Yor, the Hunter from the Future
Yor, the Hunter from the Future is a 1983 film from France, Italy and Turkey, directed by Antonio Margheriti, running 85 minutes. reelscum files it under post-nuke and sword & sorcery.
- Year
- 1983 · 1980s films
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Director
- Antonio Margheriti
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (35/100)
Defined in the glossary: Post-nuke, Sword & sorcery
Starts as caveman fantasy, becomes science fiction with no warning.
It begins as a caveman fantasy, dinosaurs, tribes, a blond hero in a loincloth, and then, with no warning, becomes a science-fiction film about androids and a laser-armed overlord in a space fortress. The tonal whiplash is the whole reason it is remembered. Reb Brown shouts his way through both halves.
Antonio Margheriti cut it down from an Italian TV miniseries, which explains the structural insanity, and the theme song, which loudly insists Yor is the hunter from the future, is unforgettable. It commits totally to its own confusion.
A gloriously incoherent genre collision. Watch it with disbelief and affection.
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