KRULL (1983) - Fantasizing About Fantasy Films

[@fennec13]

Krull and Ice Pirates are two films very much of their time - I don't think we'll see such treasures like that again. Everything has to be a sequel or franchise. It's sad, the films of the 80's are sorely missed

[@jbjacobs9514]

Two of my faves! I still laugh my butt off every time I see that scene in Ice Pirates where the robots pee out bolts. I was lukewarm about Krull when I saw it in the movies in 83, but when it came on cable afterward I totally fell in love with it and watched it a zillion times. I am so glad to have them both on dvd. :-)

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

Absolutely nailed it. =( =)

[@scottmantooth8785]

*movies today play it safe and as a result are unimaginative, predictable and totally boring with a heavy reliance on gender swapping and virtue signalling giving any movie a re-watch ratio of slightly less than zero...and that;s being generous if not overly optimistic*

[@chevalierjd]

Don't forget Buckaroo Bonzai!

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

@@chevalierjd Absolutely! A classic! (however, rumor has it that a 'BB'-sequel is in the works... =0)

[@Philbert-s2c]

Really underrated film. I'm glad to see it's developed a cult following over the years.

[@randomrangoon5476]

Funny how that goes with movies like these. Good one

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Because films now are garbage and bog standard

[@thepayne7862]

Love Krull one of my favorite 80's movies.

[@ZephrusPrime]

When Krull first came out I used to collect those little ice cream sticks that were a bit wider and longer. Glue them together to look like a Krull Blade. They only lasted one throw but I'll tell you, in the 80's many things became Krull Blades and Tron Disks!

[@chevalierjd]

Yes! I thought I was the only one!

[@timulewicz466]

Haha me too!!

[@henmich]

Not to mention every backpack I owned being turned into a proton pack.

[@beeman2075]

In between the big, special effects scenes and battles, I've always enjoyed the small character moments in this film, like when Ergo ('the Magnificent!') transforms himself into a puppy to comfort the young boy they encounter, or when Ynir is conversing with the Widow of the Web about their lost love.

[@germanicelt]

Also the mountain climbing scene and the music.

[@italosblogtalkradio4279]

I remember that scene 🎬

[@Runningdeering]

My dad showed us this when we were kids and we fell in love with it. I still watch it every few years. Such a classic.

[@shainewhite2781]

The music by James Horner is amazing and adventurous.

[@jasonblalock4429]

For awhile in the 90s, the soundtrack was one of the rarest and most valuable in his catalog. And pretty much every time it got rereleased on CD, it sold out almost immediately. (Back in ye olden times before all music could be downloaded.)

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

@@jasonblalock4429 yeah remember old school was far better you had to actually make effort back then I'm 45

[@ZigUncut]

@@andylikesstuffchannel one of his best. A dry run for Willow?

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@andylikesstuffchannel Better now that everyone gets to hear this classic. It should never be lost in time.

[@johnflynn8879]

He wrote the soundtrack for this and star trek 2 in 12 weeks. He then had a nervous breakdown.

[@beefiron]

I saw this in TV in the late 80's, aged about 13. It ignited a lifelong love of fantasy and sci-fi.

[@johnlawful2272]

He looks like chris pratt

[@808v1]

pretty much the same here, this movie was made for a kid like me back then :)

[@chevalierjd]

Saw it with my Dad when I was a kid too. Loved all Sci-fi fantasy ever since.

[@germanicelt]

I too was 13 in the late 80s, though I first saw Krull when it was new on VHS in 1985. It was a glorious time. Part of me is still stuck there.

[@ChrisLovesYahweh]

More people need to know this movie.

[@Briansgate]

Doesn't matter how many time I see her, or how long it's been. Lysette Anthony was one of the most beautiful women ever in cinema.

[@nelsonadorno2910]

Wow I remember seeing this movie when I was 8, crazy how time flies. I use to watch it all the time when it was on cable, and i have on DVD today.

