Jack the Giant Killer, 1960. Ray Harryhausen-style stop motion animation (but it wasn't him).
Beginning w/ the drawn book illustrations, looks like the typical black thin beard n 'stache, evil. Looks so similar to some (magic user, evil mostly) minis for Dnd in the 2000s. Torin Thatcher again.
D&D Archmage from Angelfire.
D&D Renegade Warlock from Deathknell, 2005.
This movie also has the invis cloak… like DnD and Harry Potter. Was it the first??
A copy from the cyclops from the Sinbad movie, the early giant has two fingers plus a thumb on each hand, reminiscent of the Rancor beast in Jedi.
Apparently this movie was a straight copy in look and feel from Sinbad, see great write up:
http://manapop.com/film/jack-the-giant-killer-1962-review/
http://manapop.com/film/jack-the-giant-killer-1962-review/
Ghosts n hobgoblins at time 38:00 are pretty damn good. Love 'em.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNq_5JQvr14&t=15s
The doglike wyvern(?) was cool from this angle. Definitely going for the younger audience with this film.
The French poster had monsters that never appeared.
Everybody's favorite reptilian headed, Godzilla white breath attacking monster lady. She shoots her breath attack for like 60 seconds straight probably, it was insane. But the look really is cool from the right angles.
I really liked all the undead guys, they looked very cool.
The concentration on this fellow is great with his ultra 1950s hairdo.
But the monster in the film was not nearly as detailed or cool as the one in this test film:
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Star Wars - Return of the Jedi's Rancor had an earring!?! I never knew this. And Godzilla often has tiny little ears, too, come to think of it.
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BTW, great Ray Harryhausen stuff:
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