 | Dragonslayer
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $2.75 1981. High Tolkien-esque, without being a rewrite of the Hobbit. Love the special effects. My fav decade film. PG-13, really.
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 | Clash of the Titans (Snap Case)
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $4.25 1981. Though I prefer classics to fantasy, I disliked the gala, all-star cast & jerky SFX--Harryhausens last best work.
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 | The Dark Crystal
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.90 1982. Lucas and Hensons first duet. Quite a different film: I appreciate it for it uniqueness.
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 | The NeverEnding Story
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $3.99 1984. The second best fantasy filmA fresh & refreshing story!
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 | Gremlins (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $0.98 1984. Typical Spielberg mixture of schmaltz & gross humor, in slick packaging.
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 | Return to Oz
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.86 1985. Not quite Judy Garland, and not quite a good film. Stick with the books.
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 | Legend (Ultimate Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $7.50 1985. A bit darker for my tastes
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 | Labyrinth
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.87 1986. Henson and Lucas again, for pre-teen girls and older Never-Ending Story fans.
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 | Jim Henson's Fantasy Film Collection - (Labyrinth / MirrorMask / The Dark Crystal)
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $14.99 Omnibus.
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 | The Princess Bride (Special Edition)
Buy used from: $2.32 1987. This film needs no introductionbuy it, already!
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 | Willow (Special Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $6.15 1988. Lucass rewriting of The Hobbit. If anything, it showed that New Zealand is the real home of the Little People.
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 | J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King)
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $38.89 1978, 1980. See Fallacy of False Periodization This sets the framework for the later animated fantasy.
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![Thundarr the Barbarian [VHS]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/nav2/dp/no-image-no-ciu._SL75_V46836203_.gif) | Thundarr the Barbarian [VHS]
Buy used from: $19.99 1980. A post-apocalyptic Conan. Obviously lifted from Star Wars, but edgy for its time.
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 | Blackstar - The Complete Series
Buy used from: $15.88 1981. Filmations answer to John Carter of Mars. SF-FANT mixture.
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 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Season One, Vol. 1
Buy used from: $13.44 1983. Blackstar, take 2, with better toys and scripts. Or is it John Carter, take 3?
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 | Dungeons & Dragons - The Complete Animated Series
Buy used from: $35.00 1983. My favorite FANT series, with a great concept and execution. DVD has the unfilmed final script in radio-drama format.
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 | Thundercats - Season One, Volume One
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $22.80 1985. A hybrid SF-FANT that leans to the fantasy side. Carter again.
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