The Dark Crystal (1982) Trailer - 1080p

[@viewtifuljoe66]

back when trailers use not give away whole story.

[@Glorfendal]

Back when trailers don't give away a single thing

[@RubenTricky]

Actually most trailers back in the day were just a supercut of the entire movie spoiling everything. Only since recent years have they become more secretive

[@micahcook2408]

I’ve anyways wished trailers were like that.... as a kid I thought the first Despicable Me trailer (with his shadow just coming on the screen with Pharrell’s “Bad Bad Day”/title song in the background) was frightening, mysterious, and interesting all at the same time. It really intrigued me to want to go see it... i wish modern day trailers did that sort of thing more often. It’s just fun to guess what the movie is going to be about and smart marketing because even if it is a horrible or mediocre film, you got the audience to pay tickets because they were intrigued by the mystery around it.... wasn’t “A Quiet Place” like the most recent film trailer to really do this?

[@julesf.meloborges811]

You never saw a trailer from the '50s/'60s/'70s, right? Right. If you had, you'd probably know what you said makes no sense and it's actually the opposite of the truth.

[@crystallizationofthesoul7095]

@@RubenTricky That's a joke when you see Star Wars the new trilogy it almost give the whole movie as it is with Avengers, and many other movies!

[@TheDiamondJedi]

Remember when narration was in trailers?

[@micahcook2408]

Especially in every Scary Movie film (except 5 I think) 😂😂

[@TheDoctorwho747]

When alot of movie trailers narration featured the words "in a world..." lol

[@imagicarolina]

The Diamond Jedi lovely!

[@Johnlindsey289]

Yup i'm 38 and i remember it all and Adolf Caesar did the final US trailer to this

[@stevzky]

In a timmmeeeee

[@bloomypeace]

This movie has some strong neverending story vibes.

[@palettefulplumb6082]

Don’t you mean the never ending story has some the dark crystal vibes? This movie did release 2 years before never ending story

[@aurelpopa1581]

How? In which way's?

[@steveytheswitwarrior3362]

Regina navas, YES!!!! I love the neverending story as well!!!! Watch it on netflix every chance i get.

[@TheJeneralJU-ICE]

😏 I got a feeling a remake of "The Neverending Story" will be made. Maybe with more emphasis on the creatures and inhabitants of Fantasia. I'm watching "The Dark Crystal" on Hulu right now. 😁✌🏾

[@Dawg.Wit.]

l9

[@swag-so8qi]

I used to watch this movie with my grandma, I miss her so much

[@El_Diego86]

Man this movie has such a nice vibe.

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

Saw this trailer in theatres! damn I am old! But good memories! god bless the 80's!

[@howardbeale661]

Ditto to everything you said, Brother! Seeing this trailer again brought back a rush of wonderful memories!! 80's FOREVER!

[@mathewlang9851]

When is a HCG 80s movie episode coming love your show.

[@aiberlane3390]

It's amazing just how much work went into making this. This really was Jim's magnum opus. It must have hurt him that it wasn't too well received.

[@tuph4088]

I highly disagree. Artists care about the product, and Jim was an artist. Also, though its box office was low, this movie is a cult classic with fantastic VHS and DVD sales.

[@ShadowSonic2]

By the time he died, people had come to see this as the classic it is. So he died happy.

[@manictiger]

It's rather ironic, because ain't no one made a T.V. series about E.T., but they did about the Dark Crystal.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@manictiger E.T. doesn't have enough to it to make a TV series.

[@manictiger]

​@@ShadowSonic2 Right. That was my point. E.T. had great initial sales and came out around the same time but had no staying power. It was just an easy sell to families and kids. The Dark Crystal was not an easy sell, but had staying power. In terms of potential net revenue, The Dark Crystal is now proving to be superior (assuming they merchandise it tastefully, board games, posters, figurines, etc.). Financially, that's a bit ironic, because it didn't look that way in 1982. I imagine the publisher probably even used the word "dud".

[@Moongazer101]

Good memories! 💎

[@imperialchalice]

It is amazing just how fantastic this still looks.

[@radk88]

One of the best fantasy films in history

[@Sandlot1992]

best 80s fantasy movie of all time!

