1980s sword and sorcery movies

[MysteryWho]

I'm a fan of genre films and exploitation films of all sorts, as well as "legit" cinema and arthouse. So, pretty much everything
Anyhoo, I know what you mean when you are watching movies of this type and something goes over your personal line.
It was actually something I looked for once, now I can't really stomach a lot of excessive fare. Also, the line changes over time.
I don't think it reflects the larger culture generally, since these films tend to be less accessible to a mainstream audience anyway.
I find myself cringing often when I watch low budget exploitation made in places like Asia and Spain/Italy. I might get sucked in
thinking it's just a zombie movie and then I end up seeing something I can't un-see.

[jwyblejr]

guess we could add Beast Master. cheese factor at it's finest. the sequels in the nineties are not even worth mentioning

No but the Robot Chicken skit is.

[Bruce Banner]

Sword and the Sorcerer anyone? I was always bummed we never got the promised sequel

It took a while, but "Tales Of An Ancient Empire" did eventually appear.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136688/?ref_=ttmc_mc_tt

Still love most of the 80s sword & sorcery movies... Conan The Barbarian, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Beastmaster, Hawk the Slayer, Fire and Ice, Krull, Excalibur, Clash of the Titans, et al.

Deathstalker had its good points. Also recall Ironmaster, and Sorceress, which I remember renting on Betamax back around 1983.

[Nostalgiabuff]

wow, I did not even know they made that sequel. looks like it was a train wreck. what a shame. I really liked the Talon character and Horsely made it a lot of fun. Sword and the Sorcerer was cheesy at times but it was a fun ride.

[MIB41]

I'll never forget Richard Lynch's kill scene in the Sword and the Sorcerer. That was pretty bloody for it's day and what was quickly becoming the standard for that genre.

[ShadowAvenger]

My favorite is Hawk the Slayer

[toysrus]

I Loved that movie! I remember a few years ago they were talking about a sequel called "Hawk The Hunter" . It never happened


QUOTE=ShadowAvenger;1184641]My favorite is Hawk the Slayer [/QUOTE]

[Nostalgiabuff]

I put on Tales of An Ancient Empire this morning on Netflix. what a disaster. I could not even get through the opening 10 minutes of narrating

[Figuremod73]

I thought Ladyhawke was one of the few decent ones from that period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEh0kwDqZZ0

[Nostalgiabuff]

yeah Ladyhawke was pretty good but slow moving as I recall

[acrovader]

I also remember Dragonslayer. Also the two Hercules movies! Sir Gwain and the Green Knight- starring John Rhys-Davies, Sean Connery, Peter Cushing, the actor that played the nazi henchman in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and some more people I can't think of at the moment. And then there was Red Sonja. The best of the genre, imo, was Willow (which isn't saying much since most of the Swords and Sorcery movies of the 80's were pretty bad and derivative). Last year I got Willow on Blu-Ray and it has held up extremely well for its 26-27 years.

[Nostalgiabuff]

yeah, Willow is pretty good, once Warwick Davis leaves the village anyway. before that it is rather dull
Red Sonja was awful IMHO
which Hercules movies are you referring to? The Ferigno ones?

[acrovader]

Lol. Ferigno ones!

[Bruce Banner]

Yeah, Ladyhawke was a rather slow moving, uneventful picture.
Dragonslayer was great, and remains one of my favourites. Vermithrax is still awesome.
Willow remains a disappointment for me. I avidly followed the progress of the film in the magazines of the day, but the movie really just didn't work, regrettably.
Red Sonja was likewise a bit of a disappointment, but it remains more watchable than Willow.

[Iron Mego]

Glad Dragonslayer got mentioned. I remember digging that in the theatre. Caught Legend recently, and remembered how cool I thought it was when it first came out.