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Never make a ray harryhausen movie without ray harryhausen

18:00 Brandon the type of guy to go "She is a red flag, but red is my favorite color ..."

Context is everything. I'm 65. I saw Jack in the theater at a kiddie matinee in 1967 before I ever saw 7th Voyage. As a matter of fact when I saw the ad for a "home movie"version of 7th Voyage (8mm, one reel/silent B & W excerpt from the feature) in the back of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the cyclops looked kinda like Jack's Coroman. So I begged my parents to buy me that reel. It was SO AWESOME, a real mind-blower! But 7th Voyage never played on TV in the 60s. So I finally saw it at a fantasy film convention in the early 70s... this time in sound, color, full length. Mind blown again! I started experimenting with stop-motion on Super 8 and the results were pretty darn good. As an adult I became a filmmaker, and had the pleasure of interviewing Ray for a documentary I was making about his mentor Willis (King Kong/Mighty Joe Young) O'Brien. We became friends. He lived in England but whenever he came to LA, we'd get together for dinner. Ray was a real gentleman and a great raconteur.

Old man in retirement home on The Simpsons: "Didn't there used to be a beanstalk in this story?"

"...asks chimp Peter to pretend ropes are somebody's face." lmao

When you had the Leprechaun declare he's off to the hood and then he'll be back, that got a good belly laugh out of me.

16:05 Dude! It's a magic whip that destroys skeletons! That's totally a Castlevania reference!

As a resident of Cornwall I can safely say its not that sunny here anymore

"Later that day-for-night." Priceless.

I actually really like how this movie includes an Irish leprechaun, a Scandinavian viking, and Roman ruins. All those peoples have history with real world England (where real world Cornwall is) and their inclusion makes the world feel larger and more historical than the Sinbad setting, which only drew from the Arabian Middle-East despite many different real world peoples and locations Arab sailors could have visited and interacted with

20:00 To be fair, they were sometimes depicted looking something like that in Medieval Europe

The Witches look like the Banshee from Darby O'Gill and The Little People.

Golden Voyage of Sinbad has Caroline Munroe. I'd like to see the whole series done

Evil Elaine's fashions from the Princess Dragon Mom collection!

The sequence where the phantoms attack the ship scared the absolute crap out of young me (I'm guessing I was around 8).

Pendragon, huh? That's King Arthur's family name.

This is the closest thing we'll ever get to a live action Castlevania movie.

I shared this video with my dad. He's a 50 year vet in stop motion/post production. This was his response: He's pretty funny. Pointed out some things I never thought of. All video versions of this are cut off on the left. It was shot super 35mm flat but titles are at academy. I have a proper 16mm copy that is framed correctly. Ironically the musical version is properly framed. I have both versions on blu-ray.

The best joke was the reference to “ what opera doc?”

"I'll give you three wishes!" "I wish Elaine was back, I wish she was no longer evil, and I wish Pendragon was dead." Credits

One of my favourite Rifftrax episodes is their riff of this movie. The movie itself was pretty fun as a kid also

3:24 🎶 What Happened? *We thought we could do it, but we were wrong!* *We have failed, master, we have failed!* The Princess... Where is she? 🎶

15:30 Plus evil Pendragon breaks off a (gargoyle) dragon's teeth, tosses them on the ground like he's sowing seeds, & a squad of evil mooks emerge magically from the spot, which is totally different from when evil Aeëtes gathers the Hydra's teeth, tosses them on the ground like he's sowing seeds, & a squad of evil skeletons emerge magically from the spot. ... wait, what do you mean Jack the Giant Killer (1962) came out *before* Jason & the Argonauts (1963)?

1. Has to venture through a castle to save a loved one from an evil magic user with a cape 2.uses a whip to destroy his enemies 3. final boss turns into a demonic dragon like creature holy crap, Jack is a Belmont!

These effects remind me a lot of the movie Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

The princess turning evil reminds me of Legend.

I'm with ya: Evil Princess was definitely an upgrade!

