Blood of Heroes was called Salute of the Jugger in some markets. Both names are stupid.. Avoid Blood of Heroes on DVD as the Salute of the Jugger DVD is 10 mins longer !
When I was a little kid in the 80s I would pick out movies to rent basically from their cover art. Loved those days browsing the sci-fi and horror section.
Definitely! I made it a point to browse and pick at least one movie that didn't fall into my usual type. I found some great shows that way! Kids these days don't know what they missed. But then I also remembered and miss drive ins 😉
I think that’s how we all picked movies at the store. Especially if it wasn’t in the theaters. My mom would get soo irritated because it took me forever to pick one. I’m the same now when it come to streaming sites. I’ll go through hundreds of movies just reading the descriptions.
Ive seen all of them some great films there...be aware though that The Blood of Heroes has two versions with different end,if you go looking for it make sure you get the original version(usually) called The Salute of the Jugger its 10mins longer and has a much better ending ..
Rutger Hauer was capable of transforming any film. He just adds life to any role that is put in front of him..from Blade Runner to Ladyhawke, going via Hobo with a Shotgun, and The Hitcher. He had such scope and range, I honestly cannot think of a bad film he was in. ( while there is a myriad of films that would have sucked without him )
The Blood Of Heroes was released in Australia as The Salute If The Jugger. I was lucky enough to be at the Premier of the movie in Sydney. I met Rutger after the film and He was an absolute delight. Engaging, interested and very polite. A true star through and through.
He was lovely, a true gentleman and he did so much for cinema, helping cinema students, gosh all those workshops he did. And it was never about the money. He is so sorely missed. I adored him. R.I.P Rutger Hauer
Yes he is! He was my dad's favorite actor and is one of my all time favorites, as well. There aren't many actors who can be as chilling as he was in The Hitcher, but also so chivalrous and devoted to true love as he was in Ladyhawke. He was amazing. RIP Rutger Hauer.
These movies were all regular rentals during my childhood. Anything with Rutger Hauer, anything with robots, dystopian cop sf all hit the spot for me as a kid. When RoboCop came out, it was like the pinnacle that 80s SF was building up to, but then it kept getting better and better with Escape from Absalom, Crosswords, and also the big budget stuff like Total Recall and the recut of Aliens. Just goes to show, great SF is about ideas and story, not effects and budgets.
I remember watching "Split Second" almost 20 years ago with my grandad on TV. It brings back good memories. He died in 2008. I miss him everyday. /: It's nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks that's a great movie and that it deserves some love. (:
Rutger Hauer was on a roll with sci-fi movies in the 90s and 80s. His work in Blade Runner made him one of the most desirable names in sci fi film making. It set him up to be the perfect person for bad guy roles. I had this on VHS and wore out that tape watching it. Brainstorm was awesome too.
police chief: "here's your cannon back. why don't ya just carry around a bazooka?" hower: "I couldn't get a license." chief: "funny" hower: "I wasn't joking."
A film that isn’t on here but fits with the list, that I absolutely love, is from 1992 and called “Fortress”. It stars Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith and Jeffery Combs (one of my personal heroes) as well as Clifton Collins jr. (if you don’t recognize the name you will assuredly remember the face). It’s a great great film. It spawned a sequel as well but it’s not nearly as good as the original. I’m really really surprised that this film never developed the “cult following” that it deserves. It’s better, in my opinion, than anything on this list with the exception of “No Escape” which totally kicks ass.
That's because Stuart Gordon always makes entertaining films. I wouldn't go so far to say it's better than most of this list, but on par with most of the list.
Despite low budgets, Brainstorm, The Blood of Heroes, Split Second, Trancers, No Escape, Nirvana, Nemesis created very interesting and captivating atmospheres & great locations. I love those films so much. Thanks for mentioning them. I'd add Fortress (1992) too
I bought Fortress on dvd recently. I was surprised to discover it was shot in my country of Australia. And it wouldn't be until nearly 3 decades later would I come to appreciate such legendary actors as Vernon Wells and Jeffrey Coombs.
Man I miss the '80s & '90s... 2 decades without a worry in the world as a child & teenager (I was born in the '70s). I was lucky enough to grow up next to a video rental store and I was also best friends with the owner's son. Growing up together we've seen countless movies. From Comedy, Thriller, Horror, B, to Sci-Fi films. Those were the good old days.
i had a relative who sold movies on VHS in the early 80's. lived in another scandinavian country back then, and we had Rambo, first blood and E. T. on tape BEFORE it reached cinemas in ALL Scandinavian countries. back then, we didn't think about money. it was about getting ALL THE CHICKS! and man did we! ;-)
@@crazycutz8072 Better than todays cultural marxist woke infested western society where communism has its foot in the door, thanks to easily brainwashed useful idiots continuing the tradition of bolshevik marxist destruction of nations and her people since 1917.
