I was dragged to this hunk of crap when it first came out (I was 14).  The Beastmaster has the dubious distinction of being the first movie I ever walked out on (I went and played video games while my friends watched the last 30mins).  Not even a near naked Tanya Roberts could capture my attention.  Gawd this movie sucks.  And is it just me or is Marc Singer freaking cross-eyed? You don't often find that physical characteristic in a leading man/action hero.

It's almost hard to call this a bad movie.  It does show signs of quality, a storyline, and actual effort by the director, producer,and cast.  (those batman things are freaky) If this is a bad movie you almost have to include dragonslayer, willow, connan, and krull. (which I think suck more). (ok krull is a bad movie)

If you call this a B-movie then it is the stuff just below the cream.  Now it's sequels are truly entertaining bad movies.  They are almost better than beastmaster as they are so much worse in quality.

Beastmaster gets a 6.5-7.5 out of 10 or (4 green globs)  Although this movie should be watched with friends and in the afternoon as there are better choices for evening movie entertainment.  A good movie but not really a good bad movie, if you know what I mean.

Now, you gotta be honest about this one.  It suct. Yes, I know I spelled it wrong.  But, like any good, er, bad movie, it's fun to watch.  I mean, where can you hear such wonderful scripting with lines like "We must FIIIGHT!!" "No, we must FLEEEEE!!" in it? Besides, naked women almost always hold my attention. And you gotta give ol' Rip credit for making a quick save at the sacrificial scene ("Er, SEE!! R has spoken, he wants your children!!")  This is a movie that well deserves its bad movie status.

Beastmaster's a classic bad movie, but a lot of fun. You have to love any movie where the bad guy's done in by a ferret.

Doesn't anyone else find that thing he does with his ferrets where he picks one up in each hand and hefts them somewhat disturbing? I have a ferret at home and I heft him once in a while to see what that's about.  It's not all it's cracked up to be.

This film will always be a childhood favorite of mine, and I love it just as much today as I did back then. #2 was a disappointment, but at least #3 paid respect to the original but featuring many of the same characters and making referrence to events in the first film. Anxiously awaiting another, one that is just as good as the first, but I doubt we'll ever see one.

The first time I watched this movie I was in gradeschool and the librarian wheeled it out to keep my class amused during an empty hour (not sure why).  Nothing like seeing eye rings, freaky bat creatures and semi-nudity to instill values in children.  Besides that, one of my more favorite fantasy films, although it doesn't rank as high in my book as the old Ray Harryhausen films.

To show everyone, where I was coming from, when I first saw that movie. I felt worst about the death of the ferret in the film, then I did about any of the 101 people who died in it, even the children. Anyway, this and "Krull" (See below)
are two of the best fantasy films to come from the early '80's. 1980's that is. Enjoy.