For Those About to Rock
The Beastmaster (1982)
directed by Don Coscarelli
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
What Death Proof is to stuntmen, "The Beastmaster" is to animal trainers. An adorable black panther,* a devious pair of ferrets, even a mighty golden eagle team up to help our hero con a kiss from his sun-bathing future star of That '70s Show, Tanya Roberts. The Beastmaster acts like the cornball, romantically-inclined, weight-lifting older brother in The Goonies, but for what it's worth, everyone's childhood should contain at least one afternoon movie like this one.
I can only imagine how much Coscarelli resented Rip Torn's hammy, self-conscious Maax; even amid so much goofiness, the Don still makes woods and far lines of hills more than a little ominous.
* actually a regular striped tiger dyed black!
directed by Don Coscarelli
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
What Death Proof is to stuntmen, "The Beastmaster" is to animal trainers. An adorable black panther,* a devious pair of ferrets, even a mighty golden eagle team up to help our hero con a kiss from his sun-bathing future star of That '70s Show, Tanya Roberts. The Beastmaster acts like the cornball, romantically-inclined, weight-lifting older brother in The Goonies, but for what it's worth, everyone's childhood should contain at least one afternoon movie like this one.
I can only imagine how much Coscarelli resented Rip Torn's hammy, self-conscious Maax; even amid so much goofiness, the Don still makes woods and far lines of hills more than a little ominous.
* actually a regular striped tiger dyed black!
posted by NPK at 1:30 PM
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