There are two that I would like to add: John Carpenter's "The Philadelphia Experiment" (1984) and "The Thirteenth Floor" (1999). Both are mind-bending stories. "The Thirteenth Floor" was released as a competitor to "The Matrix", but has far-more profound implications. I'm glad to see "Brainstorm" get recognition. Until recently, it was nearly impossible to find on home media.
The Blood of Heroes is also known as Salute of the Jugger. Many of it's scenes were shot in and around the leavings piles outside the Australian opal mining town of Coober Pedy.
I like your enthusiasm, but 1995 to 2005-ish Rutger Hauer is a tragic tale of direct to video slumming. Blood of Heroes IS a really cool post-apocalyptic movie, one of the best outside of the Mad Max series.
@@murrfeeling Thanks Buzz Killington! *What about Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Batman Begins, and Sin City? All big budget movies that fit into your timeline.
@@1sliiver Batman Begins and Sin City were both released in 2005, a well deserved comeback for Hauer and as I indicated, the end of his dry spell. I will give you Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. I missed that one.
It is sad that in reaching my 40s I've come to realise that the age of the video store were the greatest years of my life. However it is a testament that with a big budget a great movie does not make.
You got that right!!! Video stores were the best and not the big box ones either my town had mostly indie stores/owners until mid 90s when lackluster and hwood video came in.i always had a crush on Helen hunt even when she did after school special.
Nah its artistic vision and talent that makes a movie good or not. Sometimes you need a big budget to make it happen but often enough a big budget just gives you the bling bling to make it commercially attractive to get viewers to try it. Hollywood these days has almost no talent. It's particularly apparent in the screen writing department and bland actors we have to choose from. Hollywood these days is just a propaganda department for a certain unsavory segment of society. It is a lot like what was going on in the Soviet Union years ago.
@@Toddcinca and yet highschools now teach the "red scare" as if it was propaganda by a malevolent right wing government, in the face of actual Soviet agents being caught, and is in it self proof red scare was right. I wonder if Soviet leaders quotes that they would make America drop into their hand like a rotten apple and that they would bury america are allowed to be taught? The Soviet union has long collapsed as the ultimate result of socialism, but it's legacy continues to drive the west off the same cliff
I am so glad you included Split Second ... it is one heck of a movie ... I watch it every once in a while because the interactions are just brilliant. And Alun Armstrong as the police Captain ...
Nirvana is one of my favourite cyberpunk films. I grew up in Italy in the nineties and I remember watching it in the cinema when it was released. Such enormous amounts of nostalgia!
My personal favorite 'B' Sci-Fi movie is "The Last Starfighter." It is a fun movie and does not take itself seriously. If you watch closely, Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: TNG) is in the movie briefly as a little kid. Gotta love some "Death Blossom!"👍👍
@Frank Lopez I do agree with those movies being "fun" and not serious movies. I like all of the movies that you mentioned that I have actually seen. However, I have never seen "Mac & Me," and based on reading its synopsis, I probably never will, so I am not sure where you are getting that it is anyone's favorite, or calling people's opinions "asinine" just because they possibly don't agree with you. Going by your "logic" you can also add movies like "Ice Pirates" and "Buckaroo Bonzai" to this list. Heck, with all of the one-liners and comic relief from Han Solo and C3PO you could even call "Star Wars" a "fun and not so serious" movie.
@Frank Lopez OK, you have a deal. Funny you mentioned Tubi. I have been watching a lot of "classic" Sci-Fi on there recently. I just watched "Saturn 3" and "Angry Red Planet" yesterday. However, those movies are far from "Satire," and I had not seen those movies since the early 80's. Maybe I will give "Mac & Me" a try. Heck, if I can sit through "Space Truckers" I can watch anything....lol.
Love all the Rutger Hauer love! He was my dad's favorite actor and has always been one of mine, too. We used to watch anything we found out he was in. The Blood of Heroes (aka Salute of the Jugger) was my dad's favorite film and remains near the top of the list for me, as well. You got a few things wrong, but just talking about the film and possibly turning new viewers onto it makes me happy. Thank you! David Peoples, the writer/director of The Blood of Heroes, also co-wrote Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys, and Ladyhawke, just to name a few. There are fans that have formed teams of juggers that compete against each other from all over the world now. This little film has a small, but dedicated following (of which I am one).
