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Review of by Barry Walters for San Francisco Examiner — 16 Oct 1999

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Like "Rocky Horror Picture Show," Heavy Metal makes most sense as a midnight weekend feature, when many of its viewers are likely to be herbally and chemically addled. Without the help of intoxicants, Heavy Metal comes across as what it is - a wildly sophomoric and stupid cartoon celebrating gore, rape and bad music.

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This review of Heavy Metal (1981) was written by and published by San Francisco Examiner on 16 Oct 1999.

Heavy Metal has generally received positive reviews.

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