Is the movie Heavy Metal available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

At Stream Tracker, we like to hunt down where cult classics are hiding in the streaming ether. Heavy Metal (1981) — a trippy, adult animated anthology built around a glowing orb of ultimate evil, sword-swinging spacefights, dark fantasy and a hard-rock soundtrack — still feels like it’s come straight out of a midnight comic book. In this article we’ll scan the major platforms — Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and Apple TV+ — to tell you where the film is currently orbiting and how to grab a viewing before the orb vanishes again. The movie didn’t collect major awards on release, but its cult status and soundtrack have kept it spinning through pop-culture history.

Synopsis

A luminous orb—an incarnate force of malevolence—invades the life of a young woman, tormenting her with surreal tales that fuse dark fantasy, seductive undertones and mounting horror; as the line between narrative and reality dissolves, she must fight to reclaim her mind before the stories consume her entirely.

Release date

1981

Duration

1h 30min

Rating

Director

Gerald Potterton

Country

Canada

Genre(s)

Animation, Aventure, Fantasy

Cast

Rodger Bumpass Jackie Burroughs Joe Flaherty Harold Ramis John Candy Don Francks Caroline Semple