The Beastmaster. Don Coscarelli, 1982.
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Edition screened: Vinegar Syndrome UHD #VSU 01, released 2021. English language. Runtime approximately 118 minutes.
Summary: Depictions and implications of dead animals.
Details:
1) An ox lies on her side while a kneeling witch blocks our view of a fetus being removed from the animal’s stomach. We see a thin bloody incision as the witch leaves. 8:15-8:30.
2) A dog whimpers when he is shot with an arrow at 19:49, but manages to drag wounded Marc Singer to safety. Followed by several images of the dog lying dead, 21:00 - 21:58.
3) Marc Singer affectionately adds the dead dog to the funeral pyre of murdered villagers, 23:21-24:44
4) One of the two companion ferrets nearly drowns in quicksand saving Marc Singer, 30:00-30:40.
5) One of the two companion ferrets lunges at Rip Torn to save Marc Singer, and falls in the sacrificial fire, 1:39:05. There is no depiction of the animal actually hitting the flames.
6) Horses and riders are trapped in a moat of flaming tar, 1:44:36-1:46:00