Fantasy Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Citizen Dog (2004)	Thailand's answer to AMELIE	2005-01-12	Simon
Black Panther Warriors (1993)	Buy it... it's a work of genius!	2002-04-06	Simon
Monkey Goes West (1966)	Enjoyable	2004-01-19	Simon
Buddha's Palm (1982)	Creative and camp fantasy wuxia	2023-09-03	Simon
Wicked City (1992)	Insanely ambitious, even by Tsui Hark standards	2002-02-25	Simon
Vampire Combat (2001)	Like the 21st century never happened	2001-06-12	Simon
The Seventh Curse (1986)	Very enjoyable!	2022-07-09	Simon
The Myth (2005)	Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall	2006-01-31	Simon
Legend Of The Mountain (1979)	Better than most other movies	2002-02-03	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
Legend Of The Bat (1978)	Entertaining fantasy	2003-05-10	Simon
The Super Inframan (1975)	If any film deserves the title "Camp Classic" this is it.	2004-06-20	Simon
Holy Weapon (1993)	wilfully convoluted	2002-03-03	Simon
Holy Flame Of The Martial World (1983)	mind-bending wu xia fantasy	2004-02-04	Simon
Ghostly Bus (1995)	Marvellous low budget gem	2002-03-10	Simon
Flirting Scholar (1993)	Very funny	2006-01-07	Simon
Dragon From Russia (1990)	medium-level classic	2003-03-01	Simon
Demon Of The Lute (1983)	Great fun comic-book wuxia	2006-01-02	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (1990)	Worthy successor	2012-06-22	Simon
Iceman Cometh (1989)	Essential for fans of Yuen Biao or Yuen Wah	2005-08-08	Simon
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)	Beautiful and Mad	2006-05-27	Simon
Funky Forest - The First Contact (2005)	Maybe the strangest film I've seen	2006-02-09	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)	Weird anthology film	2024-04-29	Simon
Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)	Chor Yuen adapts Gu Long once again	2024-04-01	Simon
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)	Quite a change of style	2023-02-07	Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
Thrilling Bloody Sword (1981)	Deranged and delightful	2022-07-29	Simon
Double World (2020)	Big budget epic fantasy	2020-07-26	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon