B-Movie HoF II: The Sequel!

THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN

I've never been on LSD or meth, but I feel like I now have a good idea of what it probably looks like.

I was a bit sceptical going in, because the last B movie martial arts film I watched was this god awful Cynthia Rothrock flick. But the whole thing from the opening frame of Bruce Lee fighting gimps was so psychedelic and it kept that wacky momentum going throughout.

I actually want to say it's so bad it's good, but everything seems done on purpose. It wanted to be bad in places, but it works. My god, the following alone make it a worthwhile experience:
Calling out attacks like an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh
Cat fight, filled with name calling and bad acting that it could rival Dynasty.
Cheeky bits of side boob before becoming full on parody pornhub.
Absolute gem of an experience, and I never once wanted to turn it off or pray for it to end. This is so surreal that everything just seems to work. I'm happy I got to see Bruce Lee with an abysmal American accent take on a man who wandered on to set dressed as a cheap Dracula fight each other. The action itself is actually not half bad either.

One thing I guess I'll say is don't bother following the plot. But it's a B movie thread so I doubt that was an issue anyway

I never would have watched this if it hadn't been for this, but I'm very glad I did. This gets a sublime 5 Bea's from me

This is one of those films where a little restraint could have gone along way. It's Halloween and a group of aliens come down to take over the Earth in 80's merica'. For some reason the main alien does a Jack Nicholson impersonation so I guess he's Alien Christian Slater. The film starts up charming and humorous but it starts to lose it's steam at around the 40 minute mark, the third act is drawn out to unbelievable portions as they likely should have ended it about 20 minutes earlier but they just kept feeling the need for silliness.


With that said I loved the look of this film, they used quality miniatures and the masks had fully articulated mouths. The cast of humans were well defined and I did enjoy how the film ended...when they finally got around to it.


But this was a pretty good selection, generally I've been pleased with what I've seen so far.

Right on, sounds like you dug it The Dragon Lives Again, might just do well in this HoF, well see!

I did! And funnily enough trying to figure out what character was a pop culture figure was an aspect I also thought was a pretty sweet touch. I didn't know Emmanuelle and still kinda don't, though I did notice the fact she was labelled only as Jenny as well yeahhh, I would probably only do this to have a story to tell rather than get a foot in the door for a Royal Shakespeare Company audition

I was surprised at how expressive the Martian's faces could be. Impressive F/X (is that word?)

I seen an Emmanuelle movie once! Don't ask me what happened, it was way too long ago.

That is one FUN lil review!!!

Oh, and I'm lovin' your rating system!

and glad you enjoyed Spaced Invaders @Siddon. Enjoyed the "alien Christian Slater" line.

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@Siddon
You didn't mention the name of the movie in your review. Was this Spaced Invaders?

The Beastmaster

and, of course, the STARS of the movie. . .


How f@ckin adorable are they, or what?!

Anyway, this little Sword & Sorcery gem came out the year I graduated high school and, at the time, it was one of my favorites along with the animated Bashki/Frazetta collaboration Fire & Ice which came out the year after.
And yes, this, like so many others stole the Conan backstory of the hero's home village being destroyed, time to swing a sword and take names, but hey, a trope is a trope and what genre DOESN'T milk the hell out of them?
For all its cheese and limited resources, they still do a halfway credible job of pulling this off. Taking full advantage of a really great shooting location.


Dar's "friends" are great and, HOLY CRAP, those eyes of Tanya Roberts --

EYES, dammit, I said eyes!!

And, hell, even Marc Singer looked freakin hot, running around all glistening and tanned.


This is and was a fun flashback to those 80s brand of sword & sorcery flicks I ate up like candy back then.
With a great villain played with snarling aplomb by Rip Torn and some wild alien-like creatures with no mouths and bat wings and messy eating habits, as well as insane, murderous leather spiked minions and "butter-face" witches, this does have all the trappings for a fun lil fantasy flick and a great addition to this HoF!!

Always thought he looked like Kevin Bacon.

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OMG! you mean he's not Kevin Bacon

no its Marc Singer..

By the way, I met him at the WizardWorld ComicCon in Chicago years ago and he was a money-grubbing Jerk!

Was he...What did he do? Charge for autographs?

You couldn't talk to him without him wanting money...

Oh geez I see what you mean...and he's not even a big star, ha!

Actually, he was considered one back in the 70s and 80s...

Wasn't he in a sci fi mini series called V?

and other things...

Along with Beastmaster, I always remember Singer from If You Could See What I Hear

There used to be a TV show about the Phoenix.. a man who was a human form of the fire bird that never dies... that continues to rise above the ashes...

but come to find out.. it wasn't him..It was played by Judson Scott.. which looks very much like he could be Marc Singer's brother..



He actually played in The Wrath of Khan....