But wait? What about our queen, Goddess Caroline Munro and her journeys with Sinbad? 🥰

Fun fact: "Cormoran" is not some random name, its the actual name of the giant Jack killed in the Cornwall legend which is the origin tale.

How is this channel not more popular?

I feel like a compilation of Brandon saying “Huh, his one weakness!” Would be a great way to end a week.

Brandon: "The best part of waking up..." 🤣🤣🤣 Oh, and yes, she was way hotter when she was evil!

The magic whip would have been perfect for a Castlevania reference.

"Screw Folgers, the best part of waking up is fucking giants." "Thanks ye Jack, it's off to the hood, but I'll be back."

This movie has big Rankin/Bass energy

13:56 It would of been Awesome if he said "They tryin to Steal my Lucky Charms."😂👍💯

The glowing skull woman with the flowers freaked me out as a kid.

"What could be more intimidating than a cyclops? ...I've got it! A biclops!"

Part of me is a little surprised that there actually weren’t more movies trying to cash in on Harryhausen.

I always find it funny when a movie isn't known for it's director or lead performer but someone else who worked on the movie, Ray Harryhausen stole the show on pretty much every movie he worked on thanks to his great monster effects.

🎶Jack the Giant Killer, he kills giants!🎶

16:07 Are we sure Jack's last name isn't Belmont?

I remember watching the remade version of this movie that had a young Obi-Wan Kenobi in it.

To be fair, I'm PRETTY sure that granting three wishes IS actually a Leprechaun thing, too

11:28 "It almost gives this part a trippy, psychedelic vibe." Yeah, this movie may have been released in 1961, but it definitely doesn't belong to "the Sixties," so that part really stands out...

Off to the hood? Now I'm imagining the leprechaun as the one from the movie series, and he solves Jack's problems by just murdering everyone horribly...

For all that it ain't that bad, always liked the fact it was filmed in californwall.

5:18 Definitely wasn't expecting a TADC reference on this channel

Isn't that the norm in most jobs? Perform beyond expectations, and they'll increase your workload. At least in his case he got a promotion out of it (I expect Knight comes with a higher salary than Peasant Farm Boy) 😊

It’d be cool if the princess could alternate forms at will. The possibilities are endless.❤

My grandma had a lot of VHS tapes. This was one of them. And we watched it a lot.

Since it was asked... I liked her better evil. And super psyched this movie made it as an episode.

14:08 - I'd rather have a leprechaun in a bottle than in a hood.

Gotta admit, when I was a kid those witches scared the shit outta me. Been wondering where I saw them from. Thanks for reopening that painful scar again, Brandon. Lol

As a kid, I liked the movie, but I also remember thinking after seeing it, how it was like watching a dark version of Gumby. The creatures were so cheaply made and dumb looking, I added them to my list of stupid looking monster. I put them right there on top with the ugliest looking turkey in "The Giant Claw" and the weird eyed crabs in "Attack of the Crab Monsters."

15:16: Speaking of that, the main effects Animator of this film, Lloyd L. Vaughan, was also known for working as a hand drawn animator for Chuck Jones with the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series, as well as How the Grinch Stole Christmas

My sister and I grew up watching the musical version - I didn't even find out there was a non-musical version until I was in my 30's!

I remember finding the fight between the two headed giant and kraken on youtube and watching it over and over again

The witch voice-over from Army of Darkness is an instant thumbs up. But, man, the knights that look like they really have to pee was HILARIOUS 😆😆😂

I love Brandon Tenold's recent venture into the 1950s fantasy films. Even if it involves a movie with Ray Harryhausen.

Holy fuck. A Brandon tenold and fanboy Flicks video both in the same day! Sometimes life is pretty cool.

12:55 -- When I saw this movie for the first time, my first thought during this scene was that she looked like one of Jack Kirby's villainesses from the THOR or FOURTH WORLD comics.

Yes, that one entity was blowing a lot of hot air🗣🗣🗣🗣

I grew up watching the musical version in the mid 70s (early cable). When I rewatched it in the 90s, my first thought was, "Where are the songs?"

