The Beastmaster (1982) Appreciation Thread

It's been a few years since I watched this, so I watched it over the last several days. Man, it's such an awesome movie. I remember growing up watching this all the time, as it used to come on one of the movie channels (I think HBO maybe?) and TBS constantly. It's just completely awesome B-movie level cheesiness. But it's actually good though and there is a lot more going on plot-wise than I remember.

Marc Singer as Dar is a great leading man, even if we have to watchi him run around in a leather loin cloth the whole time. Tanya Roberts as Kiri is great as the love interest, and she's nice to look at but she's also kind of a badass as well...I forgot how much arse she kicked in the movie. Maax is a great villain, as is the Jun horde (and its badass looking leader). Good ole John Amos as Seth is a comparable badass. The creepy witches, the red priests, the death hunters, black tigers, eagles, the creepy flying creatures that drain bodies dry and leave the bones, ferrets, tar pit explosions, temples with secret doors, fire sacrifices, etc.

The cinematography is solid, the music is solid. Hell, even the acting by the animals is solid. It's one of my favorites and I honestly think it's one of the best movies of the 80s. It's pretty underrated IMO.

My 17 year old stepdaughter walked in last night and was like what the hell are you watching, and I tried to briefly explain it to her. And the more I tried to explain, the more ridiculous it sounded. I was like "Okay, so there's this evil priest and he runs with the Jun, and he has evil witches and one of them told him that he would die at the hand of King Zed's unborn son. So he sends his witches and they go try to kill the son, but instead of killing the mom they do witch shite and transport the baby from the mother to a cow. So he's born to a cow, which (I assume) is what leads him to be connected with animals and able to speak to them and see through their eyes. But they don't end up killing him, and he's rescued and raised by this farmer and doesn't know his true heritage. So kinda like Superman. Then the farm community is wiped out by the Jun horde, and Dar travels back to where he was originally from and that's just the first ten or so minutes...you know what, you wouldn't like it."

Anyway, there have been several threads over the years about this movie, and I've preached my love for it on this board over and over. But since I just watched it again, I figured we could discuss its awesomeness (or terribleness if you hated it I guess). Any fans of this one?

And here's a pic of Tanya Roberts, for your time.