WTF Happened to The Beastmaster? 

We loved Beastmaster back in the day. It ran on HBO constantly.

This movie was responsible for one of the coolest memories I have with my dad. He saw me watching it and then using a stick or something as a pretend sword, so he took me down to the basement and carved me a sword out of a piece of wood. Thanks, Beastmaster.

Marc Singer was a big part of 80s kids childhood with Beastmaster and the TV show V.

I met Marc Singer at Dragoncon a few years ago. Genuinely nice dude! He basically said he knew part 2 & 3 were terrible going in but felt a responsibility to the character and to all the people who would get work because of them.

Damn. One of my childhood favorites. It was so sad when one of the ferrets died.

The mothmen where the best part. The scene where they embrace the enemy grunts and they turned into skeletons really stuck with me to this day.

That Beastmaster show was so good to watch as a kid. I loved it very much.

Tanya Roberts😍. Died way too early. May she rest in peace

The most underrated 80s fantasy film, Rip Thorn is a lot of fun in the film, but you can’t go wrong with cute animal sidekicks

The first two ferrets that I ever had were named Kodo and Podo because of Beastmaster! I loved this movie so much as a kid!

I was obsessed with this movie. I drew that symbol on my hand and named my hamsters Kodo and Podo.

I love this movie. My favorite part is how much it's structured like a video game. Every time I watch it, the video game beats and mechanics jump out to me. It has mini bosses, plus a huge last boss at the end. Why someone hasn't made this a killer game baffles me.

Such a classic movie. Beast master is what movies are about. I used to pretend my dog could understand me. Freaking amazing movie!

Loved this movie And I was growing up at the right time to really appreciate Tanya Roberts. The story and setting were cool and the designs were really creative. So much fun.

Ah yes, this movie was a staple of mine growing up. It was in our small family VHS movie library and so I’ve seen it tons of times as a kid.

RIP Tonya🙏

After Conan no movie could hold a candle to its Standard but Beastmaster came close as it was One of the Coolest Classic 80's Flick made with a lot of heart and had such a great cast.

An under-rated classic

My brother and I would watch this all the time as kids. One of my favorite childhood movies. 80’s RULE!

I wrote an episode of the BEASTMASTER TV series -it was filmed in Australia. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to go. But I still get residuals for that episode, so somebody still watching it!

The Winged Devourers scarred me for life

If you don't like this movie then you obviously didn't have HBO in the eighties.

I didn't watch this until I was an adult. Saw it on streaming and figured it would be fun cheesy bit of fantasy action. It certainly was that. What I wasn't expecting was the level of production value! There is some seriously good cinematography and practical effects work going on.

Very good movie in concept and execution. Marc Singer had a great body and excelled as the lead, with fine backup from Tanya Roberts and the boy companion, and Rip Torn made a striking villain. As a Phantasm fan, I enjoy Coscarelli's special way of making films. I'm glad more people now appreciate this movie.

I remember watching this and I thought it was a great movie. I fell in love with Tanya Roberts during this movie.

Loved the first Beastmaster movie.

I saw this as a kid at a Town Hall Movie showing. The audience was having a blast and cheering whenever something epic happened. Was one of the best times I've ever had at the movies.

The score by Lee Holdridge is one of my favourite aspects of this film; suitably epic and fantastical and really elevates the film.

One of the best things I like about this movie is the music. They hit the nail on the head with that.

The good old days of TBS and HBO, or as we used to call them, The Beastmaster Station and Hey Beastmaster’s On!

I loved this movie as a kid. The moth man creatures used to freak me some though lol.

Grew up with both Conan and Beastmaster but if I had to choose one it would definitely be Beastmaster. It just embraced the fun side of these kinds of movies much better.

One of my favorite movies growing up. Seeing this makes me want to watch it again.

