New Color Version of “Forbidden Zone” by Oingo Boingo

by Scott Beale on July 28, 2008 · 4 comments

The 1982 musical comedy film “Forbidden Zone” directed by Richard Elfman and scored by Danny Elfman (his first film score), featuring their band The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, has just been re-released in a new colorized version which is now available on DVD. The debut screening of the color version takes place this Wednesday, July 30th at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.

Forbidden Zone

See Previously: The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show

Thanks to Rob for the tip!

image via “Forbidden Zone”

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1 Jeffrey July 28, 2008 at 12:38 pm

Definitely informed by Rocky Horror, no?

Were those bewbies? And hey, it's Hervé Villechaize!

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2 beach July 28, 2008 at 1:18 pm

so strange. i always thought it was in color. it must have been the music that made it “colorful”. love boingo!

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3 lane hartwell July 31, 2008 at 10:32 am

this has been and will always be one of my favorite films.

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4 color_chart November 6, 2008 at 5:09 am

LOL.. I always thought the original film was in color too… Its funny how your memory can play tricks on you :)

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