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
Happy Ghost (1984)	Happy viewer	2002-03-22	Simon
Taoism Drunkard (1984)	Totally insane!	2002-03-22	Simon
New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984)	FUN	2004-03-10	Simon
Nausicaa: Valley Of The Wind (1984)	A wonderful movie	2002-05-05	Simon
Shaolin Drunkard (1983)	More Yuen Clan antics	2021-05-23	Simon
Legend Of The Eight Samurai (1983)	Splendidly cheesy swords & sorcery epic	2021-08-20	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon
The Enchantress (1983)	a difficult one to rate	2005-02-27	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983)	Fun fantasy wuxia	2003-10-11	Simon
Holy Flame Of The Martial World (1983)	mind-bending wu xia fantasy	2004-02-04	Simon
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
Demon Of The Lute (1983)	Great fun comic-book wuxia	2006-01-02	Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983)	Well realised fantasy wu-xia	2006-01-05	Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983)	Chor Yuen "going through the motions"	2006-02-22	Simon
Zu: Warriors Of The Magic Mountain (1983)	Landmark	2010-11-07	Simon
The Miracle Fighters (1982)	A whirlwind of inventive action	2021-05-22	Simon
Buddha's Palm (1982)	Creative and camp fantasy wuxia	2023-09-03	Simon
To Hell With The Devil (1982)	To Hell with this movie :p	2003-01-05	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
Thrilling Bloody Sword (1981)	Deranged and delightful	2022-07-29	Simon
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)	Sounds more fun than it actually is	2021-09-25	Simon
Bloody Parrot (1981)	Very entertaining!	2021-03-08	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
Bat Without Wings (1980)	Sadly the KISS makeup is really the best thing about it	2021-06-13	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980)	One of the finest movies ever made!	2002-05-11	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
The Shadow Boxing (1979)	Corpses don't pee	2021-03-27	Simon
Legend Of The Mountain (1979)	Better than most other movies	2002-02-03	Simon
Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)	Chor Yuen adapts Gu Long once again	2024-04-01	Simon