We’re not sure whether we’re Sadists or Masochists here, but color us excited by this little bit of random info we stumbled across today:

They’re making a sequel to Forbidden Zone (1982).

For those of you who weren’t at our recent Event 24: Fucked up Musicals, first of all: SHAME. Secondly, you missed out on what was described by one attendee as an, “Acid-laced skull-fucking of weird. I want to hate it, but I can’t look away!”

Yes, somehow the movie wasn’t voted off the island, and there was even enjoyment had. We loved its surreal tale of Frenchy Hercules (Marie-Pascale Elfman), a nubile girl who decides to check out the Sixth Dimension out of bordom and finds, among other things: King Fausto ( Herve Villechaize) , a few torture chambers, a frog person, some concubines, The Princess (who never puts a shirt on), the Kipper Kids, a number of cross-dressers, and Danny Elfman. As Satan. Doing a  Cab Calloway impression.

Yeah. It was like that.

There isn’t much information available, but if the sequel’s plot description on IMDB is any indication, it’s still going to be rocking the weird:

Ma and Pa Kettle leave the depressed Dust Bowl with their kids, Stinky and Petunia, and drive their old jalopy down to Crenshaw in South-Central Los Angeles. Stinky is a hyper-active 12-year-old; Petunia is a lumbering 13-year-old; Ma is a corn-cob pipe-smoking inbred, and Pa is a craven, drunken carnival geek…with a bad disposition…even before his carnival job folded after the last dust storm. Together, they hope to find a better life in California. Unfortunately, the little shack they rent has a basement connected to the Sixth Dimension, ruled by a horny midget king who is growing an army of dead zombie babies…to take over Earth.

That, by the way, was written by the film’s director, Richard Elfman.

We’re not sure whether another excursion down the poop shoot rabbit hole is necessary, warranted, or whether our bowels can handle it, but in this age of cookie-cutter blockbusters, it’s kind of heartening to hear that a film that was so weird that the original audience members threatened to take the film reels and burn them is getting a sequel. So tell us what you think in our poll below!

The Setup

A message from our founder:
“When I first came up for the idea of the Cavalcade group, I did so out of a heartfelt love of the classic B movie, and it’s descendants: The Modern Hollywood A-list Blockbusters. With their combination of silly scripts, ham-fisted acting, and sloppy direction-these bits of, well, Schlock cinema hold a place near and dear to my soul.

“That said, I too have another cinematic passion, and that, my friends, is the Musical. There’s just something awesome about people randomly breaking into song to describe their feelings about situations like love, family, friendship, and…uh…the Russians expelling the Jews.

“Point is, I never thought I’d be able to merge the love of gore, horror, cinematic satanism, and low-budget film making. But ask, and the Cavalcade provides!”

The Formula

Take a movie script and cut out anything more than three plotlines, plot twists, or subtle characters. Next, add four to five musical numbers. Then…film it.

The Menu

The Booze: The Purple Rain

Every problem can be solved with a generous injection of Prince. It’s true.

• 1 1/4 oz. Curacao, blue
• 1 1/4 oz. Vodka
• 2 oz. Grenadine
• 1/4 oz. Lime Juice
• 2 oz. Pineapple Juice

The Food: Red Velvet Heart Cake

Complete with aorta and spurting goodness. This was volunteered by a guest who is both disturbed…and kinda awesome. That first line was her description.

The Movies

Forbidden Zone (1982): Before his incredible collaborations with Tim Burton, Danny Elfman was part of a musical theater group called The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, they created one of the most disturbing things ever captured on film, and we’re gonna watch it.

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008): The year is 2056, and an epidemic of organ failures has crippled our society. A billionaire industrialist saved the world by manufacturing and providing organ transplants for any and all who could afford them, and has assassins doing repo on the organs of those who can’t. Anthony Stewart Head stars in this blood-soaked story of betrayal, murder, corruption, insanity, and implied incest in this wholesome film filled with family fun.

Suggested Alternatives

Horror of Party Beach (1964): The Beach Boys meet The Creature from the Black Lagoon in a film dubbed “The First Horror Monster Musical.” Yeah. It’s like that.

The Fall Of The Louse Of Usher (2002): Found guilty of murdering his wife, rock star Roderick Usher is sent to an asylum where, in a padded cell, he’s at the mercy of Dr. Calahari (the director, Ken Russel), whose mind-blowing shock treatments set off a series of bizarre, nightmarish adventures.