I was one of those kids constantly watching Beastmaster on HBO in the early 80's! 🤣😂😅

This was in my top 3 movies of this type growing up. It sat at a comfortable #2, just under Conan The Barbarian and just above Krull. The Beastmaster had everything. It had a really good antagonist with Rip Torn. It had a really good bad group, with the horde. It has one of the most terrifying bad creations with the monsters created with the slugs in the ear. And those are just trumped by the more terrifying creatures with wings that will turn people into soup and bones. The protagonist was awesome. What kid didn't day dream about being able to talk to animals? The love interest was pretty damn hot and the side kicks, both human and animal, were great. Unfortunately it didn't age very well. The audio is really bad and the acting is pretty cheesy. But as a kid, this movie was incredible. As far as the sequels? I treat this movie almost like I do the Alien series. There's Alien 1 and 2. And it stops there. Except the Beastmaster, I stop at the first movie. Nothing after is worth watching.

I'd love to see a remake of Beastmaster. (I never want to see remakes, but I just think with today's technology it could end up being really cool). I loved the original, like everyone else I must have watched it 600 times.

Today I learned that Don Coscarelli made Phantasm, my favorite horror movie from childhood, and The Beastmaster.

I would be perfectly fine with a Beastmaster remake. Loved the world they created in the first movie.

Great movie and one I used to watch on TV, cable and VHS constantly. I give you kudos for being more informative with the history than others who have done videos of this movie.

A classic, it had sword, sorcery and a pretty female lead - the mainstays of the genera at the time (and going back to the stories that started the genera). I'm not sure how it was supposed to originally be, but it is still a great movie in my book.

Delighted to see a video on this movie. An all time favourite of mine from when I was a child. Still have a massive soft spot for it.

Beastmaster has long been one of my favorite movies. I didn't realize there were sequels. I'll need to check them out.

Yeah man, the 80's were the best (or the worst lol) for fantasy movies. I was heavily into DnD and there was Beast Master, Ator the Fighting Eagle, The Sword and the Sorcerer, Conan, Highlander etc. 🤘😝🤘

Great over view of what happened to the Beastmaster and it's Franchise, keep up making these videos. Speaking of BeasterMaster, I wonder if they will have Remaster Beastmaster 2 and 3 and put them on bluray? Those 2 movies I feel have been lost in time and are still stuck on old VHS and Laserdisc, we need a remaster, I think.

This was a frequent watch at my house, on The Beastmaster Station. On it's surface, it's a bit goofy, but there is actually a lot of things going on beneath the surface if you really pay attention.

14:00 I was 10 yoa in in 1983 and had HBO. I can't even count how many times I watched this film and loved it! It is so good and while I understand Dan's reluctance to the Conan comparison, BM was a kid friendlier introduction to sword and sorcery for many in my generation. Those monsters with the wings and eat people by wrapping their wings around them was such a cool and frightening concept to me as a kid.

Best movie ever!!! I used to watch this as a kid all the time. This movie FREAKING ROCKS! Todo and Podo??

I rewatched a couple of months ago to see if it was still as fun as I remembered. It's a typical 80's fantasy action movie, but damn does it still hold up. I think the lack of crazy special effects helped a lot. Everything was practical and generally low-key. I have always wanted his little boomerang blade. I can never remember what it's called. I always thought that was the coolest thing ever. Almost on-par with a lightsaber for me.

Love this flick, wish I could get a good bluray copy.

One of the coolest sword and sorcerer movies from the 80's ... great movie

Amazing movie from my youth, I was tracking down a laserdisc copy of it, only last week 😅

I met Marc Singer at GenCon a number of years ago. He was a very cool dude.

