How many can you think of? I can’t think of any for sure.
Maybe Army of Darkness (?), but I haven’t seen it in a really long time. Ditto The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys - I can’t remember if Skeleton Boy has a sword or not.
Maybe some old Sinbad movies? I used to watch these on tv as a kid, but I doubt they show them much anymore and I wouldn’t know where to find them on DVD (or if they’ve even been released in that format.)
Bonus points if they’re carrying shields and wearing viking helmets. Half points if it’s a tv show or some other medium.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in particular has a skeleton with a sword. It is available on DVD. I believe that it is the first appearance of the Harryhausen sword-wielding skeleton which, as was mentioned above, is probably best known from Jason and the Argonauts.
A lot Spy Kids 2, especially the creatures on the island, are a homage to Harryhausen: the CGI is even jiggered to look like stop-motion animation. And there is, of course, a fight with a group of skeletons.
I think almost any movie would be improved by the addition of skeletons wielding swords.
Gone with the Wind: Scarlett and Melanie are holed up in Tara, waiting for Rhett to come rescue them after the fall of Atlanta . . . When skeletons wielding swords rise up and conquer Sherman’s advancing troops!
Babes on Broadway: Mickey and Judy’s show can’t get a producer, when Judy has an idea: “I know! My dad’s got a barnful of skeletons wielding swords! That’ll wow the producers!”
Valley of the Dolls: “They say I’m difficult, they say I’m drunk, even when I’m not. Sure, I take dolls, 'cause I’ve gotta get up at five o’clock in the morning and ‘Sparkle, Neely, sparkle!’ That psychiatrist says that I’m self destructive. So what? What do I do about it? Well, the hell with all of 'em. I got my army of skeletons wielding swords, and that’s all any actress needs!”
Little Rosey [aka “Little Rosie”—I’m seeing spelled both ways), circa 1990. Produced (though not voiced) by Roseanne. Not supposed to be in the “Roseanne” continuity, but elements seemed to be based off of it.
It has like NO web presence—I couldn’t even find a screencap. But as I remember, at the time, I didn’t think it was too bad.
Well, Red Skelton wielded his sword in a scene in A Southern Yankee (1948)…
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I do remember that in *James and the giant peach * Jack Skellington does a cameo as a sword-wielding skeleton.
Desk Set- network head of reference Katharine Hepburn is incensed when Spencer Tracy wants to replace her skilled librarian staff with skeletons wielding sword. It all comes down to whether the king of the Watusis drives a car, with La Hepburn’s crew saving the day after the skeletons have slaughtered the person asking the question during the reference interview.
The Yearling- a tearjerker in which a really awful child actor living in the Everglades brings home a sword wielding skeleton to his frigid mother, who has just divorced Ronald Reagan.
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