What's your favorite fantasy movie?

[Fall of Gilead]

I got to go with Dungeonmaster (called Rage War in other places). It had a few different sequences including one with the band WASP. Also throw in Richard Moll as the evil baddie and it's a fun little movie.

What's eveyone else's?

[fernandito]

I have to go with Warriors of Virtue...it's not exactly a low budget movie, but it wasn't promoted on a large scale either. Angus MacFayden was brilliant in that movie, and he's got moves too.

[Fall of Gilead]

Totally. I thought it was going to be some stupid kid's movie and it was pretty cool. Angus did indeed own.

[fernandito]

Totally. I thought it was going to be some stupid kid's movie and it was pretty cool. Angus did indeed own.

That fight with Master Chung is the shit!


"Where are you going newcomer?!?!?! wooooahhhh!!!"

[Wuducynn]

Hmmmmm, Clash of the Titans comes to mind..

[Rjeso]

Quest for the Mighty Sword. :lol:

So terrible, and so great.

[Cutter]

Hmmmmm, Clash of the Titans comes to mind..

that did rock!

I'll go with Beastmaster

[Bethany]

Hmmmmm, Clash of the Titans comes to mind..

that did rock!

I'll go with Beastmaster

I was going to say Beastmaster, too.

What about Killer Klowns from Outer Space?

[ZoNeSeeK]

Willow!

Or was that not low budget? I cant remember :)

[Telynn]

I love Willow too!

"Went away? "I dwell in darkness without you" and it WENT AWAY?"

[Rjeso]

Willow freakin' rocks. That's still one of my favorite movies. I don't think it was low-budget, though - they did have puppeteers and morphing witches and greenscreen work, not to mention the fairies... Man, I love that flick.

"You are mine to toy with."

[LadyGan]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[Jean]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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[Rjeso]

Anything MP rules. In fact, it rules so much that it should have it's own thread. *toddles off to Fedic*

[MonteGss]

Hmmmmm, Clash of the Titans comes to mind..

I liked that one as well CK.

[Darkthoughts]

I'll jump on the Beastmaster wagon and raise you Red Sonia!

Also Time Bandits, Princess Bride, Labyrinth...Dark Crystal...The Goonies!! Maybe they're not so low budget, but they're not on a LotR scale.

[Rjeso]

Um, ditto all those that darkthoughts just mentioned. Awesome, awesome movies, although I'd give most of them the "not low-budget" argument that I gave for Willow. ;)

[Fall of Gilead]

What about Killer Klowns from Outer Space?

*more ideas for the movie quote thread* :thumbsup:

Thanks guys. Some really great selections!

Another one I love it Sword and the Sorceror. Plenty of fantasy cheese with a triple bladed sword and Richard Moll as a baddie again!

Ooh or even that movie The Barbarians, starring those bodybuilding twin guys!

[Rjeso]

Hans and Frans?

:P

[Fall of Gilead]

No, not quite! :lol:

[Rjeso]

But they're gonna pump *clap* you up!

[Aaron]

Although I don't know if it would be considered the same, since it's animated, I would have to throw Disney's The Black Cauldron in there. It wasn't a big film, but the story is great and the animation right on mark with the vibe of the mythology.

As for others, I did love Willow, but you've also got to throw Labyrinth and Legend in there. Also, The NeverEnding Story, but I'm pretty sure that had a decent budget.

Bool! The End.

[Darkthoughts]

*high fives* I just popped in to add Legend and Neverending Story to my list!!
The book of The Neverending Story is brilliant too, by Michael Ende.

I loved the LotR cartoon, shame that never got finished. And as a series, Dungeons and Dragons...did those kids ever get back home? :lol:

[Rjeso]

Dude, I remember the animated version of The Hobbit. That's still how I see Gollum in my mind's eye - a taupey sort of brown with glowy yellow iris-free eyes.

[She-Oy]

Krull anyone?

[ZoNeSeeK]

Hehe, i downloaded labyrinth the other day :)

[Chassit]

The Barbarians

[Telynn]

Would The Dark Crystal count as low budget. I mean, muppets..... but still good.

[Chassit]

I decided that it does not (I had considered DC heh)

[Fall of Gilead]

Krull was an awesome movie.

Dark Crystal probably not low-budget but a great movie nontheless.

[Steve]

Legend was awesome. Tim Curry put his Pennywise role to shame!

[Fall of Gilead]

Hell yeah, Tim Curry was godlike in that flick.

[Grillslinger]

Willow was an enormous production. Big time director, big time composer, ILM for fx...it was a biggie!

[Fall of Gilead]

Willow had some groundbreaking FX for its time. Too bad it wasn't popular enough to give us a sequel!

[Wuducynn]

Hell yeah, Tim Curry was godlike in that flick.


Or devil-like...

[Fall of Gilead]

Yeah, this is true!

[sarajean]

does 6 string samurai count as a fantasy? cos that'd be up there on my list.

