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Dragonslayer is a 1981 American dark fantasy film directed by Matthew Robbins from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hal Barwood. It stars Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, and Caitlin Clarke.
The movie would be worth seeing just for the dragon effects (Vermithax Pejorative is hailed by many as the best movie dragon of all time for a reason), but it's really impressive how much this film subverts the typical fantasy archetypes.
Dragonslayer: Directed by Matthew Robbins. With Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam. A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.
- (20K)
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Matthew Robbins
- 1981-06-26
The mission in this movie is a simple one, as all fairy-tale missions must be: Galen, a young sorcerer’s apprentice (MacNicol) must travel to a faraway kingdom and kill a fearsome dragon who holds the countryside under its fiery scorn.
Mar 3, 2021 · Specifically, a “Paramount Pictures/ Walt Disney Productions” film and nothing like “Pete’s Dragon” (1977), either. “Dragonslayer” is violent, intense and wondrous, the kind of uncompromised, large-scale fantasy you’d never see today (it felt even rougher and more progressive than “Clash of the Titans” and “Excalibur ...
- 19 min
Dragonslayer is a 1981 Fantasy film produced by Paramount and Disney. A deconstruction of many Sword And Sorcery tropes, the film was considerably darker than the typical Disney movie, which may have caused its commercial failure despite having very good production values for its time.
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Mar 21, 2023 · SYNOPSIS: 1980s era fantasy classic Dragonslayer makes its 4K Ultra HD debut in an edition that features spectacular image quality along with a nice complement of newly commissioned bonus...
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