Heavy Metal

Released 1981
Stars John Candy, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis
Directed by Gerald Potterton

A sweeping story of the battle of good against evil is told through an anthology of short animated films about a glowing green orb (the Loc-nar) that is ultimate evil. The movie is based on an American magazine of the same name.

The segments in order are: "Soft Landing", "Grimandi", "Harry Canyan", "Den", "Capain Sternn", "B-17", "So Beautiful And So Dangerouse", and "Tarrna". "Den" is based on Richard Corben's Hero that appeared in Heavy Metal magazine durring 1977 (the magazine's first year). It is also available in paperback from Fantagor Press. "So beautiful and so dangerous" is based on a serial in Heavy Metal the magazine (later a book). Soft landing originally appeared in the September 1979 issue of the comic book. The comic "Captain Sternn" was written by Berni Wrightson and appeared in the June 1890 edition. "Grimandi" is the wrap-around story that evolves from "Soft Landing". 1