80s Fantasy Classics You Need To See

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The 1980s were an excellent time for Fantasy Films. Visual effects were finally starting to catch up with the imaginations of some of our greatest filmmakers, and some incredible sword and sorcery epics were brought to the big screen. Here are three of our favourites:
Excalibur: John Boorman’s magnificent take on the Arthurian legend is one of the most gorgeous films of the eighties. It’s also a hard-R, sexually charged, and adult take on the material that was so controversial the director had to prepare an alternate PG-rated version for pay TV that could air during the day.
The Sword and the Sorcerer: Albert Pyun’s low-budget sword and sorcery take was designed as a quick cash grab that would ride on the coattails of the big-budget Conan The Barbarian. To everyone’s surprise, the movie grossed almost as much as the movie it was ripping off, and it became a staple of afternoon cable viewings for a generation of kids.
Time Bandits: This movie kickstarted Monty Python member Terry Gilliam’s career as a director. An irreverent fantasy, it was a major international success that still ranks as one of his most loved films.
Which of these three movies is your favorite? Let us know in the comments!
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@redmoondesignbeth9119 Год назад

My son decided at 5 to become an animator after watching "Wizards" (Ralph Bakshi) with his older brother. He ended up teaching animation in the community college with a GED where he met Ralph's son and then did a project for Ralph.

@XxX-vi9if 8 месяцев назад

That's so cool!

@marSLaZZ66 6 месяцев назад

Excellent !!

@Angl0sax0nknight Год назад

I absolutely loved Excalibur as a kid in the 80s.

@GregsGameRoom Год назад

Freaking love Excalibur. No other Arthur movie has come even CLOSE to matching it.

@morimo11 Год назад

Me too. Saw it in the theater with my dad.

@fistimusmaximus6576 11 месяцев назад

Same, "Knights, squires! prepare for battle! (music kicks in).

@trinaq Год назад

I adore Time Bandits, it honestly deserves more love. I used to watch this, ET and Never ending Story, all one after the other.

@Angl0sax0nknight Год назад

Time bandits was scary to me as a kid. Those horse monsters were truly terrifying. As a adult I see it differently.

@BeesWaxMinder Год назад

If there is a three hour version of Excalibur I would love to see it!!🤞

@GEMINIEARTHWALKER Год назад

It sounds like something we'll never get to see, rewatching it again, the cuts are painfully obvious. It's still one of my favorite films of all time

@BeesWaxMinder Год назад

@@GEMINIEARTHWALKER yup👍

@exiledpreest Год назад

Never saw it, but def am interested

@RobMacc Год назад

Watch the trailer, where there are at least snippets of the cut scenes. Who knows where the excised footage is now or what shape it is in...

@rickytimmons5294 Год назад

Would LOVE to see that. This movie has held a special place in my heart since when I first saw it at the cinema, and it still stands, in my opinion, as the best version of the Arthurian Legend.

@Rockstar-bq5fm Год назад

Great video, Excalibur is and probably forever will be the GOLD standard of material. It’s honestly my favourite movie of all time and I think I realise that now

@meerkat7406 Год назад

Sword & The Sorcerer is a fun gem of a movie. While he had a successful TV run, Lee Horsely to me had an Errol Flynn screen presence in this movie. Always wished he broke out of TV and did more movies. The actor, who played villian Titis Cromwell is the great actor Richard Lynch. Really enjoyed this one.

@tylerdordon99 Год назад

Excalibur has the most perfect epic fantasy aesthetic ever.

@chasehedges6775 Год назад

80s movies are the best.

@trinaq Год назад

They really are, they're absolutely timeless, and are still enjoyed by new generations.

@rb6719 Год назад

Which is a favorite? ALL OF THEM! My brother and I watched these at the drive-in (yes i'm that old) and then on cable tv all the time. There need to be more movies like this these days. Good fantastical entertainment with no hidden message or meaning. Just good fun that's worth watching again and again.