Didn’t realize it until now, but I kind of lived out my Beastmaster fantasy. At one point, I was given a pair of ferrets from a co-worker whose new wife didn’t want them. At another, I volunteered at a big cat sanctuary and got to interact with over 60 of them. And one of my ultimate dreams, I did falconry. My highlight during that time was that I got to hunt with a golden eagle. I’ve always had a fascination and love for animals, and even did a few short animal documentaries on my channel. Lately, I decided to sort of spin that off to another channel that’s in the works. Some passions will always live on I guess… Oh and like the film, it seems like I’m always faced with budget cuts. 😋 It will be interesting to see if the franchise can be given new life since the creator has the rights back. Working with animals is always challenging, but I hope that with the advancements in technology a balance can be struck with utilizing the tech and still being able to have live animals utilized.

I loved this film when it came out. I watched it on cable at least 50 times and loved it every time.

Classic. Truly blessed to have grown up at this time with so much food for the imagination. ❤

I have only seen the original Beastmaster, it is a classic, until now I had no idea there were two more movies and a series... having seen this I have no wish to have my memories of this cool movie even more tainted.

Watched this SOOOO many times on HBO as a kid 😊

My credit on Beastmaster was Asst. Production Designer. I designed all the sets that were on the Van Nuys warehouse "sound stage". (Tunnels, pods forest, dungeon, etc.) William Strom designed all the Semi-Valley location village sets and pyramid human sacrifice set. The wide shot of the village on the hill across from Marc Singer's (Dar) was a forced perspective miniature about 20 ft ahead of Marc's point of view. It was so real looking that when you were standing in front of it, it STILL looked like it was on the hill across the valley! It was John Alcott's last picture before he passed away. He did not use a light meter to check the F-stop for the camera, he used an old Polaroid black & white camera. If It look right, that was what they set for the camera. He was amazing to watch. As you may know, if you dim a stage light's voltage, it changes the color temperature to a warmer fire light or candle light look. I watch him use a flash light while walking just out of frame with Marc so that his face could be seen on film moving in the dark. The reason I am taking the time to write is because it was a wonderful time to be working on films like this with people like Mr. Alcott. (He won an Oscar for Barry Lyndon)That time of miniatures instead of CGI today, practical locations instead of stage blue screen and so on. I wish there were more You Tube videos for young people to learn how films were made in the golden era of "Hollywood". You can still use your talent and ingenuity and inexpensive 4K cameras to make films that look like you spent millions to do so. Sadly, a lot of that talent on Beastmaster and others like it have passed on, with only a few of us sharing the stories of behind the scenes. Marc was a great guy to be around. I am glad he is still with us.

Never knew it was overshadowed by Conan...Funny thing is, BeastMaster & Conan, those two were my favorite Fantasy sword fighting movies of all times as a kid in the 80s...They'll never be forgotten.

I was a big fan of Andre Norton and loved her book The Beastmaster, so when I saw this film in the cinema, I was amazed she didn't get a credit because it totally ripped off her characters. No internet back then so I'd always wondered what the story behind that was.

And Tanya Roberts was such a babe

I kind of hope they don't make a re-boot of the BeastMaster. To me the film is perfect. The little flaws are due to what was avelible at the time and it is perfect. I think some people may disagree but it is due to the BeastMaster cable stations got multiple views. People would see the Beastmaster was on sit, to watch and see what else the cable companies were playing. It was eye candy to lour viewers and it worked.

Such a classic and staple of 80's cinema!!! 🤩🍿🎥 Thanks for sharing this video 😁👽🦝

I remember this movie back in the day.I was bummed when one of the ferrets sacrificed it self. Also those creature people that liquefied people to death if people ran into them. The sights and sounds still make my skin crawl. What a gruesome way to go.

I remember watching this movie. I loved it as a kid. 😊

I had so much fun watching this film as a kid. I dug the TV series too.

I don't care what anybody says about The BEASTMASTER, I really enjoyed watching this movie as a kid. It's been a while since I've watched it, but thanks for the motivation to get back on it. 👍

This movie had parts that scared the soul out of me

I was a ferret owner from 1986 to 2018. Ferrets are very smart and can be trained to do lots of tricks.

This was my first real look at what was in my head as a kid in the 80's. I loved it and am glad to know that the directors cut is as close as it was supposed to be. Now I HAVE to find it, I already have the other release on DVD.

