LuigiBastardo

I know this post dates back from way back when, but I have transferred both BEASTMASTER 2 and QUEST FOR THE MIGHTY SWORD to DVD-9 from LaserDisc. If anyone is still looking for these, please feel free to drop me a line.

Some screenies...

http://i.imgur.com/LoZIgjo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Gtf1sZM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0qQhgP8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ujZYedH.jpg

Cheers,
Luigi

poita said:

Might want to go to the first post, hit advanced edit and change the thread title now that you have a better idea of what it is.

 Done deal. I'm sure you'll approve. :P

Well, then, the joke's on them: I don't have a cellar. :P

OK, get ready for the really weird part: a lot of the film looks like it's undeveloped. I unraveled a reel a bit and saw that it's just simply blank: no soundtrack, no frames, nothing. o_O

They're ten-inch reels (roughly).

Well, I count 15 reels for this one. Sadly, reels one and two appear to be missing, while six are labeled as duplicates with the exception of them being marked "Music B" instead of "Music A". So who knows what I have here. The mystery deepens. I shot off an email to Steve Barkett and Fred Olen Ray, the latter of whom purportedly co-produced. We'll see if they can give me any info on the title itself. I'm not "publicly announcing" my possession of this ditty as yet. :/

Right? This is a win either way!

Hmm, upon reading those last two comments and after digging out the box of reels and looking at them, I am less certain than what I have now is an incomplete cut of ANH and perhaps a wacky B-grade horror flick instead. Most of the reels are marked "Evil Night", and since there were several reels of Steve Barkett's THE AFTERMATH, this may very well be his other film EMPIRE OF THE DARK (which has to do with a satanic cult, aliens, and...ninjas!?) under an alias. And since the fellow who used to live in the apartment these came from had told me he was a friend of Barkett's, it starts to make a little sense.

Could it be possible that someone used filler from ANH as leaders for these reels? It certainly seems possible.

Call me a cretin, but now I'm even more curious as to what this is!

Years ago, the stepdad of an ex of mine was the landlord of a small apartment complex in my region. One day, he dropped by my work and dropped off a number of 35mm reels someone had left behind. Along with three reels from THE AFTERMATH was - to my shock - a mostly complete ANH. And I use the word “mostly” because as I skimmed through the film (I have no hand rewinder or equipment to really give this thing the once over), I noticed someone had spliced in blank (brown) leaders and footage from other titles. I know darn well for a FACT there was no PRIEST onboard the Death Star! o_O

Now, this may be the dumbest question to be posted here since the beginning of time itself (please, let’s play nice), but do you think anyone would be interested in purchasing it?

I have a decent HP scanner that has an adapter for slides and 35mm film, so I can give everyone a look at the beginnings of the reels (along with photos of the reels themselves). I just need to get the reels out and then try to remember where I put the film adapter for my computer scanner (along with how the thing works).

Hi, I was just going though this old thread. I haven't been able to find it anywhere thus far; do you know of a place where it is still active?

Cheers,
Luigi