@tkskagen Год назад

TIME BANDITS and KRULL are held proudly within my DVD collection!

@slyane7320 Год назад

Yes my friend!

@Jabberstax Год назад

Excalibur is a brilliant movie.

@shallendor Год назад

Excalibur was such an entertaining film, one of the best fantasy films!

@Dr_1212 Год назад

Awesome 😎 As a born in 80.s guy I remember all these Awesome movies Excalibur time bandits Baron munchausen classics

@coyote4237 11 месяцев назад

My three buddies and I wanted so bad to see Excalibur in the theater, but none of us were 18. So, it was my mom who drew the short straw to be the adult who took us. During the scene where Arthur is conceived, a guy in the packed theater said loudly enough for all to hear, "In his armor." I had never been so embarrassed in my life. Excalibur was amazing, and still my favorite movie.

@antimatta8714 Год назад

I randomly watched " Excalibur" yesterday? Creepy coincidence.😆

@reynaldogonzalez2118 Год назад

One of the greatest films of all time.

@andybobandy641 Год назад

I believe Excalibur is probably the movie that I have seen the most during my lifetime. It was my favorite since it came out in junior high and I probably seen it off and on five thousand times since then.

@peteuplink Год назад

I'd never seen Excalibur until I watched it last week. I thought it was excellent :D

@scottharkins Год назад

Just throwing it out there since I don't see it commented yet, but Ladyhawke deserves to be on this list.

@SirSmoldham Год назад

TREMENDOUS LOVE. All are awesome picks I practically idolized to my friends when they came out. I must have been born out of time. Thanks for your specifics. Gilliam RULES. RESPECT to Pyun.

@bensneb360 Год назад

The best King Arthur movie of all time, it is so faithful to the source material

@Rockstar-bq5fm Год назад

I’ve never actually seen the Sword and the Sorcerer unbelievably. I’m gonna watch it right now

@dqreps Год назад

Dude, Excalibur is awesome!!! Love that movie!!! Also: 20:44 "I can't wait to bed you wench" What. A. Legeeeeeeeend!!

@mattmozgiel2111 Год назад

Time Bandits is such a wonderful movie. I'd really like to see Gilliam get to make his Theseus and the Minotaur movie he's had plans for.

@sarlaccstapeworm990 Год назад

As a "Gen-Xer", I remember watching ALL of these great movies back in the 80's! I wish SO badly that my children (and grandchildren) could've grown up in such an exciting era of the NON-'woke' fantasy/adventures that relied on such GREAT practical effects and epic storytelling to stoke the imaginations of the youthful dreamers of that generation! "The Never Ending Story", "Dragon Slayer", "Time Bandits", the "Conan" movies (namely the first one).... There'll NEVER be a period of filmmaking THAT great, EVER again!! 😌🙏

@speybondon 10 месяцев назад

Dragon Slayer is massively underrated if you ask me. Great movie, from Disneys good days...

@sarlaccstapeworm990 10 месяцев назад

@@speybondon Yeah, it is definitely underrated! Disney USED to develop some really great content. We're going to have to keep those classics fresh in our memories though, because they'll never again produce anything even close to that! It's really a damn shame.

@dls3939 Год назад

Excalibur was one of my favourite films as a kid, that and Conan I must have worn both those tapes out re watching them. Don't think my folks ever realised how bloody Excalibur actually was back then.

@brianstiles1701 Год назад

As an old school D&D kid, my holy trinity in the 80s was Conan, Excalibur, and Beastmaster

@necrosunderground Год назад

Yes! And, just to test your nerd mettle, have you ever heard of "The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire?" If I remember correctly, it was originally supposed to be a pilot for a series that never got picked up, but ended up being a TV movie. I completely swiped the Heartbow from that as a quest item XD But yeah, all those, and a dash of Dragonslayer, and the D&D nights were good to go. Ah, memories...

