Labyrinth was released 29 years ago into a world that didn’t really want it.
People were wary of being scared out of their minds by another Jim Henson helmed puppet fantasy after The Dark Crystal, and the film only recouped half of its budget at the box office.
Audiences at the time didn’t warm to Labyrinth and the critics picked it apart, finding fault in everything from the weird story right through to David Bowie’s disconcertingly massive codpiece.
But almost three decades on, Jareth the Goblin King has had his revenge, as… Read the full story