[@caeserromero3013]

In the 80's Leonard Nimoy did a movie magazine type show called lights camera action that did a behind the scenes feature on this movie before it came out. It featured the fire mare scene being shot. I remember watching the film on video when it came out. It was good, but not great. I was also a fan of Hawk the Slayer. I even picked up the novelisation at a carboot sale around 1985. The woman who plays the witch is Patricia Quinn from Rocky Horror show.

[@derworfnet]

James Horners' Score is just magnificent.

[@SovereignKnight74]

Because you had reviewed this particular film, it has earned you a subscriber. 🤘

[@stiimuli]

As a kid in the '80's this movie fascinated me from start to finish. It was thematically familiar but with so many bizarre ideas executed so well (for the time).

[@daveb1930]

It blew my mind when I recently found out that Prince Colwyn and Deep Space Nine's Michael Eddington were played by the same person. It's the second biggest mind blowing bit of sci-fi trivia I've learned recently.

[@245-TRIOXIN]

Great movie. One of my favourites, along with Disney's The Black Hole.

[@Palmieres]

I really loved Krull as a child, and I'm still very fond of it today. There's something about it, the darkness, the fact that it's not afraid to be frightening even while it's aimed at young audiences. The mixing of science fiction and fantasy makes it even better, and the whole idea of the fortress travelling to a new place every day makes for a great McGuffin that actually works and manages to keep the story mystical and charming. I have a strange fascination with the scene of the lady at the center of the spider's web, her conversation with the old man and how they quickly reminisce over their lost love before both giving up their lives in order to help another couple have what they didn't. It's wonderful and sad and terrifying.

[@rokasrerroca7399]

I loved Krull when I saw it for the 1st time on HBO! I also really enjoyed the mythology of how the Cyclops race was born of a bad trade with the Beast and the sands of the hourglass combined with the mythos of the three sisters and the threads of a life. It lends itself to more exploration on many levels; one of the great, unrecognized, movies of that generation (all generations).

[@truefanforum3273]

This is one of my favorite movies. And I love some of the sets for the interior of the Black Fortress. They had a very organic look, as if they were part of the Beast. And the Slayers were awesome!

[@Montross]

Hey her reading actually got better, like by alot. The speech therapist is paying off. Kudos to that!

[@jinxie712]

Watched Krull as a kid every chance I could get. Probably more than the Star Wars OT.

[@marcburroughs2969]

When I was a kid in the 80's, me and dad would go movies all summer long. Krull was easily one of our favorites. Few months ago Krull was on tv; my wife watched it too and really enjoyed.

[@assanchop1574]

I unabashedly LOVE this movie. It's one of the few 80's flicks I'd ACTUALLY like to see remade.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

They would probably just mess it up. Look at the Willow series. The Dark Crystal is the only modern take on an 80's film that has been any good, and it got cancelled despite rating well.

[@zombiehampster1397]

I feel the same way, although I worry about how a remake is handled...I'd be worried if they were to ruin it in some way.

[@germanicelt]

A remake wouldn't be as good. Maybe a sequel, if done right.

[@Vitatalks]

Absolute classic!

[@biguy617]

I had the board game

[@struckfire3337]

I used to make the krull throwing star weapon out of everything and anything ..plates ...popsicle sticks... I had one that I made out of popsicle sticks that I used for years

[@tomfrazier1103]

Mom was an old Sci-fi head from the '50s-'60s, and this was VCR as babysitter fare for us. I liked this one, along with Clue. Sleestaks!

[@djnary2896]

An absolute favorite of mine in the genre. I first discovered it via the comics adaptation in my school library when I was in 5th grade (1984-85 school year) and actually saw the film on HBO not long after. I loved it so much that when I got a tape recorder for my 11th birthday, I (inspired by the Story of Star Wars record album) recorded my own truncated audio version off an HBO broadcast, carefully selecting which scenes to cut out and where to stop and flip the tape to resume recording so the story would fit on a 90 minute tape and still make sense. My first first experiment in editing. :)

[@germanicelt]

I too was in the 5th grade in 1984, and saw Krull the first time the year after, when it was a new release on VHS. I never saw it again until 2000 when I hired it. I also got the Return of the Jedi story on LP, with picture book.

[@twilightparallax]

Another great job, Jessica. The insights into these fantasy classics are always great. Love this show.

