The thumbnail image for the video makes me nostalgic for the days when b movies had AMAZING posters that made me wanna watch the movie even when I knew the film couldn’t measure up!

@kri249

4 ай бұрын

Haha reminds me of videogame box art. The cover made you think you were playing an epic movie when in reslity it was a pixelated piece of shit.

@erikjohnsonillustrat

4 ай бұрын

Tubi is keeping the tradition alive with fantastic art promoting awful streaming movies.

@tonguepunchman1528

4 ай бұрын

Also the sometimes completely different posters made by local artists for their home country release, I just found the hungarian poster for Where Eagles Dare and I miss this stuff deeply

@kos2919

4 ай бұрын

Good f a p material too 😜

@brandonpage7087

4 ай бұрын

@kri249, yeah, like CastleQuest, lmao!

The best thing about these movies is definitely the Boris Vallejo art

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

True

@danielvandersall6756

4 ай бұрын

Yeah always deeply appreciated his work for some reason.....😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

I'll never get tired of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell's art. I've got several of their art books and those two are just astonishingly talented.

You: "She chops down the tree and it falls on her and kills her? Why didn't she just move out of the way?" Me, remembering Prometheus when the same thing basically happens with a slowly falling alien ship: "Oh Cecil, you sweet summer child..."

@benderbendingrodriguez420

4 ай бұрын

I love that that scene is still a huge meme 12 years later😂

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

lol

80's movie poster artist: "So what's the movie about?" Producer: "Amazon warrior women in bikinis and there's a lion in it" and they still did better than AI 😎

@NinjaRunningWild

4 ай бұрын

Well, that’s to assume AI is good at all.

@kos2919

4 ай бұрын

Boris Vallejo era was a masterpiece era

@Mister-Six

4 ай бұрын

AI will never replace or come close to the masterpieces of Boris Vallejo. Same with Frank Frazetta and Yoshitaka Amano.

@Kaiyanwang82

4 ай бұрын

That's just Vallejo. "what's the movie about?" "kangaroos and trucks" "here's your half-naked ladies cover"

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

100%

I live in Argentina and I had no idea how many B-movies were filmed here. Thank you for reviving these forgotten classics Cecil.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

Those movies just make you want to play some Golden Axe

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Indeed!

Amazons was actually loose adaptation of a short story called Agbewe's sword written by Charles R. Saunders.

@blueghostfire9038

4 ай бұрын

Mr. Saunders wrote more stories with the character which are collected in a book called Dossouye, which is supposed to be the name of the lead character. They were supposed to be a fictional version of Dahomey amazons set in a fictional version of Africa. I own the first book, but never got around to buying the second.

@SenseiStarman

4 ай бұрын

I came on here to mention this. And the fact that Charles Saunders wrote the script for this movie. That's why it has a surprising amount of plot for a Corman film. And why all the characters have African names but are played by white actors.

@TheMule47

4 ай бұрын

i came to comment on this too and didn't notice some else had first. I've read the first short story but didn't know there were more. I've read a few of Saunders' Imaro stories too.

@blueghostfire9038

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheMule47 I have four of his Imaro books, and one of his Dossouye books, he made two. The first story in Dossouye is what Amazons is based off of. I haven't read the second book so I don't know if he completed her story.

I love how the evil sorcerer channeled his inner He-Man 😅

@zmani4379

4 ай бұрын

"by the power of KZread"

I was 8 years old when I saw this along with the other barbarian "fantasy" movies of the early to mid-80s from my grandpa's Sony Betamax and Trinitron tv. Fun days for a kid like me.

After her "Now you die!" moment I was expecting a splice of "Hey you guys!"

@Belgand

4 ай бұрын

I'm surprised there wasn't a He-Man cut after the "I have the power". Especially since there's already a raised sword and lightning.

Thanks for covering these films with your distinct voice. We appreciate your channel since the beginning. Keep up the good work!

@dannybonett8349

4 ай бұрын

You are quite entertaining the way you describe these B movies from the 80s and your additives are hilarious…. Bulgarian Miak classic.

@dannybonett8349

4 ай бұрын

Don’t know how this much nudity got past the MMA rating as a sure R but guess this was not even viewed for rating

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words!