Brainstorm has been a favorite of mine since it arrived on HBO back after it's theatrical release. It was Natalie Woods' last film appearance, as she died while the film was yet completed. This explains why the ending was one of those "unfinished" moments allowing the viewers to speculate on what happened next. Still, the concept is both exciting and terrifying. If you've never seen it.. it's worth the 3.99 that Amazon charges for the rental.
That's the one on the list that I liked. It looked like the movie was going to be scrapped but they had to do a rewrite after her death, and reshoots were done a couple years later. Someone said N.W.'s sister acted as a stand in or double for her in some of the scenes filmed after her passing.
SpaceHunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) with Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Michael Ironside. Actually saw it in 3D with the goofy blue/red glasses!
Some video store gems here. Nemesis was one of my favorite flicks to show all of my friends when I was a kid. Surprised Cherry 2000 didn't make the list. Great low budget film!
The Blood of Heroes is AMAZING! It's a futuristic sports movie involving tire rubber turned into armor, and a dog skull. It's absolutely worth the watch!
@@thebigdog2295 we met the bad guy in the early 90's in Las Vegas....sort of. Me and my dad went to the bathroom in the lobby at Caesars Palace, he was going in as we were coming out. My dad says, "hey! I come in peace." And he turned to us in his leopard print workout pants and said "....and you go in pieces"
@just another human I even like the 'turkeys' because he was in them. And yes, he wrote the last monologue he gave in Blade Runner about 'tears in the rain'. As far as I'm concerned, it is one of the greatest, most poetic moments ever captured in film history. The entire scene is powerful and highly emotional, at least to me.
Like Hitcher, during an interview the directors said, "We didn't know it was going to be that good," and it was but because Rutger Hauer made that movie awesome.
A boy and his dog was a very low budget film with a very cute surprise ending that makes it worth watching, a young Don Johnson stars, my wife hated the way it ended, she was very offended and did not think it was funny at all! I won't spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't seen it.
@@r.g.o3879 I read the story ( Harlan Ellison ) and that was bad enough. I don't want to watch it for real ( sort of thing ). Interesting though that after nearly 50 years its one of the few that stick vividly to mind.
Generation X late night Cinemax movies when Mom and Dad were asleep! Blood of Heroes is one of my favorite dystopian films. Awesome list and video, thank you for making and sharing it!
@@Len1977gt I'm pretty sure Bladeunner failed in the theatres but became a cult classic like these movies. It's just a more well known cult movie due to Harrison Ford. True Bladerunner wasn't a B movie but Rutger didn't shy away from B movies.
Rutger Hauer is in half the low budget scifi and fantasy films of the era. He is a B movie lead who accidentally found his way to mainstream recognition. Due to Aguirre he gained critical recognition and due to things like Bladerunner a place in pop culture but the vast majority of his work is low budget independent stuff that goes from the very good to very very bad but he also shows up in supporting roles in a fair amount of big budget.
I was so looking for to flying cars when I was a kid. And hovering skateboards. Instead we have social media and influencers and q-anon and Donald Trump was our president (!!) What direction are we headed here exactly? Where did everything go awry?
The serendipity is crazy over this film- about a month ago, I was telling my wife about how much I loved this movie back in high school, but that I hadn’t seen it since, and really wanted to. About a week ago, a notification from one of the RU-vid channels I subscribe to said that they were posting the movie in it’s entirety- I was so excited, I told her about that and she said, “what a coincidence!”. I set up my bedroom TV so I could watch it full size- only to be disappointed when it became apparent that they edited the swearing out, and probably the gory bits as well. I turned it off. Two days ago, she said that she signed us up for Amazon Prime, and while browsing the movies, there it was! Uncut, and the way I wanted it to be after waiting a couple or three decades. I figured that I’d watch it tonight, and then scrolling through my notifications, I see YOUR video- just an interesting set of circumstances about a movie that most people I know have never even heard of. Thank you guys for promoting a classic that I’ve loved for a long time- and thanks also to my older brother, who introduced me to it all those years ago! ❤️
@@SyvSekstini oh my god, you’re right! I was talking about Split Second- Jeez, what a mistake. Thanks for pointing that out! (I actually wrote it before I watched the video, and just based my comment on the thumbnail)
I saw Saturn 3 at least twice unintentionally because it was the 'B' movie at the local drive-in (remember those?) for quite a while with various main attractions. Ruined my trust in robots for ages ;)
It used to be available here on RU-vid, and I was able to download it. It actually has a strong fan base in California thanks to the post-apocalyptic festival Wasteland Weekend, and though the Game is played internationally, I myself am part of a League that plays in the style of the film at Wasteland Weekend each year (except for 2020 of course).
