Sylvan (movie)

Sylvan is a 1994 direct-to-video action-adventure film produced by Sanford Productions, Apple Entertainment, and D'Ocon Films Productions, and released by Geffen Home Video on November 6th, 1994.

It's tagline was "A Live-Action Medieval-Themed Cassette".

Plot
Sylvan, a brave warrior of King Charles, is sent off to defeat the evil forces of Evila.

Development
The film was shot in a makeshift sound stage in a 50,000 square foot warehouse rented out by Jake Sanford, who in addition to directing the film played Sylvan.

The makeup was done by Dick Smith. He built prosthetic makeup pieces and puppets for the film, the biggest of the puppets being King Charles.

Jake Sanford had the Sylvan prosthetic (complete with a tuft of blonde hair) applied to his face by a co-worker of Dick. The rest of the Sylvan body was a costume, complete with ginger-colored fur and a tail. Sylvan's yipping (heard in some scenes) was performed by voice actor Frank Welker.

King Charles was built as a puppet voiced by Don Marty, best known for playing Santa Claus in the 1938 Christmas B-movie The Christmas That Almost Wasn't But Then Was.

The Death Warrior was played by Rick May in a suit made from cardboard and plastic, painted to look metallic. The Death Warrior's voice was dubbed by Dennis Bateman.

A then-unknown Angelika de la Cruz played Princess Diana, and wore prosthetic makeup and various dresses and costumes.

Evila was Kristian Michaels, Jake Sanford's former co-star on the Jeff Jones Show, wearing prosthetic makeup and a costume.

Jake Wrzesiński played Linmer through prosthetic makeup.

Release
The film was released on VHS and Laserdisc on November 6th, 1994. A DVD re-release was done in 2006.