Been watching these since years. Nobody does it like you. Thanks

@FreejackVesa

4 ай бұрын

Agreed! Cecil is the GOAT

@COZYi-pn1lu

4 ай бұрын

Same

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much :)

SchleFaZ getting a shout out is not what i expected today

@Crazy_Borg

4 ай бұрын

Darauf einen Drink!

Maybe invoking the names of former vice-presidents summons magic. Let’s try… Hubert Humphrey…Levi Morton…Hannibal Hamlin…William King!!

@Fred_Lougee

4 ай бұрын

Nice, but don't invoke Spiro Agnew. The name is a anagram for "grow a penis".

@brandonpage7087

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I have always enjoyed these types of films. Thanks for sharing them with us.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Cheap 80's fantasy? It's going on my list.

Yes. Yes it was the Boris Vallejo thumbnail that made me want to watch. But it was also a GBF video so I would have clicked regardless. I loved these types of films growing up. And before the internet they were a Godsend for pubescent teenage boys like myself at the time. Also, the humour in this video was exceptional. Cracked me up more than they usually do. Cheers Cecil, love your work mate.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Ahh. More late night early 90s memories. Keep em’ coming Cecil.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

More to come :)

I love that Shout Factory embraced much of the Sword & Sorcery / Sand & Sandal movies. However, there is ONE film that was a late-night cable staple that also sported a Boris Vallejo painting: "Warrior Queen." As cheesy and plot-lite as it is, I would love it if some boutique managed to release it on bluray.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

I'm so happy all these films are getting restored.

The whispering joke had me dying!

@brandonpage7087

4 ай бұрын

Lol, yeah, you'd be surprised how many movies have used that trick.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

She chops down the tree, which lands on her and she dies??? This must be a masterpiece... I'm gonna watch it now. Thank you guys.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Unrelated to my earlier comment, if I knew nothing else about this channel, the fact it understands how special Deathstalker 2 is would be enough. That movie is really something special.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Indeed it is.

One correction on this. This is not in "medieval times", this is obviously set in the "Days of Yor". This should not be confused with Preyorian cultures such as in "One Million Years B.C." or the Postyorians (Neoyorians) such as one sees in "The Man in the Iron Mask". There is no doubt, however, that this movie is set in the times when the Mighty Yor walked the Earth.

@travisshallenberger9486

4 ай бұрын

😆😆😆 Yes, nothing compares to when Yor walked the Earth. Because it's... YOR'S WORLD! HE'S THE MAN!

The stock footage jungle is one of my favourite film locations. This is on my list, but I haven't watched it yet. Nothing can compete with Deathstalker II - Monique Gabrielle's acting is something truly special.

@dngillikin

4 ай бұрын

It is, but she's trying sooo damned hard to do something she's not really cut out for that you can't help but root for her anyway.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Monique is just too pure in that role

@jamesmumford8718

4 ай бұрын

@@GoodBadFlicks I think it's partly that we know she's supposed to be there for eye-candy, but she's so naturally dorky it just comes across as endearing. She's the same way in Evil Toons (terrible movie) and I wonder if she was just genuinely gawky and awkward...either that or she's actually a better actress than we thought!

"The ladies then go into the stock footage jungle". ROFLMAO

I've watched this on Tubi, and was amused by how quickly it worked through the story...

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

They really cut to the chase

Re lion jumping: this is often a plot point in the African novels of H. Rider Haggard, where as in real life it's a good idea to pull together a ring of thorns (bomas) before camping for the night to keep lions out. But sometimes it doesn't work, and the lions can jump in and out anyway. Carrying off human bodies (not necessarily dead yet) in the process. Also factors into the real-life story of the serial-killing lions of Tsavo (although I don't recall if jumping is much of a plot point in the film adaptation "The Ghost and the Darkness".)

Glad you mentioned Boris Vallejo. I was wondering if it was his artwork or a knockoff of and I got my answer at the end of the vid.