[@c0l1n_m45]

Trevor Jones’ score for the Dark Crystal still haunts my childhood to this very day.

[@trionabyrne72]

Great Classic from Jim Henson's masterpiece

[@GoldenDoodlez]

Right

[@agreed7460]

Same :)

[@oliviacraner8156]

I have never seen this one. The soundtrack to this is on Amazon digital music. I found it the other day. Just type in Trevor Jones it should come up since he wrote the music

[@josephgarcia7030]

The thing is, had this come out today or had I seen the trailer before seeing the movie, I would have thought to myself "Hmm, seems interesting, but it kinda just seems like a try-hard original story where the world building seems more important than the story itself." which is why I'm so so SO glad I watched the movie without any preconceived notions as to what the movie was about at all. everything this movie had to offer was fresh and amazing and I will always love it for what it is.

[@name-wj7yz]

Just watched this movie.. liked it a lot. Never heard of this before I saw the upcoming TV show. Glad I found it. Such an awesome fantasy world, very interested in seeing more of it.

[@kamarza]

You really didn't know this movie before? Well I am a kid of 80s and 90s so this is one of my favourite movie of all times. And back than wasn't so easy to watch the movie when ever You like, I remember borrowing this movie from video rental almost all the time, and Yeah I was scared very scared because when I first saw it I was maby 5, this movie is 2 years older than me, but my dad always likes fantasy so I watched a lot of fantasy movies with him. This one is definitely on my personal top 10 movie list. I am bit afraid of the series well mor like of the scenario hope it will be good. "The Dark Crystal" isnt complicated movie but its dark and magical at the same time. I am excited because they decided to do it in old fashion way like orginal movie, not any CGI just puppets. So I hope to see this magic again.

[@name-wj7yz]

@@kamarza I'm not from usa so muppets and things related weren't part of my 90s childhod. If I watched this movie as a kid i'd probably be scared as well, i got frightened easily. I also like the practical effects / puppets, gives it a whole different feeling compared to cgi

[@mattstanislen3165]

@@kamarza What are some other old fantasy sci fi your pops liked and you guys watched?

[@kamarza]

@@mattstanislen3165 Legend, Willow, Labirynth, Neverending story, Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Excalibur, MoMo, Time Bandits, Fire and Ice (this one is animation), The Golden Child, The Thing, Ladyhawke, The Sword and the Sorcerer, orginal Clash of the Titans not the remake from few years ago, The Black Cauldron (disney very underrated animation), The Princess Bride, Short Circuit (I loved that one when I was a child), The last Unicorn(animation), Dragonslayer, ofcourse E.T. (which btw was released at the same time that Dark Crystal, and thats why Dark Crystal wasnt that popular back than E.T. Won, Darc Crystal becomes real classic in 90s), The Last Starfighter, Offcourse Back to the Future, Who framed Roger Rabbit, Dune, oryginal Mad Max movies, Batteries not included, Intercosmos, XSTRO (that movie is sick, disgusting and still prohibited in England now), Battle Beyond the Stars, The Witches of Eastwick, Beeteljuice, Masters of the universe from 1987 its live action version of a cartoon, offcourse Conan the Barbarian (but well I dont like Arnold Swartshenegger ), and than Conan the Destroyer, Red Sonja, Gremlins, Critters, i think that those I wrote are all from 80s but never forget Fifth Element, DragonHeart, First Knight, Stargate ( one of my favourite but I didn't like the series just the movie), and well offcourse Star Wars and Star Trek. I can add more If You want, those the one that cames to my mind now, but well I don't know how old are You because If You are Young person used to CGI and todays effects Some of this movie effect can look funny to You well I am also not that old born 1984 but I was used to those kind of effects and some times they look better than CGI, and also when You are a kid You see everything different. Well Still My fav is Dark Crystal, but I have nice memoiries watching all those movies back than and sometimes now because I like to go back to some of that lands.

[@francisgagnon2294]

And did you know that Frank oz is the Muppeteers for Yoda in star wars!!!

[@chrismortimer4068]

Awesome film, the series is Amazing and does the the film justice, cant wait for next series!!!

[@JoshSty704]

Chris Mortimer there’s gunna be a next series!!!! XD

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

@@tylerfish2701 because Netflix is a suspicious corrupted company.