[Fall of Gilead]

That's a movie I want to see that has still eluded me. :(

[sarajean]

you need to see it. it's amazing.

[Erin]

Ooo it is good. I saw it awhile back at a midnight showing at the old theatre here in town. It was an experience.

[ZoNeSeeK]

Heres a fucking awful one i have seen:

Demons of the Sword Coast

its probably the worst movie ever created.

[Fall of Gilead]

Ummmm yeah, the name even sounds stupid. *will avoid it like the plauge*

[Mordred Deschain]

Time Bandits and Krull!!! There's a lot more for me though...

[sarah]

ahh time bandits. :lol: yeah, good one. :)

[She-Oy]

I used to have nightmares as a kid about midgets busting through my bedroom wall, and the bad guy with the funky black hat with horn like things, yeah him, I had bad dreams about him too.
Of course I was a really weird little girl...LOL

[Mordred Deschain]

I used to have nightmares as a kid about midgets busting through my bedroom wall, and the bad guy with the funky black hat with horn like things, yeah him, I had bad dreams about him too.
Of course I was a really weird little girl...LOL

*thinks yer still a really weird...girl*

Actually, I wished that it would happen. Thought it would be cool to go thru time with a bunch of midget pirates and steal stuff. They stole the Napoleans hand, right? It's been awhile.

Heh...how about Ice Pirates?

[Letti]

Labyrinth, hands down. :D

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/6a/Labyrinth_movie.jpg

[Daghain]

Flash Gordon. Just the right amount of cheesiness. :)

[Darkthoughts]

Hell yeah...Flesh Gordon too...er wait...I've never seen that film...:ninja:

[Letti]

Is LOTR a fantasy movie for you?

[OchrisO]

Flash Gordon. Just the right amount of cheesiness. :)

There's a new Flash Gordon series on the sci-fi channel. It started friday. I like it so far.

[Mordred Deschain]

Flash Gordon. Just the right amount of cheesiness. :)

There's a new Flash Gordon series on the sci-fi channel. It started friday. I like it so far.

LOved the movie, especially the soundtrack. Just like Highlander, entire Queen album.

[Daghain]

Yeah, I'm hoping that will get the original out on DVD. :D

Haven't seen the series yet, though.

[OchrisO]

I was super excited when I was watching the new one and in an action scene the music started going FLASH ah AHHHHHHHH!

[Daghain]

LOL now I have to go put that on my DVR so I can watch it. :)

[Wuducynn]

Well since we're including low sci-fi also, my favorite low sci-fi would be The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension :cool:

http://www.blogography.com/photos4/Buckaroo.jpg

[Daghain]

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

[Darkthoughts]

Probably not low budget, and more sci-fi than fantasy but Flight of the Navigator was a favourite of mine when I was a kid.

[sarajean]

Hell yeah...Flesh Gordon too...er wait...I've never seen that film...:ninja:

penisaurus rex! :lol:

[Darkthoughts]

:lol: you never saw it either, huh!

[sarajean]

nope.

i most certainly did not sneak my da's copy of it out of his room while he was sleeping and watch it when i was little.

that never happened.

and i don't own a copy of it, either.

[Darkthoughts]

Funnily enough I was talking about it today...y'know - random sunday afternoon porn discussion :D

[sarajean]

:lol:

sounds pretty normal to me, i have those all the time.

:D

[Jon]

"Hot Fuzz" (not a porn)

[fernandito]

I don't think Hot Fuzz counts as low budget fantasy (?)

[Fall of Gilead]

Remembered another one, Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared Syn.

[Mike Beck]

- Krull (of course!)
- Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
- Troll
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space!!
- Legend (is goddamn amazing)

[Fall of Gilead]

Krull, that was a great movie!

[cozener]

Dunno how cheap it was financially to make but it certainly was cheap on an intellectual level...The 13th Warrior. Basically a cutting and pasting of Beowulf with a few extra characters thrown in.

[CRinVA]

I tend to shy away from the "cheap' low budget films, but htis weekend as i was channel surfing I came upon "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and was intrigued enough to watch. Definitely low budget, definitley cheap - but I liked it. Jules Verne was a master during his lifetime - thinking up this stuff some of which came true and then some like the above tale that could never be true! :excited:

[CPU]

- Krull (of course!)
- Troll


I just watched Troll a couple of days ago. Couple of things I noticed.

1. Julia Louis Dreyfus's ass (or a decent facsimilie of of ;)) - I've had a crush on her for ages....
2. The boy's name is HARRY POTTER!!! :lol: (film was made in 1986 I think)

[Ruthful]

YouTube - Oh My God

[RUBE]

Labyrinth, hands down. :D

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/6a/Labyrinth_movie.jpg

My wife, Candy, really loves the Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal as well. I don't. But then I think it is because the puppets freak me out.

[Frunobulax]

Ruthful--FUCK YES! I love Troll 2 with a passion that runs deep. You can't piss on hospitality!

Oh yeah, and Labyrinth is pretty great.