@@Bonez0r : I think I heard in the news at the time that there was a party on a house-boat where she drowned. Maybe there was also, reportedly, a lot of alcohol in her, but that's difficult to remember. Her death seemed accidental.
@@dondragmer2412 : Also, I thought maybe she'd died during the production of _Brainstorm_ [1983], reducing her originally intended part in that film, but that's also difficult to remember now.
Moontrap is definitely a movie that should be on a future list. Great performances by Bruce Campbell and Walter Koenig as the main characters of the movie.
Re: Saturn 3 -- Stanley Donen was famous for directing musicals, so this was a real departure for him. But you can see that he did some interesting things with it, even at the end of his career, and even going outside his comfort zone.
Oooooh...I can hear Rhonda Shear now...I was probably like12 when I first started watching that show when we FINALLY got cable and Rhonda Shear made me feel a certain kind of way...it's because of her I saw soooo many bad movies in my youth.
They are slightly different edits too. The American version leaves out a couple of shots at the very end which implies a different fate for some of the other teammates . I like both, but IMO the American version is better....In any case David Webb Peoples the Director/screen writer is himself a hidden gem. He also wrote Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys, Unforgiven and Soldier. Which are 5 of my favorite movies.
Blood of Heros was Salute to Jugger, in Australia. I've seen all these movies. Only Nirvana I saw in French. Never been able to get an English Language copy of it. Still, Loved them all!
People have formed jugger teams all over the world and play in tournaments now. It's pretty cool. I do cosplay and am working on a jugger costume. I want to go to Wasteland Weekend in California someday. Mad Max and Blood of Heroes superfans? Yes, please!
I agree! Strangely enough, it was on FX or TNT or whtevz and just got drawn in. Watched the entire thing! Had not seen it since I was a kid. Amazing now that tech from the film doesnt seem that far fetched anymore!
Rutger Hauer features quite a bit on this list. He's the A 'B' lister (if that makes any sense). Top actor, hugely missed. *RIP* EDIT: *"Trancers"* features a young future Oscar winner, Helen Hunt.
I was expecting to see In the list: Hardware, Dollman and Strange Days. Maybe in a second part. Really cool vídeo. I think I saw Split Second like ten times (at least).
Split Second is an old favorite of mine. I was always a big fan of Rutger Haure and this was one of his best B-movies. I only ever saw Slipstream because it had Mark Hamill. Trancers has 5 sequels and a cult following. There was going to be a 6th, accorging to Tim Thomerson who starred in all of them, but someone stole the money. I know I saw No escape, but didn't think much of it. The producers got good value for their money as it looks like a much higher budget film (at the time)
I remember seeing split second on the shelf at the local video store I worked at as a teenager, without not really having any idea who Rutger Hauer was (despite having seen him in Blade Runner and the Hitcher). I though it was a cool looking cover, so I gave it a try. I was not disappointed. From that moment on, I was watching anything he was in! I also remember going to see No Escape in the theatre as a teenager. I had no idea it was considered a low budget B movie at the time. I thought it was awesome.
I was lucky to watch all of these movies and a lot of others that are by now nearly forgotten, the good and the bad, sometimes multiple times, for free in the 90s as I worked part time at a movie/game rental store. Truely the 80s and 90s were the best of times concerning fresh and original movies. These days its 08/15 the same over and over and over again. Different actors, same story, more CGI, less acting.
Ah Rutger Hauer the king of B-movies. Split Second was one of my favorite B-movies of the early 90s. Back in the days of the video library the cheap rental back shelves contained many gems.
This looks like a pretty good list of films. Many of them I haven't heard of. I am however, an enormous fan of "Trancers". It is a time travel story, but the period sent in 1980s takes place at Christmas time so I watch the film every Christmas. It is as much a Christmas movie as Die Hard is in my opinion. Another film that should be added to the list is called "The Hidden". With Kyle McLaughlin and Michael Nouri. It's a crime history with an extraterrestrial angle. Action packed and lots of fun.
That first scene..whoa. I wish I could say that was the first time that I've ever seen an authentic alien "reach around" but if I did I would be lying. You've not had loving until you've gotten probed by E.T.
