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 Proud Youth (1978)	A decent film, but not remarkable	2006-02-02	Simon
Legend Of The Bat (1978)	Entertaining fantasy	2003-05-10	Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)	Story is just too complicated for a film?	2005-07-29	Simon
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)	No classic but worth a look	2012-08-31	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
The Brave Archer (1977)	Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels	2020-09-27	Simon
Clans Of Intrigue (1977)	Wonderfully convoluted wu xia murder mystery	2003-02-16	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
Snake Prince (1976)	Quite awful, but definitely different	2007-02-05	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon
The Super Inframan (1975)	If any film deserves the title "Camp Classic" this is it.	2004-06-20	Simon
Na Cha The Great (1974)	Chang Cheh does new wave fantasy	2004-01-19	Simon
Ghost Of The Mirror (1974)	Pretty Ghost	2002-03-03	Simon
The Devil's Mirror (1972)	Nice bit of swordplay	2006-10-15	Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972)	Ahead of its time	2022-02-06	Simon
Eight Immortals (1971)	Some vague enjoyment to be had	2007-05-22	Simon
Four Moods (1970)	A who's who of Taiwanese cinema in 1970	2024-01-07	Simon
Land Of Many Perfumes (1968)	More fun monkey magic	2005-01-15	Simon
Kuroneko (1968)	Masterpiece of ghostly style and atmosphere	1999-05-22	Simon
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967)	Visually stunning	2006-01-17	Simon
The Goddess Of Mercy (1966)	Guanyin origin story	2023-10-15	Simon
Monkey Goes West (1966)	Enjoyable	2004-01-19	Simon
Princess Iron Fan (1966)	More monkey magic	2004-01-19	Simon
Enchanting Shadow (1960)	The original Chinese Ghost Story	2004-01-19	Simon
Jigoku (1960)	An interesting and unique movie	2012-05-22	Simon
Ugetsu (1953)	Recommended	2012-05-22	Simon