[@stevennorthrup5790]

Actually, the series was cancelled after one season.

[@notofthisworld5267]

The 80’s had such a mystical and adventurous undertone. I was a kid in the 80’s. Today is honestly so bland compared to them. Ppl weren’t offended by everything either. I miss these days! I mean really miss them and sanity.

[@AstaRoth0086]

This movie and the Neverending Story are my favorite movies

[@sugawolves7938]

I'm here because I'm sad that they're not releasing season 2

[@mikerockerr]

I am the Biggest Fan of Dark Crystal and have many many items of the movie. I have purchased my NEW Theater tickets for the December 4th and 7th Showings of the 40th Year Anniversary showings. Lets fill the Theaters in Thanks to Jim Henson !!!! I CAN'T WAIT

[@SankofaNYC]

People in the 80s where just brave and adventurous when it came to their entertainment... Cause if this trailer dropped now everyone would be like "ok wtf is that and no way am I letting my kids watch it" 😂

[@SankofaNYC]

@frootjooce uhmm no... I seen it... Trust me half of the reason for it's success was people 30 and over watched it and had a connection to the film... Some may have made there kids watch it with them... but that's not the point or what I was talking about... I'm saying THIS TRAILER... The Netflix one was way more polished anddd it's trailer was nothing like this... If THIS trailer dropped on its own with no connection to anything today in movie theaters, uhmm yeah lets see how it does... So in short, you tried it... 🙄

[@SankofaNYC]

@frootjooce Im not reading all that shit... I literally said what I said... No goal post has been shifted... I saw the netflix film... I'm aware of it... YOU WERE WRONG... And if you simply disagree... That's ok, I don't care...

[@SankofaNYC]

@frootjooce lol... K 😂

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

@@SankofaNYC You're absolutely right.

[@banksdiggy]

I love these dumbass old man comments "things were brave and real and cheaper in my time.. kids nowadays just.. blah blah".

[@Nightweaver1]

One of the coolest movies ever made. Period.

[@denisemartinez7637]

Im 24 but i grew up watching the neverending story and this movie is giving me those vibes. I feel like i would of loved this movie as a kid.

[@VulgarBeyondSteel]

Watch it it’s great

[@knightowl5512]

Same also labyrinth

[@Dawg.Wit.]

would have*

[@redblue40rc33]

Haven't seen this show in over 30 yrs....good memories

[@lokiwiseyt8608]

There’s a movie as well

[@ischeele7203]

The theater my mom worked at gave its employees a free pass to any movie whenever they wanted so she saw this like 7 times or something crazy like that

[@ray-0249]

Not a lot of talking or trailer spoilers I love it why can’t trailers nowadays be this subtle ? They have to be all extravagant and over the top and most time your able to figure the whole plot just from it which is just sad.

[@britishsecretagent0078]

Ray Boy_theguy ..because the consumer has been spoon fed everything to excess. No longer do we have to think for ourselves with imagination or wonder, when everything is at our fingertips with a swipe or a tap. Think of the scene in the movie Wall-e when he’s aboard the nostromo trying to save eve, and he comes across all those people in their hover chairs, oblivious to anything around them except the screen in front of them.

[@jeppe4545]

"Hmmmmm..."

[@UnshornKeyboardist]

"I HATE YOUR WHIMPER!!! "

[@NinaTolinsings]

I hate that guy god lol hate him

[@adidell]

I drove my parents crazy making that noise

[@TheRaziel07]

I was 4 when i first saw it I slept in mom's bed that night 😂😂😂😂

[@DJdeliverance]

Odd I was same age never even saw this but I had many dreams about creatures that looked similar to this with the faces stretched all odd. I didn't think much of it yrs later it would randomly happen then as an adult couple times but I ended up no longer dreaminf and then sleep is just black out every night can't remeber a thing. It makes u wonder esp after wtf this Donald Marshall guy claim to blow thks whistle on human cloning in 2012 and any way he's gotta story about how the creatures in this movie or w/r are the vrll.

