Tag Archives: Fantasy

The Sword and the Dragon: The Dell Comic Book

Posted on January 28, 2017 at 5:24 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

When Aleksandr Ptushko’s epic fantasy film Ilya Muromets (1956) was distributed in the United States in 1960 as The Sword and the Dragon, the Vitalite Film Corporation licensed the title out to Dell Comics to produce the official comic book … Continue reading →

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Father Frost (1964)

Posted on January 28, 2017 at 8:14 am by Jeff Kuykendall

To mark the upcoming premiere of the new season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix, I’ve been covering each of the Russian films featured on the classic run of the series, including The Day the Earth Froze (Sampo, 1959), … Continue reading →

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Ilya Muromets (1956)

Posted on January 21, 2017 at 11:01 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Russian director Aleksandr Ptushko’s Ilya Muromets (1956) is another of his fantasy epics, and rates highly among his considerable body of work for its inventive, nonstop special effects and the grand scope of its production. But, of course, it also … Continue reading →

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