Real Life pirates would often cultivate this kind of image to instill fear and terror in their victims and targets, making for surrender quicker and easier. They have, in fact, thoroughly earned their Real Life designation hostes humani generis or, in literal Latin, 'enemies of the human race'. Generally the easy go-to bad guys for anything in The Cavalier Years. Seeing the Jolly Roger on the horizon is bad news for the dashing, clean-cut heroes, who will soon have to deal with a wave of unwashed brutes intent on looting as much as they can, killing the crew after prolonged torture to ensure they aren't holding back treasure and pure cruelty as well, and ahem 'abducting' the women. Marauding Brutes: Some pirates are major threats whenever they appear.Fond o' drinking and prone ta fights, out to live 'a short life and a merry one.' The pirates we know and love were greatly influenced by those of Peter Pan and Treasure Island.

ĭashing villains who lived free on the open sea, with a parrot on their shoulder, a cutlass in their hand and a chest full o' gold. Don't worry, I'll release them all into the ocean later. We have also added mermaid-ish movies, involving stories of creatures like Sirens, Selkies, and Nymphs, as well as scripts that only hint at mermaids being involved without actually realign them.Īnywhere there were mermaid 'concepts', we fished them out of the entertainment waters and put them up for display here. The year of release next to each movie title is important – some of the titles are not altogether different in name, after all. We chose to swim through movies alone for this one, and have covered real-life, live-action, and animated features that used mermaids or mer-people as the heart of their storylines. In this list, we intentionally kept from diving into mermaid series and shows. We're going to cover as many films based on these magnificent humanoid creatures that have come to define symbolism, myth, and cultural identity in ways that deserve appreciation and awe. ENTOIN has the go-to list for Mermaid Movies right here. Put on your mer-tails and get ready to make a splash.

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