[@liloz2x661]

my dad played this movie for me nd it creeped me out sm that i couldn’t sleep anymore nd i had weird dreams about this🤣

[@TheRaziel07]

@Sia lol i was 4

[@TheRaziel07]

@Sia lol you maybe scared them too when your mom's pregnancy announced to your dad So you are even lmao

[@TheRaziel07]

@Sia oh sorry to hear that bro..but i assume it made you stronger :)

[@pablo88bsas2]

Jim Henson fue un adelantado. ❤️

[@Hellfalcon666]

1:11 looks like a metal album

[@ozgarstrasni6594]

Looks like old satanic shit

[@riverzin666]

Something that could be released by Ronnie James Dio

[@summerjohnson6931]

looks like a black veil brides cover

[@cyruspowers7355]

That totally does. Pretty badass if you ask me

[@imkuelllgremlin]

watched this when i was ten, i loved it so much! it brought so many wonders and new possibilities to creativity i had never thought about before. it freaked my 2013 brain

[@bettyboop3726]

Brings back memories!!!

[@DEODUBZ]

whos here from the netflix trailer?

[@susansilk-koenigsberg3368]

Emilyy I don’t know.

[@thomashughmcgregorarnott9052]

The only thing that matters, is that the original has been brought to your attention. The Age of Resistance, is a tribute to match & indeed honour what was released in 1982. From all the trailers for the series, it looks like, nearly 40 years after the original, it will be worthy of it's predecessor. A generation watched the trailer for the series, with tears of joy in their eyes, myself included. The Dark Crystal, was as far as I am aware, in the whole history of cinema, the only live action film without a single human actor visible on screen, only animatronics, puppeteers in costume & puppets. The Age Of Reckoning, by all the Gods is going to be a fitting masterpiece, no unnecessary cgi either, everything possible by remote control, strings or other stage magic. I cannot wait!

[@TheB016]

@@thomashughmcgregorarnott9052 Is out now, what did you think of it?

[@IanHollis]

@@thomashughmcgregorarnott9052 I remember the tagline when it first came to DVD - "From an imagination with no limits, comes a movie with no equal."

[@thehuskyremixmusicanimatio7947]

I do

[@SledgeNE]

childhood memories. Gelflings ♥

[@cyruspowers7355]

I was born in 2003 and I watched this a ton growing up. Good movies transcend time. 😁

[@MrJoeGarner]

I remember seeing this back then yea, I'm 58 now.

[@williamcrowe2576]

This was how we were introduced to Thra and its creatures.

[@justincopple8222]

I remember seeing this trailer when I was little. Haven't seen this movie in years.

[@stevennorthrup5790]

While the film receive mixed reviews, it is still financially successful, but wasn’t a hit Jim Henson had expected. Thankfully, it managed to garner a cult following when it became successful on VHS and later on DVD.

[@MrAmbrosse]

This film scared the hell out of me so much as a kid lol

[@arnoldamaral7406]

😸💙😊🍷🇫🇷 Mon ami . Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@tylerl4320]

wow I can actually tell what’s going on now, thank you!

[@agreed7460]

Yeah i agree to what u just say!

[@helenw7054]

Am I the only one who absolutely loved the dark Crystal I started watching it at six and man it was amazing

[@billyeggers3831]

I love me some 80s films!!

[@charliemartin-k7m]

I hope there is really a world out there like this one.

[@Seamonkey2246]

If Netflix was the first you ever heard of The Dark Crystal, CONGRATULATIONS! Welcome to the wonderful world of Jim Henson! Puppetry still has a place in modern entertainment. Not everything has to be caked with CGI like a teenage girl layering her makeup.

[@tardiskeeper6]

I saw the original film on Netflix first I think. The new one is mostly practical just CGI expand the options available.

[@Johnlindsey289]

The prequel show is amazing

[@Pug46YT]

I love this movie

[@itsyoboykyle6314]

I remember watching this movie with my grandpa when I was young lotta memories

[@mr.chrismaster8860]

This movie will still inspire me

[@rockerblast819]

The deleted scene of the Skeksis funeral was in the trailer; the one with the fire. Pretty neat.

[@purpleraptor9051]

Rocker blast why is that scene deleted than?

[@andrewxu3602]

@@purpleraptor9051 For pacing reasons, the film flows better without the funeral.

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

I was asking which scene that was... thank you.

