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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967) Visually stunning 2024-08-18 Simon
Princess Iron Fan (1966) More monkey magic 2024-08-04 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
The Butterfly Murders (1979) Tsui Hark's first film 2020-08-17 Simon
Double World (2020) Big budget epic fantasy 2020-07-26 Simon
Hausu (1977) Off the wall 2020-07-19 Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991) Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy 2020-06-21 Simon
Fire Dragon (1994) Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition 2013-06-08 Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994) Beautiful nonsense 2012-11-20 Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982) Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy 2012-06-26 Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995) Confusing and ambitious 2012-06-18 Simon
Death Trance (2006) Similar to Versus but not as good 2012-05-22 Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010) Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre 2010-12-04 Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) Good fun and great eye candy 2010-10-26 Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008) Well acted and quite enjoyable 2008-12-08 Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977) Pretty good stuff! 2007-08-18 Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983) Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style 2007-05-24 Simon
The Devil's Mirror (1972) Nice bit of swordplay 2006-10-15 Simon
The Weird Man (1983) Weird indeed! 2006-08-07 Simon
Calamari Wrestler (2004) Not quite brilliant, but interesting enough to receive a recommendation 2006-07-13 Simon
Terracotta Warrior (1989) Interesting but not quite compelling 2006-07-04 Simon
The Promise (2005) Strange but good 2006-04-17 Simon
Timeless Romance (1998) Inventive and fun 2006-01-07 Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983) Well realised fantasy wu-xia 2006-01-05 Simon
The Mad Monk (1993) Pretty good fantasy film 2005-12-26 Simon
Deadful Melody (1994) Well worth a watch 2005-07-02 Simon

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