What's your favorite Albert Pyun movie?

Fun fact: the opening narration was originally to be voiced by Oliver Reed, but he showed up drunk and trashed the director's office.

Respect for Richard Moll's professionalism and dedication to his craft.

That scene where Xusia telekinetically rips a heart out is straight out of "People of the Black Circle" by R. E. Howard.

I have been told by many people that Albert Pyun was a super cool guy, and totally loved what he did. He relished in low budget cinema, despite it's limitations. Sure. He would have liked more of a budget on his films. But he definitely did his best with what he had, showing just how creative him and his crew could be

Marge: Maybe we should cut to another scene. Homer: But Marge! Talon just got his sword back. Look at him. He's gonna do something. And you know it's gonna be good. (Talon shows up with a bloodied multi-bladed missile sword in the next scene) Homer: Awwwww.

RIP Albert, enjoyed his movies a lot, and had just watched Radioactive Dreams with some friends the day before he died.

Pyun was the Asian equivalent to Roger Corman. A true film maverick Rest in Power

I used to take the piss out of myself by saying shit along the lines of "my level as a filmmaker would have been Albert Pyun if I got into directing." But I was full of shit, because I would never have worked as hard as that guy. I'd have been really lucky to make anything as watchable as his filmography. Rest in Peace, Albert Pyun. Your stuff may not be high art, but it was sincere and distinct.

Fun fact: My High School did a musical version of this film in 1986. I only wish someone had a VHS Camcorder to record this outstanding classic of a musical.

Saw this in the theater with my older brothers and my mom. It turned out to be one of my mom's favorite movies and she would watch it once or twice every year. I think it had a lot to do with Lee Horsley playing the lead, since she was a fan of his TV show Matt Houston. When she passed my son got her VHS collection (several hundred tapes) and the well worn box of this one is in there.

The 3 bladed sword and the head vs grindstone scene are the two things I remembered from this 'so bad it's good' 80's bargain-bin classic.

One of my All-Time favorites! They just don't make movies like this anymore. The 80s was, hands down, the Golden Age of Pop Culture.

Never even knew Pyuns name until just before he passed away. Stuff like Sword and the Sorcerer, Nemesis, and Dollman were staples of my childhood rental sprees. Had to fill out those 5 movies for 5 days deals. Sword and the Sorcerer is a total gem.

This is unabashedly one of my all-time favorite movies and I'm so happy you finally reviewed it! It has everything! Naked wenches, ridiculous weapons, Richard Moll in heavy makeup and an early Reb Brown! (Meaning Albert Pyun has worked with TWO Captain Americas!) The movie was a huge hit when released, 40 million against a 4 million budget, and Richard Lynch received the Saturn Award for supporting actor, but strangely never had a followup. Also, something about Cromwell's slave wench, she's really Talon's little sister. Yep, connect the dots from when she's captured at the beginning of the film to when she's grown up and kisses Talon. Apparently Pyun cribbed from Star Wars - only he knew they were siblings. 😂😂

RIP Pyun, may you rest in B movie heaven, and may your legacy live on

I loved this one as a kid. Swords, sorcery, hot chicks.... and of course the most ridiculous sword ever fashioned.

I absolutely loved this movie as a kid. Watched it countless times and it delivers on so many levels. Violence, boobs, unexpected turns, boobs, gore, sexual innuendo, boobs...everything my eleven year old self dreamed of in a nice little package. A hearty contender for the Best Fantasy Film of the early 80s. As for his other films, I'd recommend Nemesis. RIP Albert Pyun, my heartfelt thanks for everything.

My dad bought this movie on VHS when I was 10 and I watched it almost daily after school. No one even knew about the nudity until my grandma came into the living room one time and she freaked out. XD I guess I can say this movie is the reason for my love of the fantasy genre and womens' behinds.

As a kid who played D&D, I absolutely mainlined this movie on HBO in the early 80s every time it was on. Loved it and the way it went a bit against type in certain things you expected from a movie in this genre. And I liked how it wasn't afraid to indulge in a little bit of irreverent humor.

