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.
8. “Them’s my rightful property”
Whether you call him Higgle, Haggle or Hogwart (yep), you can’t help but love Hoggle. Whether it’s his Magpie like obsession for plastic bracelets, or his nonchalant attitude towards pissing in ponds we spend the whole film routing for him to make the right decision and stand up to the bully of a king that pulls his strings.
