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First of all, the Ray Harryhausen effect of The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is glorious! This is exactly the kind of film I associate him with. I know he made effects and created stories for other types of movies as well. Mostly in the Fantasy- or Monster genres of course. I haven’t seen them all (yet) but I’m also impressed with how good the effects are for their time. There are some Sci-Fi flicks in...
I love Fantasy and Adventure movies and I think I have seen my fair share och Sinbad over the years. This one – Sinbad of the Seven Seas was a new acquaintance. I don’t really care if it looks cheap or cheezy, that’s all part of the fun. But this movie…I can’t really understand what they were thinking. First of all, there’s an introduction where Edgar Allen Poe is mentioned. He’s described as this horror...
Luckily I have kind of a fetish for movies set in the ancient world with sword and sandals. Or a dream world for that matter, or a parallel universe. It really doesn’t matter. I like the barbarian culture and if there’s demons and wizards so much the better. There might even be ancient legends of doom or world destruction. All the better! Kingdom of Gladiators has a few of these elements. I don’t think there...
