Film

Labyrinth 1986

Directed by Jim Henson

  • Adventure, Family, Fantasy
  • 101 min
  • PG

Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.

Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.

AdventureFamilyFantasyrescuerace against timemazecastlemusicalpuppetbabysittersurrealismbaby-snatchingcoming of agegrowing upteenage girl

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