Highlander brings immortal swordplay to Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers

Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Roxanne Hart feature in the archive channel's only new upload.

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Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers Story of October 18, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Highlander (1986) Trailer #1 | Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart

A sword fight in a New York parking lot leaves behind an awkward clue: a fragment of an ancient weapon. That's the invitation in Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers' new Highlander trailer, sending Roxanne Hart's forensics specialist toward a mystery that stretches back centuries.

The channel posted just this one trailer, revisiting Russell Mulcahy's 1986 fantasy rather than announcing a new film. Christopher Lambert plays the immortal at its center, with Sean Connery as his mentor and Clancy Brown as the formidable Kurgan. The upload has drawn roughly 5,500 views. Beneath it, viewers recall repeat TV viewings, remember their first encounter with the film and bring back its familiar promise that there can be only one.

Highlander also sits among the channel's busiest uploads right now, though Tim Curry's Stephen King's It trailer continues to draw more daily views. John Travolta's Phenomenon supplies a gentler supernatural alternative, about a mechanic who suddenly develops extraordinary mental abilities.

Across the archive, viewing is close to its usual daily level, and subscribers held steady over the week. The channel added about six million views, with Amazon MGM Studios and Warner Bros. Classics having particularly substantial weeks among its nearby studio and trailer peers.

For this channel, the contrast is in the scale: a modest new Highlander audience alongside a deep catalog whose most-watched trailers include Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and Inception. Movie rediscovery doesn't always require a crowded release calendar.

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Excellent movie, still watching every time it's on TV, plus the first two are great, the next not.
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Great film. I remember really enjoying it.
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There can be only one!
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