@user-uw5jq7ft6v Год назад

In SnS, “Xuesha” was played by “Richard Moll”, who later went on to play “Bull” on “Night Court”.

@white-dragon4424 Год назад

The irony about Excalibur's score, which I think is pretty unique amongst movies, is that none of the parts that the movie's most remembered for were written by its composer. Jones did the incidental music and Celtic type jigs, whilst the huge operatic pieces that everyone thinks of when remembering the movie were by Wagner and Orff. The love theme? Wagner. The Grail theme? Wagner. The main and end titles? Wagner. And the scene as Arthur and his knights are riding out of Camelot for the last time? Carl Orff. As you can tell by the amount of Wagner in this movie (as well as the famous helicopter scene in Apocalypse Now), he absolutely kicked major arse when it came to opera, to the extent that even John Williams took most of his inspiration from Wagner when he wrote the Star Wars scores! Oh, and Gabriel Byrne said in interview that he was encouraged to take the part of Uther when he was told that they were going to use Wagner as part of the score.

@OlympicLeprechaun Год назад

My favorite film soundtrack hands down. Not only for the music itself but for how brilliantly Boorman incorporates it into the action. In film the music is normally composed to enhance the filmed action. But it appears Boorman does it in reverse, filming and editing images for the music. The last scene in particular where Percival casts Excalibur into the hand of the Lady of the Lake is the most perfect union of music and visuals I have ever seen and always raises goosebumps every time I watch it.

@white-dragon4424 Год назад

@@OlympicLeprechaun Siegfried's Funeral March from Twilight of the Gods. If you listen very carefully, it's looped slightly when Perceval is talking to the dying Arthur, but it's only noticeable if you scrutinise the film and know the piece off by heart like I do. Still a superb scene though, one of the things that got me into the legend in the first place. Here's the best recording of it that I know of, played by the London Philharmonic, one of the best orchestras in the world: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wXh5JprKqiU.html

@davidkymdell452 Год назад

Wagner from the point of Leitmotiff but in terms of straight melody, Gustav Holst probably even more so.

@rickybobby8879 Год назад

Time Bandits and Excalibur are 2 of my favorite movies from my childhood. I can still watch them in awe and bought them just in case the world grinds to a hault and i can manage to hook up solar panels to a TV and blue ray set up. Along with Conan the Barbarian, Road Warrior, The Warriors, Escape from NY and Big trouble to name a few others.

@barkydogable Год назад

Dragonslayer, Ladyhawk, Conan and of course, Excalibur were great fantasy films and favorites from the 80s.

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

Agree ru-vid.com/group/PLrMX9ct-uNyMypxrBewnsqm0TgsIET4sw

@MagusMarquillin 11 месяцев назад

I love them, but also the Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Legend, and the great Willow. Krull, the later Conan's and Masters of the Universe are thrilling fun, but kind of basic. I need to try the Sword and the Sorcerer, totally missed that one. then the 90 were kind of a big drought for high fantasy, though I like some of the late 90's Hallmark miniseries like Merlin, Gulliver's Travels and Arabian Nights.

@JessicaDwyer 11 месяцев назад

@@MagusMarquillin Martin Short ruined me in Merlin. He was just so great.

@jamesabernethy7896 Год назад

I'm a child of the 80's myself. I've seen parts of most of these movies but only seen a couple in full. Some of these do have a darker edge than others so didn't get played as much as some of the other 80's classics. Nice video with some important facts and great Nostalgia.

@jerrypeacock2234 Год назад

Excalibur and sort of the saucer two of my all-time favorite movies and I thank you for reviewing them, that said, and I hate being that guy who feels the need to point out your mistake but Elizabeth cromwell's, well call her wench was Paladin's sister not Alana

@xavilend 11 месяцев назад

Excalibur was utterly unlike anything else and still is, really surreal and down right strange movie to behold, but it's absolutely awesome too

@Hesguilty 7 месяцев назад

My dad took us to see it in the movie theatre when I was just a little kid and I loved it and still do. Great movie that's in my personal top ten.