[@JessicaDwyer]

Thank you!!!!

[@JackSmith-gv5yw]

I absolutely loved Krull, it's one of my all time favourite films. I can say I'm one of the cult followers...awesome sound-track as well.

[@zidbits1528]

Wait, is that Eddington from Star Trek DS9? I was 3 or 4 when Krull came out so I didn't watch it until around 1990 when my father bought the VHS. I loved this movie, never realized that the main character was Eddington.

[@mjmjr91]

It is!

[@randyriffers603]

Surprising, isn't it? He looks so different with hair.

[@willieg7895]

You gotta love krull. Great fantasy movie from way back in the day. I love that movie. One of liam neeson's first movies and also has the school teacher from Willy Wonka as a shape shifter and Robbie Coltrane from Harry Potter in it.

[@JoBloOriginals]

Dubbed Robbie Coltrane!

[@darrenwilson9180]

And Todd carty from Grange Hill

[@WaverBoy]

An absolutely fantastic and incredibly incisive video retrospective/appreciation of one of my fave films of all time that does a great job of expressing what I love about this unfairly maligned eternally underrated cult classic, and even told me some things about it I didn’t know. Excellent work. Thank you so much!!! 🙏🏻❤️

[@MementoMorituri]

Thank for showing how special these films are. I can't wait for you to do Hawk the Slayer.

[@thorzyan]

"Only the king and the lord Marshall have that key!"

I was 6 years old going on 7 when I saw Krull at the cinema in 1983 for my cousin's birthday. I came out majestic by it, my 4 year older than myself female cousin looked distraught and not happy at all, she hated it! It is one of my earliest memories. I also remember in about 1986 renting it on VHS video for £3, £3 is crazy expensive in today's money, probably £15!

[@Aaron-io8vw]

Freddie Jones was also in Dune as Thufir Hawat, the Atredies master of Assasins but he disappears halfway through because the studio cut more than half of his scenes.

[@ersturdevant2831]

The ultimate '80's mall matinee movie. Memories...

[@benjaminedenfield3368]

Love the movie! And, THANK YOU for the Pyramids of Mars reference!

[@JessicaDwyer]

One of my faves!

[@benjaminedenfield3368]

@@JessicaDwyer Something about Tom's episodes, amazing or awful, and not much room in either directions lol. My favorite for being original in story, costumes, world building, is got to be Robots of Death.

[@JessicaDwyer]

@@benjaminedenfield3368 That's a great one. I think the reason I love Pyramids so much is how it had a fantastic villain in Sutekh but also how much it felt like an old Hammer movie. Also Lis Sladen

[@elskeletor3566]

I was always blown away by this film as a kid anytime it came on TV I would watch.

[@Lordradost]

Once: "I would love remakes of beloved films!" Wizened after experience: "I do not want to go through another heartache."

[@jav3134]

Man, I use to love this movie. Use to watch all the time in the early 90’s when HBO use to show it all the time.

[@carlosdelcampo119]

Thank you for this video you made me reminisce back to the time when I was just a kid, I was only 5 years of age when this movie came out and my parents took me to see it to the local movie theater. I fell in love with with the fantasy genre after watching Krull. I remember being so scared of the Beast; good memories.

[@aikisteven0616]

Love this one! Wanted to see it SOOO bad when it came out, but I was only 12, and my parents weren't big movie goers, so I had to wait several years to rent it. Such a fun 'throw everything at the wall & see what sticks' sort of story. Thank you for bringing this one back to mind!

[@iLLWiLL173]

An absolute gem of a movie...i remember watching this on HBO in the late 80s as a kid...loved this movie then and now...as someone else said in the comments I'm happy it's picked up a cult following... people need to watch movies from the 80s. So many amazing movies during that decade..

[@ashtonturner2862]

One of my favorite fantasy/adventure movies from the 80s

[@zombiehampster1397]

Krull is the kind of movie i can always watch and still do

[@germanicelt]

This is one of those movies I wish I saw at the cinema when I was a kid.

[@sisyphus8870]

Childhood video shop favourite.