That was great, man! I've always loved this movie, but I always felt like there was something weird and janky about it. But now a bunch of that makes sense. Gotta go watch it again!

I really like this movie and it's sequel as kid and honestly it was the first high fantasy story I watched with my mother then she put on Wizards and it was over, I was sold on high fantasy.

Tanya Roberts was SO BEAUTIFUL!

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Haven't seen this in at least 30 years.

This was one of my favorite movies back in the 80's when I was a kid. I doubt I would enjoy it now but I have not watch it in over 35 years. Oh yeah, Beastmaster and Never Ending Story was another one that brings back great memories of a time where life was much easier....

It was a great movie back in the day. For a fun adventure it did what it was supposed to.

As someone else mentioned this movie was on heavy rotation on HBO in the '80s. I spent a lot of time at a friend's house who had HBO and it seemed like it was on 24/7. I also remember that as a kid it creeped me out enormously. I guess mission accomplished?

Somewhere buried in a box in the back of the basement has to be our totally worn out copy of The Beastmaster on VHS recorded from HBO. This movie was on permanent repeat in our house 40 years ago - and now i feel really old!!!

One of the greatest movies of my childhood. Watched it at least a dozen times.

How gorgeous was Tanya Roberts

The tigers look like tigers. Stripes and all. Dirty tigers are still tigers😂

That synchronized staff spin at 13:40 was the most subtle and badass move. Like, "We're not looking for a fight, but we do have these."

Beastmaster and Red Sonja seem to be on every weekend for a few years there back in the day. It was good stuff that fueled my imagination and got me into my life long love of the sword and sorcery genre.

The tree guys were some of the coolest things ever. As a kid they freaked me out!! But the blue eyed masked berserkers were pretty awesome too!!

Love this breakdown, thanks for sharing

My sister and I loved The BeastMaster. We would rent it from our local grocery store and watch over and over!

This was hands down one of my all-time favorite movies absolute classic!!

I LOVED this movie as a kid. My dad and I would rent it all the time.

You said, "a couple of things [was] able to be done". Well done, you used the passive voice. Keep upward the good workin!

I remember watching this as a kid, and absolutely enjoyed it.

I absolutely adore this movie. I have to have seen it 100 times. Great part of my childhood.

The panther/tiger and the ferret touching noses was actually my favorite moment in the whole film. It felt like there was something genuine and pure about it that contrasted with the silly, contrived plot and less-than-stellar acting.

Mom loved this movie. Remeber bits and pieces from my childhood. RIP mom 😔

A very memorable film from childhood. I was 12 or 13 at the time. We thought , ah , cool. What a great movie. It appealed to us because the movie portrayed a time and place away from the complexities of civilization . It showed a simple and idealistic life in which a person defends himself with a sword. Even at that time it was a bit obvious that the movie was slightly low budget. Us children had already been spoiled by better quality films such as star wars. Yet we found the movie very appealing . A few years later of course, there was Conan, a higher budget movie of the same genre. And the quality showed. Nevertheless, beast master is still a movie I remember fondly.

Now where to find this so I go down memory lane?! Loved this growing up and many memories of watching this with my mother, brother and grandfather. :)

Growing up I loved catching this on channel 9, WGN, Sunday afternoons.

Loved this movie as a kid and still love it today.

One of the coolest bits in #2 was, as they're driving along the street in LA, they pass a theater with Beastmaster on the marquee! Singer did a doubletake( don't know if it was scripted or ad libbed)

Seriously, i used to watch this in the uk late night in the 80s. Talking about it decades later and no one believed it ever existed. I feel validated ❤😂❤

I absolutely love this movie. Saw it the first time when it came out on VHS in the 80's. My aunt let us borrow. Omg we played it out the first week. There was one day I watched it back to back all day! The Goonies is the only other movie I can say I watched all day back to back as a kid!