"Terrifying dragon! ADORABLE puppy nose though!"~Rifftrax

"I want to see a Ray Harryhausen film!" "We have Ray Harryhausen at home!" I know, cheap joke, but we haven't the budget for anything more original.

Look about you! Seize the Bone!

13:35 is that Ragnar our favorite Viking! Oh my!

Project Unlimited did most of the make-up and special effects for the television series 'The Outer Limits'. They also did the stop motion dinosaur for the Twilight Zone episode, 'The Odyssey of Flight 33'.

Yes! Those 'witches' could have been made by the Krofft Brothers. But they work. The claymation monsters in this never scared me but I found the witches delightfully creepy. I think that might have been accentuated by the use of what I call 'spooky sopranos' in the incidental music.

@18:00 I agree with you Brandon, she was perfect 😢😂

"Edwards Small present a B I Gordon film." That's the way it should have played out.

I saw this as a kid when it was released. I've never forgotten it, but I couldn't honestly say I remembered all of the plot details. I saw it again on BD recently and it held up fairly well. Of course, it's not Harryhausen quality, but it could have been a lot less entertaining.

17:16 It’s a cardinal rule in Hollywood to never work with kids or animals if you can help it, and this movie managed to do both.

those witches would be great as the Three Witches in a Macbeth film especially the bony one

2:46 Actually, it was originally named "Jack the Giant Killer" during production. Heck, there's a teaser poster that has the original logo/title set within the clouds, and it had its original release date of June 2012.

Saw this movie as a kid, thought it was brilliant. When I saw it as an adult, my Inner Brandon was in full force!

"Later that day for night." That gave me a good chuckle.

Thanks for highlighting the good points. Sure, no Harryhausen, but it’s a pretty cool knockoff, nonetheless. (Side note, I love the theme song the Rifftrax guys do during the opening credits of their version. Fun stuff 👍🏻)

I like the TADC and leprechaun in da hood references 🤣

Idk, way those guards vanished after he hits them with a whip, I'm just thinking the first live action CastleVania was weird. 😉😂🤣 And yeah, Brandon, I was really digging that red outfit evil princess was wearing. Anyways, enjoyed this video, thank you, Brandon.

Great to see a review of this classic - to a kid in the 1970s anyway! I can remember being terrified by the clown ogre thing and the evil princess . Sadly not quite the same experience now when I watch it and I’d forgotten how shoddy that dragon and sea monster thing was! Oh yeah also terrified by the witches 😂😂

Weird sea monster = Lizard + Octopus

It could have been a great plot twist if the leader of the mutiny was Peter. Jack: "Peter... You little bastard..."

that doll looks like Hannah-Barbara's Grape Ape having evolved into a human form

Thanks for making this a great Saturday morning!

That self moving toy is actually based on whe Henry the eight got a clockwork bird when he was gratulated for inheriting the crown

I thought for a moment he was reviewing the 2013 film. Thank goodness its one. Much more fun movie.

16:07 Missed opportunity to crack a Castlevania joke smh

I saw this in elementary school back in the 1970s, so I always see it through nostalgia colored glasses. It's pretty heavily laden with cheeze, but I'm a member of that cult he mentioned.

Rifftrax did a hilarious riff on this film proving that Harryhausen makes the difference between influential and joke fodder

That dragon does look cooler in poster, but I wouldn't have guessed it was supposed to be a dragon :D

I do like the design of the two headed giant, it’s fun and interesting

I saw this when I was a child in the 1960s, but it wasn't shown again for so many years that I'd begun to think I had only imagined it -- until I saw a short piece on it in some film magazine. It was so nice to learn it was real.

This film can't be all bad; it has got Walter Burke playing the sinister sidekick.

I didn't know there was a Musical version. Great movie from my youth despite it already being old at the time. Judi Meredith was soo cute and it feels like a Warhammer movie.

You should take a look at Darby O’Gill and the Little People. Sean Connery, Leprechauns, singing. A Scot playing an Irishman. No diaper in this one, though. I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.

I wonder if the Whip in this movie inspired Castlevania Belmont Whip

16:13 funny everyone on the live stream of rifftrax doing this movie went instantly to castlevania.