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
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
The Demon's Baby (1998)	Not good	2002-02-20	Simon
The Devil's Mirror (1972)	Nice bit of swordplay	2006-10-15	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
The Enchantress (1983)	a difficult one to rate	2005-02-27	Simon
The Fountain (2006)	Vacuous and trite	2007-06-12	Simon
The Fruit Is Swelling (1997)	Funny and rude	2001-09-29	Simon
The Gambling Ghost (1991)	Three times the Sammo fun!	2020-07-02	Simon
The Ghost Snatchers (1986)	Who you gonna call? Not these guys.	2020-08-28	Simon
The Goddess Of Mercy (1966)	Guanyin origin story	2023-10-15	Simon
The Great Yokai War (2005)	Miike unleashes his imagination in less deviant lands	2005-11-13	Simon
The Heroic Trio (1993)	Stylish and beautiful	2002-12-01	Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983)	Chor Yuen "going through the motions"	2006-02-22	Simon
The Legend Of Wisely (1987)	Big budget Indiana Jones clone	2001-10-16	Simon
The Mad Monk (1993)	Pretty good fantasy film	2005-12-26	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
The Mermaid (2016)	Some good scenes but not good overall	2022-08-14	Simon
The Miracle Fighters (1982)	A whirlwind of inventive action	2021-05-22	Simon
The Myth (2005)	Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall	2006-01-31	Simon
The Ninja War of Torakage (2015)	Fun and stylish ninja silliness	2023-03-25	Simon
The Princess (2022)	Are Disney princesses always this hardcore?	2022-07-31	Simon
The Promise (2005)	Strange but good	2006-04-17	Simon
The Proud Youth (1978)	A decent film, but not remarkable	2006-02-02	Simon
The Pye Dog (2007)	mediocre, melodramatic and mostly quite dull	2008-06-09	Simon
The Scorpion King (2002)	A pretty good popcorn experience	2002-12-01	Simon
The Seventh Curse (1986)	Very enjoyable!	2022-07-09	Simon
The Shadow Boxing (1979)	Corpses don't pee	2021-03-27	Simon
The Sorcerer And The White Snake (2011)	Pretty, but nothing to write home about	2011-12-19	Simon