Actually own a DVD copy of this, I know saying this is kinda sad but it's one of my most prized possessions. Watch it every couple of years.

I saw it first run in the theaters. Yeah, it's cheesy, but the effects, costumes, and acting are good. It's a lot of fun. I was into D & D at the time, as well. I still think it's one of the best fantasy movies out there.

Being a 13 year old at the time, and being into D&D this move was glorious for a kid!

I admit I've always been a sucker for the Ridiculously Famous Hero trope, where the hero has become incredibly well known off camera and most everyone who is anyone knows him and probably owes him their lives. Buckaroo Banzai also did this well.

My dad, brother and myself saw this film at a small theater in my home town back in 1982. We were the only people there. We quipped out loud at it without fear of being told to be quiet. It was like MST3K before MST3K.

Albert’s greatest legacy to the movie industry is that sci-fi B-movie lasers always make the sound Pyun-pyun-pyun

I was 15 when I saw this. It was perfect at the time. Thanks as always to the king of sarcastic reviews.

That shot of Talon jumping into the battle with everything lit in read and all the actors just a silhouette of black looks so fucking good.

I'll always remember Richard Lynch (Cromwell in this movie) as Rostov in Invasion U.S.A. (my favorite Cannon movie).

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

This movie feels more like a parody of fantasy epic than anything else.

Rest in peace. Legend. I unashamedly love this movie. Watched it so much as a kid. Even watched it recently from my 3 disc set that also includes Beast Master and Barbarian Queen.

I destroyed two VHS copies of this movie growing up because I watched it so much! I LOVED it! It was with Conan and Beastmaster part of my "Barbarian triple feature" I would watch to get me through the 80s. Thanks for finally doing a review of this film!!!!

My favorite movie as an 8 year old. After this I'm STILL your friend Brandon.

Good lord, that fact about Richard Moll's contacts might one of the most f'd up behind the scenes I've ever heard

You should review Hawk the Slayer. It's an 80's fantasy movie with everything, a dwarf, an elf, a bad ass sword wielding hero, and Jack Palance as the villain. Seriously.

Albert Pyun is in many ways a modern Ed Wood meets John Waters a true indie/gonzo film maker (He truly deserves so much more attention and respect! He’s legacy will live on for a very long time….. RIP Mr. Pyun 😢😢😢😢😢

Rip albert pyun ... thank you for make some of my favorite b movies of all time . U will be missed by many 😢

I saw this roughly after release on cable, I thought it was great. A fun romp, great villains, and really felt like a D&D type adventure. I loved the triple sword with the firing blades. It was original and appealed to me.

I'm old enough have seen this movie in the theater, but I mostly remember it for a stuntman being killed during the filming. Stuntman Jack Tyree was killed when he jumped off a cliff and missed the airbags. The movie was dedicated to him of course in the credits. But didn't know about Richard Moll's trouble with the contacts, and how his later scenes where done by a stand-in and dubbed by Moll.

When I was a kid in the 80's, this was on HBO quite a bit and that wall of faces haunted me for a week. lol

Oh my gosh! I LOVED this movie when I was a kid. I totally forgot about it.

Saw this about one BILLION times on HBO. It was on CONSTANTLY.

Can we do Hawk the Slayer next please. The film that influenced Conan the Barbarian. Ok it didn’t, but was made before Conan and has the coolest magical sword.

This finally solves a personal mystery for me because I have a memory of being at my grandmother's house and my grandfather and an uncle or two were watching what must have been this movie. I only saw the scene in the dungeon of the sorcerer revealing himself and then we left. Recently, due to people talking about this director and his health, I began to suspect this must have been that movie. Seeing this episode finally solidified it. That is one less random haunting mystery.

Imagine a timeline where Moll was the voice of Darth Vader that would be great

I love this move, this was so scary when it just came out. Tales of an Ancient Empire looks like a Hercules: The Legendary Journeys movie

I watched all of those movies you listed in the beginning. Oliver Grunner was another Martial arts badass that doesn't get much recognition he deserves. Hell yes the "Goofy" scream. Tied for one if the best screams next to the "Wilheim" scream.