[ATG]

Krull

[Mike Beck]

- Krull (of course!)
- Troll


I just watched Troll a couple of days ago. Couple of things I noticed.

1. Julia Louis Dreyfus's ass (or a decent facsimilie of of ;)) - I've had a crush on her for ages....
2. The boy's name is HARRY POTTER!!! :lol: (film was made in 1986 I think)

i know that's crazy! he was trying to be a wizard, his name was harry potter(Atreyu), his father worked for a book publishing company or something, julia louise dreyfuss's ass (;)), and Sonny Bono. All in one amazing good bad film. excellent.

RUTHFUL, I really almost pissed a little watching that clip. :rofl:
Oh my goooooood! it's amazing.

[Dud-a-chum?]

The first "Star Wars" :)

[jayson]

Krull

Man did I LOVE that movie when I was a kid!

[cozener]

I loved Hawk the Slayer when I was 12...

[Philzilla]

The Sword and the Sorcerer

[cozener]

The Sword and the SorcererLol, I remember that one. Him and his shooting sword. :lol: Actually I didn't like that one so much but that might be because when I watched SatS it was right after watching one of my favorite fantasy films of all time...Conan the Barbarian. So the feeling I had was much akin to seeing Ashley and then Wynonna Judd naked.

[Fall of Gilead]

We never got to see the sequel to Sword and the Sorcerer that ws promised in the credits!! :pullhair:

[Armand St Pierre]

Great Movie!
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[TerribleT]

Great Movie!
http://www.futuropasado.com/images/ladyhawk00.jpg

I loved that movie, Rutger Hauer was awesome, I always liked Matthew Broderick, and Michelle Pfeiffer was stunning.

[Jon]

"Gina and Her Naughty Girlfriends"

[obscurejude]

The Never Ending Story? It might be another one of those movies that I remember fondly from my childhood but would probably suck if I watched it today. Big Trouble in Little China was like that.

[Philzilla]

We never got to see the sequel to Sword and the Sorcerer that ws promised in the credits!! :pullhair:

The director Albert Pyun is allegedly preparing to film the sequel in Tunisia in October! At least that's what Harry Knowles says http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33581
though Lee Horsley has to play Talon, anyone else would be a disappointment

"KINGDOMS TO SAVE AND WOMEN TO LOVE"

[Allie]

Return to Oz. I always loved that movie as a kid.

[Fall of Gilead]

[quote=Fall of Gilead;94111]
The director Albert Pyun is allegedly preparing to film the sequel in Tunisia in October! At least that's what Harry Knowles says http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33581
though Lee Horsley has to play Talon, anyone else would be a disappointment

"KINGDOMS TO SAVE AND WOMEN TO LOVE"


:rock:

Wait, how old is Lee by now?

[Fall of Gilead]

Return to Oz. I always loved that movie as a kid.


The Gnome King always used to scare me.

[cozener]

We never got to see the sequel to Sword and the Sorcerer that ws promised in the credits!! :pullhair: Funny how I completely forgot about that...:cool:

[Wuducynn]

I'm guess I'm not understanding some things... Ladyhawke low fantasy? No way, thats what I would consider high fantasy. Its all in your definition.

[cozener]

I agree. Ladyhawke was not a low budget flick.

[Wuducynn]

I haven't even thought of Hawk the Slayer for years and years until I saw your post.. :lol: what a fun, D & D'ish, flic.

[Gunslanger]

Deathstalker :excited:

[IWasSentWest]

was conan the barbarion a low budget film?

pitch black comes to mind

[Lance]

was conan the barbarion a low budget film?

pitch black comes to mind

I'm pretty sure Dino DeLaurentis wasn't known for holding back money.

My vote goes to Krull.

[Wuducynn]

was conan the barbarion a low budget film?


Hell no!

[IWasSentWest]

o...hah well damn it looked low budget! i guess im just a new generation....

american graffiti

[cozener]

I got curious and did a little research. It cost 17.5 million to make Conan. This isn't a big budget film but its pretty much average for the time. And when you think about it this makes sense. It was not a special effects driven film. Actually, until LotR came out, this was my favorite fantasy film.

[Wuducynn]

Actually, until LotR came out, this was my favorite fantasy film.

For me it was up there with Legend until LOTR came out as mine. Now we know from that YouTube video that Tom Cruise IS Satan so no wonder he was able to fight him so successfully in that movie.

[IWasSentWest]

i love conan also.....james earl jones is a hauss

[Farson]

I was gonna say "The Wizard of Oz", but that had a budget of 2.7 mill back in 1939, so that's gotta equal out to....something like 8 trillion nowadays. What about "Flash Gordon"? No...that had a budget of 35 MILLION!!! k.....How about....."The Secret of N.I.M.H"? 7 mill.....

[Mattrick]

Army of Darkness.

[Storyslinger]

Army of Darkness.

Hear, Hear!

[Darkthoughts]

I've scrapped the "low budget" part of the title - all discussion of fantasy movies is welcome in here :thumbsup: