Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 809 Films to Buy & Rent
Lisztomania (1975)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Roger Daltrey, Ringo Starr, Fiona Lewis
- Ken Russell's erotic send–up of the bawdy life of virtuoso composer Franz Liszt – whose piano performances were attended by hordes of…
Magic Flute, The (1975)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
- An immaculately delivered version of Mozart's operatic fairytale, filmed on a special replica of the original 18th century stage.
At its simplest,…
Ultimate Warrior (1975)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Max von Sydow, Yul Brynner
- Post–Armageddon tale with Max Von Sydow as a tyrannical dictator and Yul Brynner a rebel street–fighter.
Arabian Nights (Il Fiore Delle Mille e Una Notte) (1974)
- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Tessa Bouche
- For the final part of his “Trilogy of Life”, Pasolini interweaves several of the tales of the ‘Thousand and One Nights’,…
Electra, My Love (Szerelmem, Elektra) (1974)
- Dir. Miklos Jancso
- This surreal re–imagining of a greek myth utilizes a striking anachronistic twist to draw parallels between the ages. Humiliated and filled…
Land That Time Forgot, The (1974)
- Dir. Kevin Conner
Feat. Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon
- After ending up on a German submarine in WWI several Americans stumble across an undiscovered South American island, which holds adventure in the…
Little Prince, The (1974)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder
- The classic childern's story by aviator Antoine de Saint–Exupery is here translated with whimsy and wit intact. A pilot is stranded in a desert…
Zardoz (1974)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling
- Sean Connery stars in this enigmatic, garish space odyssey about a group of eternally young intellectuals in the year 2293. The bizarre visual…
Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1973)
- Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker…
- Arabian Nightish saga with Tom Baker (Dr Who) as Sinbad's adversary. The swordplay of a six–armed statue is but one of the Harryhausen FX…
Sigmund and the Seamonsters (TV Series) (1973-1975)
- Sid and Marty Krofft's low–budget kids sitcom about two brothers, Johnny and Scott, who harbour a friendly sea monster named Sigmund in their…