Richard Elfman Archives

Forbidden Zone (1982)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 12, 2011Gonzo Other-Dimensional Musical

Cultishly bizarre, deliberately offbeat and wacky film that was made as a vehicle for the band Oingo Boingo. More a film you admire for its determination to be strange than anything else

Director: Richard Elfman

Actors: Herve Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell, Matthew Bright, Kedric Wolfe, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 August 20114 December 2023 by Roog

Shrunken Heads (1994)

Rating: ★★

May 5, 2005Disembodied Heads Take Revenge

Another film from Charles Band’s Full Moon Production centred around dolls - in this case, three murdered youths who are resurrected as flying shrunken heads. A film that never quite lives up to the outlandishness of its premise

Director: Richard Elfman

Actors: Julius Harris, Meg Foster, Bodhi Elfman, Paul Linke

Category: Horror

5 May 200528 June 2024 by Roog

Modern Vampires (1998)

Rating: ★★

Apr 7, 2001Vampires

Richard Elfman film about chic vampires who have become an elite living in Hollywood. Despite promise and some interesting ideas, this is ruined by an atrociously overacting cast

Director: Richard Elfman

Actors: Casper Van Dien, Rod Steiger, Kim Cattrall, Natasha Gregson Wagner, …

Category: Horror

7 April 200110 December 2025 by Roog