@csj9619 Год назад

Excalibur is a fantastic film. It was played often on HBO back in the early 90's and I watched it every time I noticed it was on.

@stevebojo4378 11 месяцев назад

Excalibur. It's one of those films that I stop everything and watch every time it's on.

@WilAdams Год назад

Richard Lynch's death robbed us all of seeing him play the role of the Reverend Sunlight Gardner in the adaptation of Stephen King's novel 'Talisman'. Sometimes you see a role (like Iron Man) and an actor (Robert Downey, Jr.) who seemed born to play that role. That is why we were robbed by Hollywood not adapting the book while Richard was still alive. Since the role of Sunlight Gardner is a duo role (meaning that Richard would have been able to play two men who were both evil, but in very different ways.

@morimo11 Год назад

I’m an 80’s kid and saw most of these in the theater. Good times.

@glazdarklee1683 Год назад

Thank you for this. I graduated from High School in 1980, so I have a special fondness for the films of that decade. And a special fondness for the "R" rated films of that decade, as they were the first I was allowed to see.

@mikefisher2673 Год назад

I too graduated in 1980 some excellent films were released then.

@mrmrgaming Год назад

David Warner is masterful at what he does. He really does not get the praise he should. Loved his turn at comedy in The Man With Two Brains alongside Steve Martin.

@curiousworld7912 Год назад

I remember seeing 'Excalibur' in theater when it was originally released, and it blew me away. It wasn't like any film I'd seen. The 'fantasy' seemed very real in its way, and the various actors and actresses were all stellar, as many of their careers attest. 'Time Bandits' had much the same effect - it was so much 'more' than I could have expected. T. Gilliam has long been one of my favorite directors (not to mention, his various Monty Python turns), and some of most beloved films were made by him ('Baron Munchausen' is one). And I totally agree with you about David Warner - a great actor, who always improves whatever he is in. Thanks for a fun look back, and one I hope serves as an intro to great '80s fantasy films to a younger audience. :)

@sekaramochi Год назад

Oh you had to bring up the most amazing cartoon character EVER. Spawn , when Albert transforms into Spawn, fück you Ironman. But must admit the violator was shite, dudes you blow the budget on that one scene And we thank you for it♥️

@ziggygunz2447 8 месяцев назад

I'll always remember Excalibur and the first time I found it. I thought I'd seen most of the really good and really strange 80s action/fantasy films but man did this movie prove me wrong lmao

@TheNervousnation Год назад

All Excalibur did for me as a child was send me to the middle school library to learn how to draw medieval weapons and armor. Perhaps it requires a rewatch.

@slyane7320 Год назад

This is a great start into the 80s sword and scorcey films...but there are many more to be be discussed...Beastmaster,Deathstalker,Krull etc...but still a great start!!!

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

Have you met me? :) ru-vid.com/group/PLrMX9ct-uNyMypxrBewnsqm0TgsIET4sw

@barukkazhad8998 Год назад

Ooooh ..Excalibur...FANTASTIC

@sekaramochi Год назад

Okey please just do a video about David Warner himself, we would all love to see it. He is such an amazing actor, by the way there was six lights

@vapoet Год назад

Excalibur is the gold standard for Athurian movies. I've yet to see anything else come close. Best Merlin by far.

@yensid4294 Год назад

All 3 of these films are in my top fave fantasy movies list. I am assuming the Time Bandits portion was recorded a while ago since David Warner died last year? Still a nice tribute ❤ The 80s was a good decade for fantasy & horror fans.

@samanthab1923 Год назад

There is a famous gaffe where a knight is smoking a cigarette as he attacks a castle. Also Uther makes love in full armor 😆

@michaelmiller3012 Год назад

When you are horny enough to restart a brutal war JUST to do another man's wife, and impatient enough that when you finally get to the prize that all you have the time to do is get the codpiece off of your FULL PLATE armor... it's not making love. It's making f#ck.

