Sabu in The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
GIANT SPIDER - guardian of the All-Seeing Eye in the Temple of Dawn
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Poll: Treasure Guardians
Here's a classic setup: an adventurer (be it a hero, a villain or a common thief) enters a secret lair which hides a grand treasure or an artifact of great importance. But those riches are not unguarded.
Which of these 'treasure guardians' is the most interesting?
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Dal McKennon in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
CYCLOPS - guardian of the magic lamp and treasure on Colossa Island -
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
TALOS - guardian of the treasure on the Isle of Bronze -
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
HYDRA - guardian of the Golden Fleece in Colchis -
John Phillip Law and Ferdinando Poggi in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
STATUE OF KALI - guardian of a piece of the Golden Tablet in Lemuria -
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)
GIANT SNAKE - guardian of the Eye of the Serpent jewel in the Tower of Seth -
Pat Roach in Conan the Destroyer (1984)
THOTH-AMON - guardian of the Heart of Ahriman key-jewel inside his castle -
Billie Hayes, Adele Malis-Morey, and Eda Reiss Merin in The Black Cauldron (1985)
ORDDU, ORGOCH and ORWEN - guardians of the Black Cauldron in the Marshes of Morva -
Robert Eddison in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
GRAIL KNIGHT, guardian of the Holy Grail, in the Canyon of the Crescent Moon -
Charlie Adler and Frank Welker in Aladdin (1992)
SAND TIGER - guardian of the Magic Lamp and treasure inside the Cave of Wonders -
Army of Darkness (1992)
'VAMPIRE' NECRONOMICON - guardian of the real Necronomicon Ex-Mortis in the unholy graveyard -
The Jungle Book (1994)
KAA, guardian of the treasure in Monkey City -
Maïwenn in The Fifth Element (1997)
DIVA PLAVALAGUNA - guardian of the Element Stones, inside of her -
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
SAVRILLE - guardian of the Rod of Savrille and the treasure of Savrille inside the tomb of Savrille -
Doug Jones in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
PALE MAN - guardian of the Golden Dagger inside his lair -
Evan McGuire in The Secret of Kells (2009)
CROM CRUACH - guardian of the Eye of Crom inside the Cave of the Dark One -
Uma Thurman in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
MEDUSA - guardian of a Persephone's Pearl in Auntie Em's Garden Emporium -
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
HYDRA - guardian of a Persephone's Pearl in Nashville's Parthenon -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
GRINGOTT'S DRAGON - guardian of the Lestrange Vault in Gringotts Wizarding Bank -
Robert Maillet in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
POLYPHEMUS - guardian of the Golden Fleece in Circeland -
Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
SMAUG - guardian of the treasure inside Erebor -
Jemaine Clement and Auli'i Cravalho in Moana (2016)
TAMATOA - guardian of Maui's Hook and treasure in Lalotai -
Julie Andrews in Aquaman (2018)
KARATHEN - guardian of the Trident of Atlan at the centre of the Earth -
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RED SKULL - guardian of the Soul Stone on planet Vormir
