Roy Thomas Archives

Fire and Ice (1983)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 25, 2002Sword and Sorcery/Animation

Animator Ralph Bakshi collaborates with fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta to make a fine and underrated sword and sorcery film that comes with a vigour that puts in the best spirit of Robert E. Howard

Director: Ralph Bakshi

Actors: Steve Sandor, Leo Gordon, William Ostrander

Category: Fantasy

25 August 20021 February 2026 by Roog

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Rating: ★★

May 31, 2001Sword and Sorcery

This sequel to Conan the Barbarian makes the mistake of watering the primal brutalism down to a PG rating and what results ends up being a pedestrian comic-book adventure

Director: Richard Fleischer

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia D'Abo, Tracey Walter, …

Category: Fantasy

31 May 20014 May 2026 by Roog

Man-Thing (2005)

Rating: ★★

Sep 9, 2007Marvel Comics Adaptation/Creature in the Swamps

The bastard child among the spate of pre-MCU Marvel Comics adaptations during the mid-2000s, a film based on their swamp-dweller that throws out most of the comic-book

Director: Brett Leonard

Actors: Matthew Le Nevez, Jack Thompson, Rachael Taylor, Alex O'Loughlin, …

Category: Horror

9 September 20076 August 2026 by Roog

Ghost Rider (2007)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 26, 2007Comic-Book Avenger/Demonic Superhero

Film adaptation of Marvel Comics' demon superhero emerges as better than it had the right to be. The risibility of the image of a motorcycle-riding demon hero is made to work through some vivid and way-out effects

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Peter Fonda, Wes Bentley, …

Category: Fantasy

26 March 200722 February 2026 by Roog

Morbius (2022)

Rating: ★★

May 28, 2022Marvel Comics Vampire

Sony’s attempts to wring everything possible from the Spider-Man copyright in order to compete with the MCU continue with this film devoted to the Spider-Man vampire villain

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Actors: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, …

Category: Horror

28 May 202221 March 2024 by Roog

Red Sonja (2025)

Rating: ★★

Sep 19, 2025Warrior Woman/Sword and Sorcery

Following the disastrous Brigitte Nielsen film, a new version of Robert E. Howard’s Amazonian warrior woman has been promised since the late 2000s. It finally emerges here from the same people behind the revivals of Hellboy and the Jason Momoa starring Conan

Director: M.J. Bassett

Actors: Matilda Lutz, Robert Sheehan, Luca Pasqualino, Rhona Mitra, …

Category: Fantasy

19 September 202511 November 2025 by Roog