Tag Archives: Sword and Sorcery
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
To any teenage boy growing up in the 80’s, this was “the one in the video store with the four-breasted woman on the cover.” Since this came from Roger Corman’s New Horizons Pictures, he would make damn sure there was … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 80's, cheesecake, David Carradine, Fantasy, Roger Corman, Sword and Sorcery
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Hercules (1983)
In the late 70’s and early 80’s, writer/director Luigi Cozzi was on his way to becoming the Italian Roger Corman. In fact, Corman had dubbed, edited, and distributed the American cut of Cozzi’s Star Wars rip-off Starcrash (1978). When Alien (1979) … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Action, Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Italy, Lou Ferrigno, Science Fiction, Stop Motion, Sword and Sorcery
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She (1982)
She – apparently filmed in 1982 but not released until 1985 – opens with a quote from H. Rider Haggard’s source novel, “In Earth and Skie and Sea/Strange Thynges Ther Be,” which apparently is all the impetus writer/director Avi Nesher … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Action, cheesecake, Fantasy, God, Punk, Science Fiction, Sword and Sorcery
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