Best Fantasy Films of 1981
Time Bandits
A young boy joins ... of Gilliam's visual exuberance and the witty script (by Gilliam and Michael Palin) ensures an entertaining, if erratic, journey. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
Clash of the Titans
The eschewing of modern ... and use it to turn the Kraken into stone, but dangers await, including the hideously deformed Calibos (Neil McCarthy). [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
The Watcher in the Woods
This Disney Studios attempt ... laughed at the special effects, and re-released the movie in 1982 with a new ending that circumvented the alien. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
Caveman
Former Beatles drummer Ringo ... his own tribe and finds various comic adventures. This spoof is mostly without dialogue besides the expected neanthropic grunt. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
The Devil and Max Devlin
The title character, a ... promises him his life back if he can find three people willing to sell their souls in three months. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
Excalibur
John Boorman directed this ... sights such as a knight having sex in full body armor make this a fairy tale strictly for adults. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
Dragonslayer
A special-effects laden medieval ... response at the box office, as some criticized the film's violence as too intense for its intended younger audiences. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
Hawk the Slayer
Hawk the Slayer will ... seems to be the only one who realizes that the whole affair is to silly to be taken seriously. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
Tanya's Island
Tanya (D.D. Winters), a ... poor girl in a cage, then begins behaving like an ape himself. How could you have missed this one? [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
Blackstar [Animated TV Series]
The Filmation cartoon series ... cold feet, and John Blackstar was redrawn as Caucasian (though he looked like he had a very deep suntan). [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Glyndebourne)
This video presents a ... Opera. Ileana Cortrubus, Curt Appelgren, and James Bowman star in the production. The London Philharmonic provides the musical accompaniment. [ best fantasy films - 1981 ]