Love this. Another one that I wish you would do is She, starring Sandahl Bergman from 1984. It’s in the Swords and Sorcery genre, but with a killer twist: it takes place in the future after an apocalypse. It is, at the risk of gross understatement, completely bonkers. Among a BUNCH of other stuf, the movie starts with one of our heroines kidnapped by a a gang wearing swastika emblazoned football helmets, our heroes, on a quest to rescue the kidnapped heroine, escape from preppy werewolves, a communist sex torture chamber, and must defeat a Robin Williams knockoff defending a bridge with celebrity impersonations and the ability for any body part to regenerate into a duplicate. It’s much more tongue in cheek than a lot of these movies, but has just as much nudity. It’s free on KZread.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE She. One of my favorite Post apocalyptic movies

Oh my god dude. You’re on fire with this one 😂😂😂😂😂

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

You forgot Mindi's skill in hyperbolically screaming at the top of her lungs. Probably her greatest skill outside removing clothing.

@SenseiStarman

4 ай бұрын

She was the female Reb Brown.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

hahahhaa

I'm only halfway through this I've been laughing my ass off this is definitely one of your better ones

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

but those movie posters back then were gorgeous. much better than the actual movies lol

Back when you could call a movie Amazon without Jeff Bezos threatening to sue.

Making sure the movie with magic and sorcerer's has its facts about how far a lion can jump correct, really is what sets you apart from other reviewers. I appreciate your attention to detail.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

My research is second to none :P

01:49 "...ah it's the town that worships olivia newton john..." had me in stitches. 🤣

*Who else was saying "now kisssss" at the end with the two girls before he said it, lol men we are so much alike.*

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

I know my audience :)

You know....sometimes a Film's poster is better than its actual film and this one definitely falls into that category.

Boris Vallejo's art is just iconic! 🤘

@GoodBadFlicks

15 күн бұрын

100%

Corman's Sword and Sorcery movies and nudity - name a more iconic duo!

@FreejackVesa

4 ай бұрын

Maybe peanut butter and jelly, but that's debatable

@NinjaRunningWild

4 ай бұрын

Elvira’s bust?

Ah yes, medieval times, hundreds of years ago where woman naturally had well-quaffed, curly, and feathered hair lol

@mjjoe76

4 ай бұрын

Surprising amount of hydrogen peroxide available in Medieval times.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

In medival times and after the apocalypse, hair products thrive!

Glad I gotta screenshot of that thumbnail before KZread makes em' change it! 😂👍

With that hair, Tshingi looks just like Shin from the Fist of the North Star anime movie. No wonder she's a baddie!

This is the kind of movies where the poster art is much better than the movie itself !

Am I correct that the 'flip-flip-kick-kick-kick' scene (shown again in the outro) is exactly as shown?! At first I thought Cecil did some quick edits for duration, but when it was shown again at the end...O! M! G! That's how it was delivered! Bwaaaa haaa haaa - I love it!

@Beany2007FTW

4 ай бұрын

I mean, it's still more watchable than some of the fight editing in modern movies. Shonky, sure, but you can see what's going on at least!

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

I didn't touch it, that was exactly how it was edited lol

@TheStrykerProject

4 ай бұрын

@@Beany2007FTW Absolutely true! I get dizzy with all the 'quick cuts' to cover up the fact that the actors can't get the choreography down.

@TheStrykerProject

4 ай бұрын

@@GoodBadFlicks That's awesome 😆

Purple Monkey Dishwater is now the name of my band.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

Why can't a "wild kitty" not be fashionable with a stylish choker? :)

hey !!!....don't mess with Columbo....he's a legend !

@FreejackVesa

4 ай бұрын

Just one more thing...

@wich1

4 ай бұрын

The fact that he is a legend is what makes it funny

@FreejackVesa

4 ай бұрын

If you like Columbo, I'd recommend "Kolchak: The Night Stalker". Not to be confused with Kojack. It's a show from the 70s about a Chicago newspaper journalist who investigates supernatural events. It's based of a made for tv movie that was wildly successful, so a series was bought, in addition to several more tv movies. This show is amazing, charming, of its time, and worth tracking down if you are into this type of show. It's also a major influence on the creation of the XFiles, and it stars the inimitable Darrin McGavin

Thanks for letting Gore out- he’s been stuck in a lock box for months…

Great to have this and Barbarian Queen on the BD. As with that film, a hell of a lot of great looking women who gives it their all! Now to track down Sorceress...

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Sorceress is tough to find but its a winner!

Huge props to you for referencing Ernest Scared Stupid, and for anyone who got that. One of my favorite films.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

This would be SO Much more fun than The Barbie Movie.