[@tomhahnl1927]

I LOVED this Movie as a Kid, I LOOOOOVED it!! I want a reboot now!!!

[@renatateofilo9887]

I grew up watching this movie. It's marvelous.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

This was the very first movie I ever saw with Liam Neeson and another was Excalibur.

[@darenrobertson9199]

we only had a few vhs tapes growing up, my brother and I watched krull so much that we wore the tape out

[@kahnkretefpv7594]

I had this on vhs. My little brother and must've seen it a hundred times. As a kid (and now) I've RPG's and this movies has all the classic elements of a great game turned into a movie. The classic princess needs saving, but the prince can't do it alone. He needs to recruit fighters,magicians, cyclops and find special items and weapons. Mythical animals to traverse long distances and of course...sword swinging magic. This movie was just mandatory viewing if you grew up in the 80's.

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

The fate of the cyclops really affected me when I was younger, freighted as it was with deeper meanings about free will, selflessness, and existential purpose in the face of destiny. It's quite likely it helped shape my lifelong interest in philosophy, especially deontology, existentialism, and phenomenology. Incidentally, I have a suggestion for you. There's a limited selection of fantasy films, so perhaps when you start to run short you can explore the lord and worlds of some of the more cinematic fantasy video games like Ultima, Bard's Tale, and the Elder Scrolls.

[@spiceweasle3945]

KRULL was just so wonderfully 80's!!! A true flght of fantasy. And my god...THE GLAIVE!!! In the top 5 sci-fi weapons!!!!

[@StoneyBrownTV]

I loved this movie as a kid though my parents hated it. I would watch it over and over.

[@rcschmidt668]

This movie was pure 80s fun. The book was enjoyable, and I remember the arcade game was pretty good.

[@Thekhajjah]

I've always loved this movie. It was just perfect imagery

[@handznet]

I love this movie. Definitely one of the best 80s Fantasy movies (with a scifi elements). The simple plot of a hero traveling a land on his quest and collecting companions along the way is the basic but proven formula that when done well works great. Here it does. The music from James Horner is absolutely gorgeous.

[@michaelstaunton1632]

A great look back at this film 🎥 👍

[@neilprice513]

Krull would actually be a cool property to remake as a TV show. You would need to get the right team of writers, sadly good writers in Hollywood are rare nowadays and the studio's usually go with what is cheapest.

[@imustbecrazy5626]

Ice Pirates. Yeah. Do that one. Space Herpes.

[@christopherlacher3544]

LOL I love that movie!!! Must have the water!! Chop them testies too!!

[@spiderlime]

the beast resembles king kong, which is appropriate, since the story also references beauty and the beast. the spider may be a homage to harryhausen.

[@f1jones544]

Saw this in high school at the theater. So bad that we loved it and never stopped talking about it. It was our cult classic before there was such a thing. It also didn't help that all of us were in love with the princess. In all honesty that was probably 98% of the appeal. Whatever makes it memorable almost 40 years later, among a lot of movies we saw that we wouldn't remember.

[@Turanga1i1a]

Krull was back then and still is dear to me. I still enjoy watching it now. Its blend of sci fi and fantasy makes it I'd say accurately described as Star Wars meets King Arthur. I so love Horner's epic score...so underrated! The Beast is my #1 scariest image from childhood. I could remember even in my mid thirties seeing his horrific image after being waken in the middle of the night by a thunderstorm. A strange coincidence is the two consecutive days when Freddie Jones and Rip Torn passed away. Torn starred in the movie responsible for my #2 scariest moment - The Beastmaster (because of that child sacrifice scene).

[@rocker0486]

Love this movie and especially the music to it.

[@ministerofdarkness]

I would watch this movie every time it came on cable in the 80s! Great video Jessica

[@khartog01]

Krull is the best one shot dnd game in movie form ever.

[@clockztickin]

Definitely going to watch this with my girl asap because she's never seen it 🤦🏾

[@Geep1778]

Saw Krull as a young kid and thought I was the only one who even remembered it.

