Fantasy Movies
Fire and Ice (1983)
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a…
Carnival Magic (1983)
A magician in a carnival–who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects–works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon…
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
In the fifth century, constant civil war scars western China. To escape death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he gets entangled in…
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Australia in disgrace. Cut…
Hell (1983)
Rein Raamat’s Hell adapts the engravings of Estonian graphic artist Eduard Wiiralt into a surreal, grotesque, and heavily sexual animated short. Wiiralt’s three source works, “The Preacher,” “Cabaret,” and “Hell,”…
Somewhere Tomorrow (1983)
Lori Anderson is trying to deal with the recent tragedy of her father’s death. As Lori’s mother moves on, Lori finds herself stuck, consumed by grief and anger. With the…
Mazes and Monsters (1982)
Bound together by a desire to play “Mazes and Monsters,” Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. Robbie loses his mind,…
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst…
Hysterical (1982)
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he’s staying is haunted by the ghost of Venetia, who…
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings…
The Dark Crystal (1982)
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the…
The Fist of Death (1982)
In the far east the star of great power is stolen by an ambitious woman, who was jealous of the jungle girl who was sent by the gods, also succeeds…
The Last Unicorn (1982)
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets…
The Man Who Saved the World (1982)
Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Although the movie borrows some background footage from Star…
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands…
The Beastmaster (1982)
Dar, is the son of a king, who’s hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father…
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
A widowed field mouse must move her family — including an ailing son — to escape a farmer’s plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab…
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial,…
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood…
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer’s plans to conquer the…
Sorceress (1982)
To maintain his powers, the evil wizard Traigon must sacrifice his firstborn child to the god Caligara. His wife, however, has other ideas and runs away after giving birth with…
The Beast Within (1982)
A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya…
Stuck on You! (1982)
A couple with marriage problems goes to Family Court, where a judge takes them back in time to view lovers through the ages.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1981)
Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the…
Freak Orlando (1981)
FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring “Freak” Orlando, a woman, played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises, and deformities, throughout.
Saturday the 14th (1981)
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book…
Son of the White Mare (1981)
A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors’ lost kingdom.