A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet, Krull.
The Glaive really should have become every bit as iconic as lightsabers and bat’leths.
No, because this movie, which I adored at six years old, is a fucking terrible movie whereas SW is not.
The movie may be terrible, but The Glaive is the height of cool movie weapons! “Magic Laser Death Frisbee” is cool enough to be the BFG-level weapon in a classic FPS.
It’s a fun movie, and the musical score is kind of impressive in one very specific way. Do you like musical flourishes? They put flourishes in your flourishes so that you can flourish while you flourish. Er… The score is very unusual, which makes it kind of fun.
Was this really a B movie? IIRC, it had a wide theatrical release and even its own game on Atari. And while cheesey, the effects were pretty much up to the standard of their time.
ikr that’s like saying Bloodsport or Flash Gordon are B-movies.
wait… are they?!?
There is a universe where Krull became a huge franchise and Star Wars was the derivative B movie.
Star Wars was a derivative B movie, but they accidentally had a really good editor.
C’mon, this is a b-plus movie at least :)
I had the board game of it lol
Saw this in the theater.
I still love this movie. Several brutal death scenes (e.g. getting crushed to death), and one of the most bad ass weapons ever (even if it was only actually used for a few minutes). Amazing musical score, too.