[@boblowes]

I absolutely love Krull. It's a fun fantasy movie, marrying fantasy with sci-fi easily. It's less Star Wars, and more Lord of the Rings meets Flash Gordon, imho Alun Armstrong, who plays Torquill, leader of the bandits, was friends at school with my dad. They were both in the drama society, and went on to join the UK's National Youth Theatre, and remain friends to this day. I love the fact that Alun's name appears before Liam Neeson in the credits - that certainly wouldn't happen now :D

[@Kraigmire]

I saw this movie when I was very young. It gave me so many nightmares. This is the first time I realized what that movie was.

[@richborn6700]

I was in home daycare in 2001 when I was shown this film. I was 7 years old and fell in love with it. Id check it out occasionally as a teenager from Hollywood Video. I gotta pick up my own copy soon

[@lukebaldock4672]

I loved this as a kid and still do today

[@joeyd1404]

always loved this movie!!

[@rikflag6]

I saw this movie once when I was 7 or 8 and was so afraid after the changeling scene. Years later I saw the movie again and though: „well, I was so young, it probably wasn‘t that scary at all.“ And … boy, that scene was fucking scary :D

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

I never did see this movie. You guys have sold me, yet again!

[@paulaburrows8660]

When I was a kid I would always mix this up with Hawk the Slayer.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*hawk the Syayer was an awesomely off the wall fun movie to watch*

[@Hughes81]

Still one of my all time Favorites.

[@jasonpapai73]

Saw this in the theatre as a 10 year old. I liked it a lot

[@nerdpill6776]

amazing vhs cover and that book was everywhere back in the day. good vid!

[@TheGamerZapocalypse]

A real gem. This movie was clearly a inspiration for many of the elements in the Mutant Chronicles IP...

[@MANTRAPLAYSGAMES]

My childhood in a film.

[@DragonKingX78]

Love this movie, so underrated.

[@ianrotten4453]

Man oh man, would I LOVE to see a sequel. I saw this in the theatre several times, and it was one of the very first DVDs I bought and still have. Worth a watch if one hasn't seen it!

[@cmdrcriton]

Loved this movie as an early teen.

[@matthallett4126]

My father made a de-scrambler with parts from radio shack, I can't imagine how he got the plans before the internet. It had a dial and a curly wire that dangled in front of the TV (cathode-ray tube back then). Stations where broadcasting these scrambled over air channels, and you needed to buy their equipment to watch them. But with this hack we could pirate movies in the 80s. I watched this when I was 8.. it was rated PG, what the hell man. It still haunts me. Yes I eventually used it to watch porn.

[@alanrockunited]

Thanks for this, a real hidden gem of a film.

[@codyt821]

Ive never watched this, because everyone I know trashes it. But I am now, because this looks awesome!!!!

[@cptnkrenon]

I saw this at the cinema in 1983 and I thought it was great.

[@UncleJackOnline]

one of my favourite fantasy/sci fi movies as a kid. It also had Todd Carty from Grange Hill/ Tuckers Luck and later EastEnders

[@magneto44]

one of my all time favorite movies

[@eziop5539]

And don't forget the absolutely brilliant score from James Horner

[@Adrian-X1]

Loved this one as well. Really thought it was cool how the glaive actually had a mind of its own as you saw at the end. Sweet ass movie!

[@hectorp885]

I saw this at the theatre like 10 times when it can out. Still hoping for a sequel. Yes about their Son ruling the Galaxy would be so cool. Do people still say Cool? I do.

[@serenausagi676]

One of my favorite movies. I’ve always wanted to see this one remade

[@danielduncan6806]

Be careful what you wish for. It might be worth it to just be happy with your memories, and leave it at that. Maybe watch it again and appreciate it for what it is again. It is highly unlikely that, even if a remake was made, it would live up to the original. Don't know many directors, or studios, that don't want to leave their own mark on their remakes and sequels. Is that what you want?

[@lknanml]

EPIC movie!! I always follow this one up with The Dark Crystal, Ice Pirates and Time Bandits.

My two favourite films of all time are Krull and Leaving La Vegas!

[@phaze29]

Saw it in the theater. To this day, I always wanted to stick my hand in lava and pull out a flying star.🌟