Can you believe Labyrinth just turned 31? That’s right, it’s now been more than three decades since Jim Henson’s fantasy opus about a tight trouser wearing, glam rock king who steals a baby first appeared in cinemas to almost no fanfare.
Despite being a box office flop though Labyrinth has long since secured its rightful place as a true genre classic, acting as the standard bearer for all fantasy films that followed and proving that David Bowie plus Jim Henson equals lightening in a bottle.
It is a film both beautiful and terrifying in equal measure. Whether it’s the strong female lead, the underlying theme of friendship and innocence lost or simply because it was your first taste of Bowie’s genius, we all take something different from Labyrinth.
To celebrate this landmark moment, Horror Geek Life takes a look at some of our favourite moments from the film.
9. “Dance, Magic Dance”
Who can forget the soundtrack? “Dance. Dance magic dance. In my underpants, put those smelly pants on me ….” OK, so maybe those aren’t quite the right lyrics but you get the idea. The David Bowie penned soundtrack is – in my opinion – one of his finest albums, and for every daft song about “babes with the power of voodoo hoodoo” there are painfully beautiful ones thrown in the mix in which he declares his love for Connelly’s heroine Sarah; “I move the stars for no one”.
