The BeastMaster

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The BeastMaster

PG

1982

1h 54m

Adventure

Fantasy

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Prehistoric Dar (Marc Singer) uses ESP with animals to save a slave girl (Tanya Roberts) from a sorcerer (Rip Torn).

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Eddie Harrison

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...this film has ferrets, up to here. Action cinema is so often coy about the portrayal of ferrets on the big screen, but The Beastmaster breaks taboos, never panning coyly away when ferrets are introduced, instead focusing in granular detail...

Rated: 3/5

Jan 30, 2024

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James Evans

Starburst

The Beastmaster is a film shot through with love for the genre.

Rated: 8/10

Aug 31, 2020

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

In its attempt to outdo every other fantasy epic to date, culling pieces from everything in the last decade, it manages only to be one of the more forgettable of the genre.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 31, 2020

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Rob Vaux

Mania.com

A kid-friendly version of Arnold Schwarzenegger's grown-up guilty pleasure... which really sort of misses the point.

Rated: C

May 14, 2013

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 19, 2011

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

So-so adventure fantasy that spawned several sequels.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 16, 2008

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WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EFFING NUDITY!?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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Tim M

As generic as sword and sorcery fantasy gets, The Beastmaster is campy in all the wrong ways.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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The M

Watching this in the theater back in 82 really brought back memories, and DOZENS of cable viewing left its mark. This is a simple tale of good and evil. But our hunky hero's part slayer, part Doolittle, and it works. Everyone here is at their best. John Amos is badass, Tanya Roberts is a beauty you don’t mess with,Rip Torn is a great heavy, and Marc Singer Is the Beast-master 100 💯 The animal scenes are a delight, and the movie has good pace.some of it is quite ghoulish. I would 100 time watch this over a current marvel fiasco, with their bloated budgets and souless CGI. Thank You for the Memories, Mr Coscarelli, Eagle, Roo, Kodo, and Podo.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/25

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Mark B

I love this movie it is not great but it is enjoyable

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Harry M

Classic 80's B grade action. Love it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Odevis L

Excellent sword and sorcery movie from the era.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/24

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Synopsis

Prehistoric Dar (Marc Singer) uses ESP with animals to save a slave girl (Tanya Roberts) from a sorcerer (Rip Torn).

Director: Don Coscarelli
Producer: Paul Pepperman, Sylvio Tabet
Screenwriter: Don Coscarelli, Paul Pepperman
Production Co: Leisure Investment Company, Beastmaster NV, ECTA Filmproduktion
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2017
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Surround

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