, still has it's 80s rating. Plus, it's interesting that you mentioned your dream about the demon, because the technique used to animate it actually involved meat, with a cutout of each frame between the meat and the camera.
I love this song, the beat and everything is just amazing. I almost wish they would remake this movie and do it justice...not that they ever would lol. If this is the music they play to invoke demons, I'm down:)
The original negatives of the film were in fact lost in a fire, but I dunno about the soundtrack. I just know that it wasn't as big as it should have been, and it was just never made. I've also heard another list of lyrics for this song, so who knows what they really were supposed to be/are?
Canadian Version: Stretch: Oh, Diz! what are we doing?! Dizzy: Gotta do what your heart tells ya. Stretch: Doesn't Omar know that? Dizzy: I though he did. I was wrong.
Unfortunately there was never an official soundtrack since the film bombed, but Cheap Trick released two (I think) of their songs on their albums. Can't remember which ones, but they come up on youtube pretty quick. That invocation song, I don't believe you can hear the longer version on the Canadian version - it either isn't present because of the quality or just wasn't on that version (when it cuts away from the concert back to Dizzy/Stretch/Omar
Are you sure? I heard the lyrics were lost to the sands of time. That's why there's no soundtrack either, because the original tracks wound up lost? Destroyed? Something like that?
Great song. There's a lot more which is in the background when the shot goes from the power station to dizzy & stretch. Definitely recommend listening to the stereo track if you have the dvd and a decent amp. Has anyone tried contacting Lou Reed to see if he still had any masters?
Thanks for the info. (That explains alot!) A buddy of mine had a cassette of the sound trak years ago. Must have been a bootleg! Heard roumors years ago that there were studio mixes from Blondie, Cheap Trick & Stevie Niks that were put together... but never used. My guess is that if they ever DID exsist... they probably ended up in the studio's dumpster! (Pity!)