@alienboy1322

4 ай бұрын

Ahh... I like the Barbie film.

@NinjaRunningWild

4 ай бұрын

@@alienboy1322Get out…

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

it is

I swear Cecil you are one funny man!! Thank you for uploading these for all of us 😊

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

This video has some wonderful frames to pause it on! Thanks for the good work!

Thanks for another great video Cecil! Got to love some nice 80's Sword & Sorcery!

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for this and thank Roger Corman for Amazons

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

Man nah couldn't be that thumbnail. I mean what appeal would that have to people 😂. Keep up the fantastic work and I'll keep up my engagement

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Oh sweet babies! I saw part of this movie when I was 9. I've been trying to track it down with the fragments of my memory ever since. I thank you for ending my Neverending search.

@GoodBadFlicks

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching :)

I keep thinking you’re saying “Columbo” 😂

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

yep

"IT'S!" hahahaha. Your voice was spot-on, Cecil!

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

That severed head prop actually looked pretty good, much better than I thought it would for this kind of movie.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

they did put some effort into it!

If only these films had fully lived up to their covers! 😞. Also. “I have the POWER!”. LOL! 🤣. For a moment I thought he would turn into HE-MAN?! 🤔

@brandonpage7087

4 ай бұрын

I'm shocked that Cecil didn't take the opportunity to do a He-Man joke, there!

Al Gore is indeed a force to be feared. 3:36 lol😂 That little drawing reminds me of those little comic/pamphlet things the holy rollers (religious folk) used to hand out to kids outside of HS. 5:51 😂😂😂 awesome

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

You didn’t think it was still in season! That always got me to laugh in Ernest Scared Stupid about the miak.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

That Al Gore joke was great

Well I've got to give you a thumbs up for the Ernest Scared Stupid joke.

Man, I could never get into the “sword and magic” genre. I love your reviews of them though. A little quip from you has caused me to choke with unexpected laughter on several occasions. Great vid as always.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I think I have this on VHS somewhere.

I totally lost my mind about the summoning Al Gore😂

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

Just what my Monday needed, thank you!😊

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

Always appreciate a Toshi station reference.

By god, these movies... they sound wonderful! Need to see every single one of the 80s Sword and Sorcery!!!

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

There are quite a few!

You're killing it with the constant references! And "power converters" were my favorite, great song that one :D

@GoodBadFlicks

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Well _of course_ the Amazons' magic sword is stored in Georgia O'Keefe Caverns! And I'm sure there's absolutely no symbolism behind any of that.

i got a notification for this one so then i watched it. most of the time i dont get notifications but still watch the videos

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

I love this film so much.

I can tell this looks like a fun movie! I'll definitely have to hunt it down! Thanks for another recommendation, man!

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

One of my favorite cheesy movies, made tolerable by a few solid performances and a great script by Sword and Sorcery legend Charles Saunders. One thing that always fascinated me about this movie was how Kalongo has clearly read the Evil Overlord list and defies most of the clichés of fantasy villains. Like being smart enough not to trust the traitorous amazon general on the grounds that "if she could be betray her own people, she could betray you." And being smart enough to want to get a hold of the one weapon that can kill him instead of trusting it will be safe in the Cave of Wonders beyond the Gorge of Eternal Peril in the Distant Land of Doom in the County of Gentrification. The irony is his gaming the system saves the amazons. If he hadn't sent his lioness after them, they would have been captured by the bandits and sold off to be sacrificed after a few days as camp followers. And the movie would have been much shorter. Still, great review!

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

great as always

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

This is an amazing start to the week

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

06:27 CECIL found a new fear

This movie's poster probably says a better story than the movie itself...

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

It kind does

Is is just me or does when she yells: "Now you diiiiieeeeeee!", does it sounds like on the Electric Company when they yell: "Hey you guuuuuuyyyyys!"?

Boris is such a talented artist. I should definitely check this movie out.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Imagine if we still got fully painted posters

@DecadesApartProductions

4 ай бұрын

@@GoodBadFlicks I actually reached out to Boris a few years ago for a fully painted poster. Unfortunately, he was out of my price range.

