Top 10 Grimy, Dark, Horrific, Fantasy films to inspire your OLDHAMMER hobby!
Want something to put you in the mood to paint some lead?
Want some noise in the background while you tinker with your army list?
Are you just bored and want to watch something WEIRD?
I have a list of films for you!
(It starts off fairly mainstream, but I promise it gets more and more weird and wonderful!)
Chaotic Entities: Top 10 OLDHAMMER inspiration films! (No particular order)
#10 Black Death
Black Death is an action horror film with very cool, dirty, grimy, vibes!
Not very much fantasy though...
Watch it free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/439507/black-death?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed
#9 Van Helsing
Put the fantasy back in! WAIT WAIT TOO MUCH!
Just imagine the bad CGI is just your poorly painted minis come to life!
Watch it free on Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3q3md9
#8 Army of Darkness
Watch it free here (careful, pop ups!): https://www.effedupmovies.com/army-of-darkness-dir-cut-1992/
#4 Jabberwocky
A dark fantasy comedy by Terry Gilliam, eh? There's no holy grail here! A young peasant with no interest in adventure or fortune is mistaken for the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside...kind of! Watch it for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfR0eUy-hnc
#1 Archer: Fugitive from the empire
Synths, and Snake Men and DEATH DEALER oh my!
What a fun, weird, low budget fantasy film! It looks like some painted lead minis came to life...perfection.
You can watch it for free here: https://archive.org/details/archer-fugitive-from-the-empire-1981
Enjoy!
Some good films there, these are my favourites, not in order:
ReplyDeleteFlesh and Blood (classic feels)
Solomon Kane (moody chaos/mutants)
Black Death (classic feels)
The Last Valley (imagine it is Sigmar vs Ulric)
Season of the Witch (classic feels)
Forbidden Kingdom (Kislev style chaos)
Sleepy Hollow (classic feels)
Countess Dracula (the birth of the vampire counts)
Witchfinder General (classic feels)
Rad! I will check out those here I have not seen, Witchfinder general is SO good. A masterpiece even...should really take van helsings spot. This list will grow and change with time.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Flesh and Blood could be much more warhammer if it tried.
ReplyDeleteIt is for my money, the most warhammer film. Empire/Tilean mercenaries / sellswords led by a captain who is guided by a religious fanatic with the opposition being a noble who is a mad inventor with war machines.
It would be a great WFRP campaign.
The Last Valley is about mercenaries of Catholic and Protestant faith who have some divisions to make. If you swap those 2 faiths for Sigmar and Ulric it fits perfectly into the old world.
Countess Dracula is one of Hammers Karnstein Trilogy, 3 loosely connected vampire films which were clearly responsible for warhammers Carstein vampire name.
*decisions not divisions.
ReplyDeleteLast valley was great, I love how the witch got "mercy" XD brutal. And the idea of moving the shrine was so funny to me...especially if you imagine it as I did, "3 feet to the left!" "NO!" LMAO
DeleteGlad you liked it.
DeletePlague and disease and poor peasants? Check
Religious quarrels? Check
Mercenary soldiers? Check
The good guys are not actually good guys? Check
Secret chaos worshipers (witch?)? Check
Black Powder weapons? Check
Warhammer Film? CHECK!!