The Beastmaster is a cult favorite that was a modest success in its initial release, but found an audience through home video and repeat (and I mean repeat) TV viewings. HBO doesn't stand for Home Box Office, it stands for "Hey, Beastmaster's On!" - Dennis Miller
UPDATE (2/1/2012): This item is priced like it's out of print (oop) but it's NOT! I just saw a multi-set of flicks (I don't remember the others) in Wally World's bargin bin for $5. Beastmaster, in widescreen, is included. And yes, it is the Marc Singer one. THIS one. So don't pay these prices...Would like to add that I have hopes for a Bluray. Afterall, if I can watch Flash Gordon (the one with the Queen music) on Bluray I should be able to watch this equally fun film on a bluray as well. In fact, wh..
There's something to be said for the "do-it-yourself" approach to making movies. Director Don Coscarelli followed up his smash horror film "Phantasm" with a fantasy adventure inspired by Andre Norton's fantasy novel The Beastmaster. Unfortunately, this project couldn't be entirely self funded so Coscarelli had to go to outside sources. That's where the trouble began. Although he finished the film and was overall quite satisfied, what followed was a battle of wills where the film was taken away from him, he ..