Dragonslayer (1981)

Watched the Paramount UHD 4K Blu-ray. Discard your DVD's as this film was practically made to be experienced at the largest screen possible and with the benefits of HDR with enhanced sharpness, the right color grading, perfect contrast with deep shadows as this film has…

Hexagore

Not the most exciting thing ever conceived...there's an awful lot of not-particularly-inspired campy humor and ossified hero's journey stuff, which is can be rough even when your journeying hero isn't played by Peter MacNicol. But as far as your cinematic quests to kill…

matt lynch

So, I've been busy rereading Stephen King's The Stand, which feels kind of appropriate, given everything going on in the world right now. I didn't even plan it that way. I started reading it before things got all crazy. Anyway, I forgot I was supposed to be watching all…

Aberrant Ghoul

Cinematic Time Capsule 1981 Marathon - Film #78 ”All this magic. What has it accomplished?” Well Dungeon my Dragons… It’s the Dragonslayer! I’ve always had the greatest admiration for the black arts of practical effects, and once we finally make it to the dragon,…

📀 Cammmalot 📀

should be regarded as the blueprint for dark fantasy cinema, all fire (lots of fire) and brimstone with surprisingly little hope in its tale of sorcery, instead establishing a dragon as the ultimate evil and human characters that are destined, even in victory, to be lesser…

Justin LaLiberty

Now that was very enjoyable! In the last couple of years, a lot of these fantasy movies have been big epics, but this felt pretty no-frills in comparison. The effects might not look particularly impressive by today's standards, but I thought they were extremely creative…

Lou (doesn't rhyme with booh! 👻)

The 80s were such a weird time for Disney, weren't they? I mean, technically, you can say this is a Buena Vista production, but Walt Disney production is the one listed as a co-producer of this one. Either way, if this one became available on Disney+, would they erase such…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

Peter MacNicol sets out on your typical unlikely hero's quest to become a Dragonslayer. "If he's ready to lay a dragon in its grave, he's nothing to fear from me." Well the dragon parts were badass, but I would of rather had Willow or a young Luke Skywalker as the…

Justin Peterson

The king made a pact with a monster. Twice a year he offers a virgin from his kingdom as tribute to a dragon and in return the dragon leaves their villages and crops unburned. It's a co-existence that has protected the people for some time but when the King's daughter is…

Dan Abel