@GEMINIEARTHWALKER Год назад

It was a heavy metal sex scene

@sekaramochi Год назад

The sword and the sorcerer, a three blade sword that fires off the to outer blades and when you think the main blade is broken Get ready for a surprise

@rubensalvador9422 Год назад

Thank you for this post. Love this section of Fantasizing About Fantasy Films. I was wondering if you consider going over some fantasy tropes from the 80's films like villains and particularly the heroes weapons. Keep up the great work!!!

@barukkazhad8998 Год назад

Ahh..time bandits 😂 love it ..and you have reminded me of Jabawoki and Brazil 😮

@Azphreal Год назад

Excalibur is one of the greatest films ever made.

@colincolin1806 Год назад

Great movie, great commentary.

@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797 Год назад

Although your general read on the meaning of the armor is correct I feel like you missed the explicit symbolism tying it directly to the concept of chivalry. All the knights had dark armor until Lancelot shows up in his glittering armor as the perfect chevalier from across the sea. This is also a reflection of how the Norman conquest influenced the development of the myth, but that beside the point. After Lancelot joins the court all of Arthur's knight have shiny armor to reflect this new ethic of chivalry that Lancelot brought with him.

@philip2010 Год назад

There's not very many fantasy movies anymore I think the 80s was the heyday it also brought us the Conan movies

@warriorontheedgeoftime4224 Год назад

I'm glad I'm old enough to say that I got to see all of these movies in the cinema when they came out, Excalibur was a AA rating, but my older brother managed to blag the woman at the ticket counter that I was 14 and she printed the tickets... Click click 😂

@sekaramochi Год назад

Have you ever worn true chainmail, without the armer is still fücking heavy, not to mention the sword itself

@sekaramochi Год назад

Pure love always amazing videos And Please please please never stop ♥️

@themonkysuncle 5 месяцев назад

We actually saw this movie on a field trip in school as a kid

@Delekhan Год назад

"Mom, Dad, it's evil, don't touch it!". Poof. Yes!

@mikebruno7123 Год назад

Excalibur was freakin' BONKERS...sex, magic, shiny armour, and Wagner!!!

@defpixel 3 месяца назад

Legend and Dragonslayer would be at the top of my list.

@davidkymdell452 Год назад

I was really young when I saw this, probably too young. I had very strong...feelings.....when Helen Mirren was on screen lol.

@noneed4me2n7 Год назад

Nigel Terry looks so much like the actor who plays the old Cleon on foundation. So much so I had to check. It wasn’t him. He passed in 2015. Missed that bit of news.

@KermdoubleO7 Год назад

Hey nice work, I enjoyed your narration.

@lovswr 11 месяцев назад

13 year-old me totally did not understand one minute of this movie, in ‘81 but it had named people & magic so I thought it was cool as hell.

@stevekasan3105 Год назад

Conan and Excalibur are the ultimate peak of 80s fantasy. Many try to duplicate both films but never come close. Flesh & Bone is the closest to these movies

@michealbohmer2871 Год назад

"So, that's what an invisible wall looks like."

@sekaramochi Год назад

Green lighting is so cool, unless Ryan Reynolds is in it😭

@anthonykoeslag Год назад

Excalibur is an excellent film

@KevNxxxs Год назад

In Sword and the Sorcerer, Talon's young sister is blonde and named Elizabeth and is taken by Cromwell and his men. As an adult a blonde woman named Elizabeth is in the castle and given free reign to enter the dungeon amongst other places. She's the one that tries to free Prince Mikah and later sacrifices herself in an attempt to help the captured mercs and pirates. I always figured it would be too coincidental for named characters to share a name especially since Cromwell had the young Elizabeth at the beginning. But, no matter how many reviews of the film I've seen no one else seems to ever mention that. Further going on to say wouldn't it be funny if Allana was Talon's sister. Just my opinion but again makes sense to me.

