A Look Into 'the Forbidden Zone' (Video 2004)
clips shown"Monster Man" Forbidden Werewolf (TV Episode 2012)
clips shown"Off the Air" Sports (TV Episode 2014)
Clip usedStarfilm (2017)
An excerpt featuring stars (of the celestial kind) is shown."Vintage Video: A Chronological 80's Film Rewatch Podcast" Forbidden Zone (Podcast Episode 2020)
The movie is reviewed. Clips are played.
Night of the Comet (1984)
The movie poster is hanging on the wall in the cinema.Dilbert (TV Series 1999–2000)
The show's theme song is a reworked version of the Forbidden Zone theme song, both by Danny Elfman."Diminishing Returns" Planet of the Apes (Podcast Episode 2017)
Mentioned.- Minty mentions the movie.
The Skeleton Dance (Short 1929)
One specific camera shot (through the skeleton's mouth) is clearly spoofed in Danny Elfman's dance number in Forbidden Zone. Elfman is a huge fan of 30's cartoons, and has spoofed Skeleton Dance (and related cartoon shorts) quite often.Bimbo's Initiation (Short 1931)
Snow-White (Short 1933)
All of the Fleischer brothers' Betty Boop cartoons are clear influences on the Forbidden Zone's visual style. But this version of the fairy tale, much of which is set in an underground cave, also features an animated skeleton (voiced by Cab Calloway) singing "St. James Infirmary Blues".Busy Bodies (Short 1933)
Oliver Hardy going through the pipes (also including rear-end punishment)Violent Is the Word for Curly (Short 1938)
A classroom scene features a slightly rewritten version of the musical number "Swinging the Alphabet" from the classroom scene in Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938).
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
In Forbidden Zone, the Kipper Kids at one point appear with rubber bands around their heads and noses. Paul Reubens is a big fan of Forbidden Zone, and does the same thing (for a couple of seconds, in front of a mirror) in one of the opening scenes of Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
Minnie the Moocher (Short 1932)
The Devil performs a parody of the title song.Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Bust does the Tarzan yell from this movie series.Grand Hotel (1932)
In the jail cell Pa Hercules says "I want to be alone" a la Garbo.Wonder Bar (1934)
Blackface performers and Wonder Bar theme songPlanet of the Apes (1968)
Use of the name "Forbidden Zone" for a dangerous place that is off-limits.
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