Stephen Mendel

Terminal

He's chillin' and killin'. He's got ice in his veins and he's giving cold-blooded a whole new meaning... his name is Jack Frost.

A cult favorite among fans of the genre, this animated classic from director Ralph Bakshi and artist Frank Frazetta follows the adventures of a young warrior named Larn. After his village is destroyed by the evil ice lord Nekron, Larn tries his best to save good King Jarol's daughter, who's been kidnapped by Nekron's minions. Painting with Fire documents how Frazetta overcame physical disabilities to become a renowned fantasy illustrator.

A prehistoric battle of the elements as the dissolute ruler of the Ice World, Nekron, starts a war against the fire people using a massive, advancing glacier and armies of subhuman monsters as his weapons.

A prehistoric battle of the elements as the dissolute ruler of the Ice World, Nekron, starts a war against the fire people using a massive, advancing glacier and armies of subhuman monsters as his weapons.

Celebrated sword-and-sorcery artist Frank Frazetta teams up with animation director Ralph Bakshi for this high-energy animated fantasy. It's a prehistoric battle of the elements as the dissolute ruler of the Ice World, Nekron (Sean Hannon), starts a war against the fire people using a massive, advancing glacier and armies of subhuman monsters as his weapons. When he arranges to have the fire king's shapely daughter, Teegra (Cynthia Lenke), kidnapped, the adventure begins as she escapes her captors and hooks up with Lorn (Randy Norton), lone survivor of an earlier skirmish. With the aid of a mysterious dark warrior (based on Frazetta's famous painting "The Death Dealer"), Lorn and Teegra fight the armies of Nekron as well as giant monsters, lesbian sorcerers, and other comic book delights. A thunderous classical score by William Kraft adds excitement to this violent, sexy, fast-moving film. It also benefits from unusual animation techniques that nicely complement the far-out imaginations of Frazetta, Bakshi, and screenwriters Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway.

It began as a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the greatest icons of the fantasy genre: Animator Ralph Bakshi and legendary illustrator Frank Frazetta. It became and remains one of the most startling animation epics of all time.