This film was actually pretty high budgeted, and it was spent well. The stuntman on Xuxia's cliff fall died in the attempt, only his death was cut out, as he missed the airbag.

My dad took us to watch this when it hit the theaters. I actually liked Lee Horsley from the TV series Nero Wolfe and later Matt Houston, so it was kinda neat seeing him here. Plus, the movie bucked expectations, which was a big deal (even to 10-year-old me) when every other movie was following all conventions. I'd actually owned this on Beta, VHS, and LaserDisc, even though I only ever just kinda liked it. Fun fact: Lee Horsley's Talon shows up in the sequel. He may not be the main character, but he's still there.

That scene of the coffin with the moving faces reminds me the ending of the Anime Berserk... WOW! Great work as always Brandon!

Getting to see this movie was a birthday gift from my parents the year it came out, and its still a fun watch today.

The triple swords in this movie, the magic bow from Conquest, and the magical glaive from Krull are three of my favorite weapons fron the fantasy-genre movies of the '80s

Damn Cyborg was and always will be a classic

One of my favorite Sword and Sorcery movie from the '80's ...

Richard Moll wasn't the only actor contractually obligated to play bad guys in the 80s. Richard Lynch who played 'Cromwell' in this movie, consistently played villains (several of 'em in the Sword and Sorcery genre), throughout the decade.

Omg thank you! I've been trying to find this movie forever. I remember watching it as a kid but never knew what it's name was!

Ah yeah, some '80s sword & sorcery cheese! Need more! 😊

Albert Pyun put out some awesome movies. Very underrated director.

Growing up I saw this on HBO. We all thought it was Excalibur and were very disapointed when this came on instead. Still it was on so often you grew to love it.

Pyun's films were my gateway to b action movies. Loved his stuff, may he rest in peace.

"He died this earlier this year" > damn "at the age of 69" > nice

Yes I do remember watching this movie quite a bit on HBO back in the day.

i think this was (one of if not) the first film i rented out on vhs wheni was a 10year old kid and we got our first video recorder!! I still love it to this day, and its on youtube! have probably seen it at least a dozen times so far!!!!

The bald guy from Murphy Brown was also in "Missing" with Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemon. Quite a career for a character actor.

You're so good at spotting actors in these movies! At least when their name is in the credits! 😁

0:40 Is one of those flicks the closest we'll get to a STAR WARS: Shadows of the Empire movie? 3:38 I know Richard Moll as the voice of Two-Face from BATMAN:TAS 11:56 Could have used another Goofy scream, but that's just me. 19:05 So he had THAT weapon on him all along? Remember that Assassin's Creed joke you made earlier? Yeah, this movie actually looks badass! I might check it out.

The only thing I can remember about this movie was the triple sword, and thinking how heavy it would be.

I've covered the late 1970s-mid 80s fantasy boom on my godforsaken blog, and I concluded that the Conan films were a little too late to have had much impact either way. What I have considered very seriously as the precipitating event was of all things Disney's Black Cauldron. It may have come out even later than Conan the Destroyer, but it was in Development Hell so ridiculously long that a whole generation of scripts could have been greenlit on the assumption that it was about to stomp the box office.

I was always wondering who made cyborg and nemesis. This guy def formed some of the core memories of my first decade alive. Now id like to see some of his other work.

*that Jump into the crowd is the most badass scene ever in film history* Go ahead ... say otherwise!

Bro i have been waiting for this! Saw this in the theaters as a kid and was scarred for life. Gonna enjoy this.

I watched this movie for the time back in October. It's a really good film.

I have been waiting for this review since the always! Grew up with this & every one of the "you saw these at [Blockbuster]" movies! Have to watch again, couldn't stop laughing & yelling OH YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHH I REMEMBER THAT! 😂 😎

There was an official coloring book for this movie oddly enough.🤠👍

Watched this again just the other day. Great movie. 👍 👍👍👍. This along with krull and hawk the slayer. Great childhood memories

This sort of felt like a live action Berserk movie.