I remember split second as a kid, but could never remember the name. Thank you for reminding me and always showing these great hidden gems love they deserve
Altered. States. __ I saw that movie once, a few years back for one of my psych classes. I remember my roommate and I were at the house and just totally blown away by the movie. That ending is insane, the drug sequences all through are beyond cool.
There are a few that were missing on this list. There's one film I remember entitled Android, which starred Klaus Kinski as a scientist who lives on a space station with an android he built called Max 404, which was played by Don Opper (which you probably remember as Charlie from the Critters films). Another films that should be recognized was Solarbabies, Hardware, Space Raiders, and Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn.
I'm pretty sure you're right. Sounds like a very good deep-fake voice generator reading from a script with very bad grammar and punctuation. I think a lot of the comments are bots possibly as well, many are just plain generic support.
@@lazerhosen very possible (but I'm also affraid some folks are predictable enough to create generic reactions themselves :) Let's not underestimate how boring people can be! Hehe
@@oliviervannooten Yeah, but there are a lot of bot channels coming out of places like India, mostly using text-to-speech, lots of click-bait videos, re-posted vids, or channels glomming onto existing trends to get easy viewers. Their comment sections are full of bot accounts praising their content to fool the RU-vid algorithm.
If you're trying to find it, you can find it for free streaming on Tubi. It's a really great service, especially if you're into B movies! tubitv.com/movies/332924/the-blood-of-heroes
Brainstorm was a simsense rig not a telepathic anything, you wear the recorder and it records onto tape what you experience so another can play it back and experience every sensation you experienced, including the death of one of the inventors who records herself as she has a heart attack and dies, it continues to record after she is dead giving a view into what comes after, and yea the military tried to weaponize it somehow :)
@gringott12 It's not climate religion dogma. This film was just a fantasy and certainly was not meant as a realistic depiction of climate conditions in 2008.
Dude I thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, u don't understand how long I've been trying to figure out the name of Split second I use to watch it all the time as a kid now I can finally rewatch it again, your the best man thank you again and keep us the great work, luv the vids
If they listed the few movies that are in the video then you wouldn't go through the comments ...and find all of these other great gems. Orrrr you could write them down as they came up in the video. You did watch the video, right? Sorry to rant, but you gotta do some of these things yourself. They already went through the hundreds of movies to pick these out for you, talk about them, and write the title out for you in the video. Nevermind, they watched it for you too so you don't even have to do that. C'mon man.
Here's some that are underappreciated and worth a mention: The Quiet Earth (1985) Gandahar (AKA "Light Years", 1987) Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) Eyes of Fire (1983) A few prior to the 80's that are criminally underrated: The Vistor (1979) Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Where Have All the People Gone (1974) The Last Man on Earth (1964)
I found Brainstorm to be a dynamite movie. Very good acting and quite creative. Even realistic--including how the CIA / military always endeavor to grab up any technology that might keep the elite in dark control of humanity. Natalie Wood was terrific, as usual.
This comment is beautiful, it made my wife cry, but she's one of those people who, if they saw a turtle on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, she'd turn it over - as would I.
@@kevinrice957 Does that mean she's a replicant or not? I was never really clear on how the answers to these questions would be used to tell if you are human. Why ask questions when you could just look at their eyes?
I think we all have a movie or show that they recall dimly but don't know the name of. Split Second was the movie for me. I saw parts of it as a small kid on TV and never could find it anywhere in blockbuster like stores. It wasn't until I was an adult that I found out what it was called. Underrated flick
AGAIN, YOU HAVE SHOWN ME A LIST OF MOVIES THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN, AND THAT'S THE GOOD PART. I SHIFT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THIS LIST AND AMAZON TO PUT A HOLD ON MOVIES. I DO THIS A LOT, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS. YOU FIND ALL THESE AMAZING MOVIES, AND I PUT THEM ON MY WATCH LIST. ❤️❤️😱😱😱 NOW I'M GOING AFTER BRAINSTORM. THANKS A LOT!
Automata, Ghost Of Mars, The One, Johnny Mhenomic, none of these is listed...but highly underrated and recommended...I remember when Split Second came out, I went to see it in the Drive-in theater...excellent movie
Man every movie on this list looks flippin awesome and I've never seen any of them. Trancers really got my attention too, it just looks so freaking cool. I wanna watch all these!
Funny before you came on I was thinking how I never see "Nemesis" on any of these lists. Bam! First up. The other ones I never see are "Cherry 2000" and "Trancers". Of course, if it had Tim Thomerson in it I was going to rent it.