This movie needs a Exploring episode, imagine reaching out to the boob oil guy for research.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Funny thing is, I do have some contacts with people who worked on these. Not the oil guy but actors, stuntmen, etc.

I think in Europe this movie was titled: Leave it to Cleavage 😂

Cecil knows SchleFaZ, absolutely great.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

I've mentioned them a few times, glad they are still going :)

@anotheratheist

4 ай бұрын

@@GoodBadFlickswas close last year. They had to left Tele 5 and Oliver Kalkoffe talked in an interview about that. Tele 5 is a TV Station that almost runs automatically, there are two, may be three, workers but the rest were machines. I mean, Tele 5 are showing a lot of cult classics, they showed Evil Dead 2 recently which was unthinkable two years ago, so it seems like a match made in Trashheaven. Now they‘re going to RTL Nitro. SchleFaZ is basically our MSK3K.

All that big hair on that movie poster, I can smell the hairspray 😂

I know it's been years, but I loved your appearance on the PKA podcast. Would love for you to be a guest again if the guys ever invite you back!

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I don't think they liked me much. A little inside on it - I was called up and asked to be on the show like 2 days before the show because someone else cancelled. I was very sick at the time (which I mentioned briefly in the show) but I didn't want to miss the opportunity. I really didn't know what to expect. I was prepared to talk movies (I always am) so the first hour was fine. After that they went into some subjects I had no information on and I didn't have anything to interject, hence why I just kind of stayed out of it. I didn't know they hated anime, I brought the game up as a goof and man, the whole vibe changed. Looking at the comments, I don't think the audience liked me either. I'd happily go back on if they asked me and I'd be much more prepared this time. However, they probably forgot I existed.

@SuLu_B

4 ай бұрын

@@GoodBadFlicks Yeah, I really loved the first hour and having someone on to talk weird, obscure movies was so much fun. I've been a listener of their show since the very beginning, spanning like 12+ years so I have seen all the changes the show has gone through, good and bad. Lots of long time listeners have many gripes with the show, the hosts, etc but we still come back because there's nothing else quite like it. Really wish you hadn't felt that way and been treated like that by the hosts and the comments -- they've lost many of their best guests from ever returning that way. I appreciate the thought out response!

I love these campy Corman sword and sorcery films!

Come for the review, stay for the Ernest Scared Stupid reference! :D

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

:)

I'll have to get this one on DVD (if still available). Looks as delightfully campy as HUNDRA or THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

The blu is OOP but I think the DVD is still out there.

Whats bad is all theses tend to bleed together to much for one to to stand out

Ahh the 1970s When men would choose that brutal combover style _even if they weren't going bald!_

Holly cr*p I didn't knew that lions can jump that high

Ah yes, Kolungo is my favorite gorilla dressed as a detective.

one of my favorites of the 1980s Sword & Sorcery cycle. I enjoyed how, despite it not doing a good job exploring it, there is a backstory and world building this movie exists in. it was years later i discover there is a reason for this, this movie was based on the short story "Agbewe's Sword" by noted fantasy author Charles R Saunders, who also wrote the screenplay to this movie. Saunders was a notable African American writer in the fantasy genre, best known for his Imaro stories, about a Conan-esque hero in a mythic fantasy Africa. i've read the short story and it's better than the movie, and the thing with the magic trees was explained better. Obviously the makers of the movie decided to white-wash all the characters unfortunately.

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

Interesting! Adds another layer to it

@SenseiStarman

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, there's a whole thing in Saunders books about how every person has three souls and they are tied to a tree when they are born. That's why killing the tree is such a big deal. Of course it turns out it doesn't kill Dyala. It just makes her unable to join with her ancestors in the afterlife... so she's kinda sorta immortal at the end. (This barely gets touched on with the seer Azindati, who says she is "deathless or just dead.")

@GoodBadFlicks

4 ай бұрын

I don't say this often but I think this clearly deserves a re-do. I think a larger budget production from another studio would do the source material justice. I think there is massive potential there for a great sword and sorcery classic. I love this movie but it definitely is the truncated version of the story. Perhaps one of the bigger indie studios or even something like Universal. Just keep it away from Disney.

5:33 real ones hear Trantor and immediately flash back to Ernest Scared Stupid!

Be sure not to get lost in the stock footage forest.