The screaming tomb made out of faces is literally in Kentaro Miuras "Berserk." The blue eyed one s the behêlit in the story. That was very unexpected.

Y'know, it's weird, I can't say with any honesty that I've ever watched this movie, but I sure as heck think I remember that sword.

Hey Brandon. I just wanted to say thank you for making these videos, but I do have one complaint, which is you need to double your output lol. You're one of the few on KZfaq I'm subscribed to, and I always look forward to your videos. Keep on keeping on, bud, and good luck to you. What's the name of the song you play at the end of your videos? I really like the bass, but don't know the song. Thanks again, hoss.

Could you do 1981 Caveman? Might not be up your alley, but it is different.

According to Shaiversity, the triple blade sword was an actual sword but rarely used back then.

You can't offer to have sex with someone and not have it be consensual...

Sup Brandon Could you please do a video on the piranha series? I think they would be a good mine for this Channel (Like this comment of you agree that Brandon should do the piranha series)

Good man! I worked at a video store 93-95 when in high school. These movies and late night snacks were great. Thank you for going back and educating folks on these great movies.

Fave Pyun movie is definitely Dollman! And now I have to see this movie! Your review and the Dark Corners Reviews take on it both had totally different jokes - which means you guys were spoilt for choice! A must watch!

Dude, I haven't thought about this movie in forever! But I remember it vividly - probably because I saw it when I was WAY too young to handle it! 😅

I can still remember when this was playing at the local movie theater. Damn, I'm old!

This movie was released in the gap between my uni finals and graduation. I remember seeing the movie with friends and enjoying it, but there was also a lot of drinking going on, so eventually the details got mixed up with the somewhat similar plot of _The Beastmaster_ which premiered 4 months later shortly before I started my first job. If you haven't already reviewed that movie, it should be on your list. Young Marc Singer in a loincloth--be still, my heart.

i had seen cyborg and The Sword and the Sorcerer when i was younger but had no idea of Albert Pyun just watched dollman 1991 on YT it was freaking great. gonna make my way through the rest of his filmography.

the story was pretty interesting, a tree way fight, the villian being paranoid the wizard going to take revenge. found it funny that that small army pretty much came out of nowhere to rescue the hero. i liked the scene where the wench died, her not caving in and having her tongue cut out and killing herself as the prisoners looked on helpless was heartbreaking, plus Cromwell wantingva fair fight was pretty cool as well.

My dad and I just watched this movie, we laughed so hard at one of the characters being named Crackus.

Love this movie still. As a kid we would watch the vhs and rewind it and watch it again. This and hawk the slayer, dragonslayer, man I miss the 80s

Sad news about his passing. Nemesis was fucking amazing, watched that tape nonstop as a kid.

This was one of the best things my brother and I ever stumbled across. RIP Pyun.

R.I.P. Albert Pyun. I absolutely loved this Movie and my DVD version has a bit of extra footage. It's been a while since I watched any of your Reviews but now I'm going to A: Watch The Sword and The Sorceror again and B: watch some more of your Reviews! Keep up the good work!

One of my all time favorite movies.

Saw this in the theater on a double-bill with "The Thing" in '82. Shocked this outperformed the latter. Didn't know Pyun died. And when Xusa fell off the cliff, the actual stuntman died.

After reviewing this film myself, I wanted to know how you would approach this one and you did not disappoint. I enjoyed this review so much! You gave the film respect while tastefully landing some awesome jokes. Wonderful job.😄

When Star Wars ep 7 came out, I started collecting any media that was a direct result of Star Wars when it first came out (rip-offs, parodies, etc), but it soon spiraled into other movies/genres and this one popped up on my radar. Took me forever to find a DVD copy and one that didn't cost a small fortune, but then earlier this year it was released on Bluray. And I have yet to watch it! :D