Editing Forbidden Zone (section)

===Writing===
''Forbidden Zone'' featured Bright's first work on film, and his only work as an actor (under the name "Toshiro Baloney"). A founding member of the Mystic Knights, Bright later became a screenwriter and director in his own right. Bright's credits include ''[[Freeway (1996 film)|Freeway]]'', ''[[Ted Bundy (film)|Ted Bundy]]'', and ''[[Tiptoes]]''. Bright and director Richard Elfman's only dispute during the screenwriting process was over a scene in which his character, Squeezit, was originally to have been beaten up for eight minutes and having the walls wiped with his blood.<ref name="DVD documentary"/> Another scene cut from the script would have had Squeezit being castrated.<ref name="Commentary"/> According to Bright, "I didn't have any sense of limits or balance then, at the time, I... you know, I was just, didn't know what I was doing. I needed reining in."<ref name="DVD documentary"/> During filming, Bright was sitting on the set in costume when a lighting stand fell onto his head, cracking his skull, and he had to be rushed to the hospital. When Bright returned to work the next day, he had a mild [[concussion]] and [[Whiplash (medicine)|whiplash]], but he continued with filming.<ref name="Commentary"/>