The Beastmaster of the Hyborian Age
Aug 8, 2020 14:50:25 GMT -5
Post by boot on Aug 8, 2020 14:50:25 GMT -5
I'm on a fantasy movie kick, and I watched The Beastmaster, from 1982, starring Marc Singer. This was one of those cheapie swords & sorcery flicks that came out back then. It was among several in that genre. They came out with the rage that began with Conan The Barbarian: Sword and the Sorcerer, Deathstalker, Ator and the Kingdom of Spiders, Hawk The Slayer, Dragonslayer, Red Sonja, and a slew of others. Most were very low budget with bad acting, bad writing, and bad production values. I saw many of them, back then, and for me, The Beastmaster was one of the best. I like it better than Conan The Destroyer.
While watching it, it occurred to be that The Beastmaster could easily be set during the Hyborian Age. It's a true sword & sorcery flick, to be sure. And, it's got that dark edge. Heck, the main character was the victim of sorcery, drawn out of his mother's womb before he was born and transported to the womb of a cow, from which the child was birthed! Children are sacrificed in this film!
The title of the film could easily be "The Beastmaster - A Story of the Hyborian Age". I would set it in the unknown regions east of the Vilayet, in the Zarehaana Steppes, or maybe in the northern part of the Wuhuan Desert. The Jun, who are the main bad guys in the film, could easily be a tribe of Hyrkanian nomads.
I would add this film to my list of Hyborian Age (and Thurian Age) films.
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Conan The Destroyer
Red Sonja
The Beastmaster
Kull The Conqueror
Conan The Barbarian (2011)
While watching it, it occurred to be that The Beastmaster could easily be set during the Hyborian Age. It's a true sword & sorcery flick, to be sure. And, it's got that dark edge. Heck, the main character was the victim of sorcery, drawn out of his mother's womb before he was born and transported to the womb of a cow, from which the child was birthed! Children are sacrificed in this film!
The title of the film could easily be "The Beastmaster - A Story of the Hyborian Age". I would set it in the unknown regions east of the Vilayet, in the Zarehaana Steppes, or maybe in the northern part of the Wuhuan Desert. The Jun, who are the main bad guys in the film, could easily be a tribe of Hyrkanian nomads.
I would add this film to my list of Hyborian Age (and Thurian Age) films.
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Conan The Destroyer
Red Sonja
The Beastmaster
Kull The Conqueror
Conan The Barbarian (2011)
