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Hi all,

I am looking for a second movie, this time a fantastic one.

Various groups are sent on a search for an artifact. I think it was a sword. There is one scene I can remember quite clear: A group of riders is stopped by some kind of lizardmen coming out of the ground in front of them where they have been hiding in the middle of the path.
Another scene plays in some sort of cave with fog on the ground.

That is all I can remember. The movie is from the 70s, 80s or very early 90s.

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Reminds me a lot of Krull.
Except instead of a sword, we have a shuriken thingie.

Do you mean the one with the Giant where they try to enter this fortress of the "dark queen"?

At least this one isn't it...

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It sounds somewhat like The Magic Sword, but that is early sixties.

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Is it a Sinbad or Jason and the Argonauts type movie?

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In The Magic Sword wasn't the main character given the sword somewhere close to the beginning of the movie.

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Yeah, but OP wasn't sure it was a sword they were looking for. But its got stuff like that, cave, fog. and weird stuff.

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I had a look at The Magic Sword, but this is not the correct one. It is definitely not like Sindbad. I think the movie wasn't that old.

The most obvious scene I have in my mind are those weird lizardmen that suddenly come out of the ground and stop the group. I think it was something like a competition to get this magic sword or artifact.

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I can't recall if the following movies had any lizardmen, but they do have something to do with finding a sword.

Beastmaster (or any of the sequels)
Conan the Destroyer
Hawk the Slayer

Maybe if you describe what the lead characters outfits look like, might help us a bit more.

Alas, none of those three. Though thank you for bringing Hawk back to my mind. I remember having seen that one as well :D

Unbelievable, it bugs me so much to find those two movies....

But no, I cannot tell you much more about the main characters outfit, though I think it was more in the direction of an adventurer or even prince and not that of a babarian like Conan.

But it was typical for those lizard-/beastmen to come out of the ground, I think.

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http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...ofthelost4.jpg
:D

Where are they from again? Look familiar :D

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Is it one of the Hercules films?

Are you sure it's not Krull (1983), here are some screenshots with the lizard/alien/monster people coming up out of the swamp.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...ARY/Krull1.jpg

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...ARY/Krull2.jpg

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...ARY/Krull3.jpg

Hello again,

Yes, I am sure that it is not Krull. They more look like Lizardmen and they have swords, not projectile weapons.

And no, no Hercules movie. It was an independent movie without any reference to famous heroes.

I can't recall any additional information :(

Quirk, you say "a group of riders is stopped etc", so I gather this group are riding horses in an ancient time period? Could your movie be "Excalibur" from 1981. I haven't seen it, and it certainly doesn't appeal to me, but it does have a magical sword and is along the lines you describe.

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I doubt it is Excalibur, there are no Lizard men or beast men in the movie.

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Or you could be getting really mixed up and it's in fact:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...c_Planet_2.jpg
The Fantastic Planet

It's got fog(well poisonous gas), lizard like creatures coming out of the ground and other places, caves(well inside trees), from the early 70s... but um an Animation.

Long stab in the dark.

The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984) - I doubt if this is what you are looking for but there are lizard type men and a lot of weird lizard snake type things in this movie. Oh yeah and it's got a four breasted girl stripping in one scene, that's 1 better than Total Recall.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ressposter.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQASnIbXQQw

Conquest (1983) - does not have lizard men but has more like beast men that come up out of the grass along with regular soldiers in one scene. Oh yeah and there's lots of fog and caves in this movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imy87acWVSI


Also Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) has lizard like demons (not sure what they are) that come up out of the fire, or summoned out of the fire, something like that.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...2h37m18s58.png

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...h37m31s190.png

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...2h37m42s52.png

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Also I have been thinking and this really reminds me of the old Dragonlance books that I use to read, have not read one in a while but the lizardmen do sound like the Draconians in the book. There was an animated film based on the Dragons of Autumn Twilight that was released in the very early 90's I believe. Is there any way this could have been an animated film?

Alright one more maybe. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985).
There are no lizard men coming up from the ground, but there are lizard men with swords and all, and there's cave scenes with lots of fog, and there are undead soldiers coming up out of the ground at one point, and they were on a mission kind to find the magic sword, took me forever to find this, must be a really rare movie to get ahold of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KoRf6QFacw

No, it definitely wasn't an animated film and none of the above, I am afraid.

Guess this is even harder than The Time Guardian. It's a shame I cannot remember more about it :(

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Sounds like two possibilities to me. First: Dungeon & Dragons. Second: any one of the five Deathstalker films.

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I have watched Deathstalker 1 and 3 and it is not one of those.

It wouldn't be "Spookies" from 1986 by any chance. This bit of nonsense has all sorts of monsters appearing from everywhere including the ground.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spookies

Hmm, no, Spooky does not sound like it. It definitely was a fantasy movie not horror.
And it has to be from the 80s or earlier, as I watched it as a child. Dungeons&Dragons is too young.

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Watched Deathstalker 2 and that's not it, really it's just a mash up of Deathstalker 1 and 3.

I presume lizardmen can only exist on another planet or in some fantasy movie. They do exist in the science fiction "Voyage To The Planet Of Prehistoric Women" from 1967, but they are not blocking the paths of riders (on horses I presume), just men in space suits.

More likely this scene is from an ancient period movie where there is lots of magic nonsense going on. I didn't find any mention of lizardmen in the descriptions of these three movies but they might be likely ones to find the wanted scene in:
Arthur The King (1985)
Merlin (1992)
Merlin (1998)

Ok I think I have got it, this is an almost perfect match to the description about the lizardmen coming up out of the ground, I have watched so many of these old Fantasy movies that I am about to go insane, so if this isn't it I just don't know.

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...pire-photo.jpg

This is a horrible clip but the only one I could find that had the scene, the lizardmen scene starts at 3:10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ShpFLUJwM

Below is the link to the actual trailer for the movie.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arch...pire/trailers/

Absolutely, that is it!!!
Thank you very much, akatemple :D

Now I will look for the movie! You are a great help, never expected to see this one again!!

Yes, well done aka. You put a lot of effort into this thread and finally crossed over the finish line.

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Marked!

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You can find the VHS on Ebay starting at 26.00 and then going up.