@nancyomalley6286 2 месяца назад

Kevin looked like a British version of Elliott from "E.T."

@Kaiju-Driver 2 месяца назад

Great stuff!

@user-ib8pl4lg3g Год назад

Love Excalibur 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌an awesome movie 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@Graysonn1 Год назад

I thought this vid was a load of suggestions but you just stitched together a load of stuff that you already had. A vid with say 10 movie suggestions would actually be good.

@sonofacheron 4 месяца назад

Excalibur is more than a movie; it is a religious experience. The quest for the Grail is the story of Redemption.

@andreasmueller4063 Год назад

Not being funny, but David Warner passed away last July.

@1400IntruderVS Год назад

Fantastic

@gorequillnachovidal Год назад

this woman is good

@jonathanfeldheim6554 Год назад

did I hear Molar Ram used as a verb in there?

@artcamp7 Год назад

you should have done Dragonslayer 1981

@slyane7320 Год назад

Good call my friend! Very overlooked!!!

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

We did. Disney got angry and we had to pull it :( ru-vid.com/group/PLrMX9ct-uNyMypxrBewnsqm0TgsIET4sw

@happiaxxident 11 месяцев назад

I’ll add “The Blood of Heroes” with Rutger Hauer (‘89). Technically a sci-fi sports fantasy but if you like post apocalyptic fantasy; this is for you!

@giorgiopalmas7934 11 месяцев назад

Who didn't fall in love with Helen Mirren after seeing The Long Good Friday and Excalibur?

@BadWisdom523 Год назад

Bold to open the segment with the wtf ending

@doctornova3015 Год назад

I actually wrote an instrumental song years ago that i named pure concentrated evil.

@quantumparadox2518 Год назад

Where’s Hawk the Slayer and Dragonslayer I spent countless hours in the 80s watching these movies while playing AD&D

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

If you got to the Fantasizing About Fantasy Films playlist Hawk soars proudly. Dragonslayer got taken down because Disney is mean.

@quantumparadox2518 Год назад

@@JessicaDwyeri remember you making that Hawk video now. Beastmaster was another favorite. You cover all the gems

@ronfroehlich4697 Год назад

Dragon Slayer is underappreciated

@maxconing812 2 месяца назад

Burning tires and giving the whole crew cancer is crazy

@MermaidGal90 Год назад

Can y'all please do a video on "The Company of Wolves" (1984)???

@sekaramochi Год назад

21:37 KKKKHHHAAANNN. Sorry wrong person

@sekaramochi Год назад

Omg We're so proud up for this♥️ Sorry please continue 😯

@candjim Год назад

Imagine being an amoured knight of the round table and then needing to go to the toilet!?!

@Steven-mk4gg Год назад

I dont want to be that guy, but that's not how full plate worked. You still had access to your man parts.

@sexygogetter Год назад

What about “Hawk the Slayer” ?

@slyane7320 Год назад

Great call,such an overlooked film!!!

@damianstack8460 Год назад

Cyran Hinds 😂

@mrfelipemendes Год назад

Excalibur was GoT 30 years before GoT…

@sekaramochi Год назад

Wait a minute only adults can watch this, bugger We have a collective mental age of about 15 years So even though we are a parent we still need our mother so we can see this video? Sorry we'll have to call her and start commenting all over again

@DavidGreen_au Год назад

Boorman's Lord of the Ring actually went into pre-production. Some of the armour in the film looks bestial, as it was supposed to be Orcish, but it was redeployed for this film. Excalibur is the only decent Arthurian production, the numerous others are mere shadows of this one! … and when you watch another film by Boorman, look for the Excalibur reference, there's always one, the most common being a call to Excalibur rising from the lake. Deliverance has it; the gun emerging from the water, Zardoz; a gun rising from a pool of grain…