Dark fantasy movies?

[TheDope]

I think Pan's Labyrinth would qualify, wouldn't you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9YD2PFF31E

[CheezeFlixz]

The Fountain
Heavy Metal
Night Watch
Willow
The Golden Compass
Eragon
Dragonslayer

just to name a few not listed.

[Javakoala]

The Fountain
Heavy Metal
Night Watch
Willow
The Golden Compass
Eragon
Dragonslayer

just to name a few not listed.

I haven't found many people who liked "Dragonslayer" if they have even heard of it.  I saw it in an early preview one summer and thought it was the coolest fantasy movie I'd seen because they FINALLY did not sugar-coat everything.  It was dirty and nasty and bloody and there was a tone that the hero would not survive.  I can't believe I don't have this in my collection.

[Psycho Circus]

I like Dragonslayer alot, have done since being a small kid. I did watch it again recently and didn't realise how dark it was. As Java stated, there's not really much in the way of the viewer thinking Galen would be successful in his quest. There's nothing heroic or remotely confident about him in any way. Also, weird watching it years ago, then seeing Peter MacNicol in Ally McBeal. 

[RCMerchant]

quote author=peter johnson link=topic=122760.msg237357#msg237357 date=1231527387]

Lucifer Rising.  Kenneth Anger has always advocated taking copious amounts of drugs before filming.  It shows.  His are some very evil/peculiar/WTF films that I'm shocked to discover aren't talked about very much in this forum.

FW Murnau's original Nosferatu, if you've never seen it.  Try to find the version with the Mt. Alto soundtrack.  Murnau was a coke and absinthe freak for a bit in Berlin.

peter johnson/denny crane

LUCIFER RISING: Worthless trivia dept: Bobby Beausoleil, a member of the infamous Manson Family,appears in the film as Satan.
FW Murnau: Another good trippy film by Murnau is FAUST (1926)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J04AD8SGCjw

A favorite of mine as a kid...Stan and Ollie in the 1934 MARCH of the WOODEN SOLDIERS (aka BABES in TOYLAND).

This is a colorized clip....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDdhg8CyeUo

[Allhallowsday]

Here's a dark fantasy influenced by drugs film you won't forget: FANTASTIC PLANET (LA PLANETE SAUVAGE 1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E