[@rockerblast819]

@@andrewxu3602 Would be nice if we got an uncut version released? Not all the scenes, just ones that could make world-building.

[@bobmansanches8048]

so simple but so epic

[@gabrieljoseph2159]

This is from 1982 & could be mistaken for a brand new 2021 film ita so goood

[@gregoryedwards9097]

If this didn't have a humongous impact on Final Fantasy, I don't know what else did.

[@max-eu2qi]

What do you mean?

[@Vinylrebel72]

I saw this in theaters when I was 10.

[@Shazam961]

The same l think l saw this is cinema way by in 1982. I was six.

[@mikedski9698]

Now From Directors Jim Henson, And Frank Oz, And Gary Kurtz The Producer Of Star Wars And The Empire Strikes Back, Comes A New Dimension Of Fantasy And Adventure! Travel To Another World, Another Time, In The Age Of Wonder! THE DARK CRYSTAL! Rated PG!

[@Johnlindsey289]

What was it about my birth year 1982? an incredible year for movies like Blade Runner, The Thing, ET, First Blood, 48 Hrs, Pink FLoyd The Wall, Creepshow, Poltergeist, Fast Times, Conan The Barbarian, Tron, Star Trek II, The Dark Crystal, The Flight of Dragons, Secret of NIMH, Last Unicorn and more

[@hefipaleburp9543]

Yep and I'm glad I was a teen at the time and enjoyed all of them.

[@curtisljordanjr7273]

That's what I like about this movie, when I was 4 years old we watched it at our family's house on Christmas & we see the puppets walk around & the next minute we c a person wearing a costume of the characters like the one where they walk around the cave, that was sweet

[@lilah6106]

i used to have nightmares of this stop

[@vardellsfolly5200]

I wish i was a child, once again, living in the past..

[@damiendelorme4164]

This movie... This univers... Wonderful...

[@MulliganzMusic]

Anyone else catch the deleted scene clip at 0:40 ? It was originally the funeral scene for the emperor of the Skeksis.

[@ZainR]

Happy 40 years this year!

[@sogekingfromsniperisland7033]

When trailers didn’t show the entire movie

[@donaldsterling1631]

Fun fact - The voice is Tony Jay, the actor for Judge Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@britishsecretagent0078]

Sterling Streetlamp - clearly a master talent of many voices. Never would have guessed

[@kangchoding2585]

I’m here back from The Odds one out video

[@rockkiller124]

Gonna have to watch this movie before Netflix series comes out

[@Charmedsas1]

Great choice.

[@Godzilla5454]

1:11 I love that song

[@mattheweraci5502]

This and The Never Ending Story gave me more nightmares than The Ring, Signs, The Exorcist, and Strangers all combined.

[@nickwerner7983]

1:07 Thunder sound effect name, please?

[@JH50166]

Seriously? This was made in 1982

[@nickwerner7983]

JH 501 They had that sound effect back then. Please, I need the name of that sound effect.

[@JH50166]

@@nickwerner7983 it’s probably not a sound effect, they probably just recorded it themselves. I doubt it’s publicly available

[@nickwerner7983]

JH 501 Universal recorded it?!?

[@JH50166]

@@nickwerner7983 it’s probably not publicly available. You can’t expect anyone to have access to it

[@arthurproductionlevrai]

Thank you for this vidéo 😊

[@PiotrekSzostak]

Damn, trailer making went a long way since 1982

[@steveytheswitwarrior3362]

MY MOVIE!!!!!!!😀

[@LiangHuBBB]

Im here after watching the new vers on netflix

[@R.O.T.C._SEEM]

Congratulations 🎉

[@lindseycassella3015]

Same but I've seen this movie before.

[@throwawayacc3484]

I thought this movie was a fever dream

[@handsome-brute2666]

Michael Jackson and Donny Osmond went to see this 🎥 in disguise...but people knew it was him.😁😋😳

[@jodigerlt3773]

Am I the only one who watched this as a kid and was terrified

[@chaosinlove8883]

This movie legitimately traumatized me as a kid 😂

[@HectorSanchez-vv6cf]

Same here... I cried...

[@MrDerekRD]

✨💜💎HAPPY 38TH ANNIVERSARY THE DARK CRYSTAL MOVIE !!!!!💎✨

[@AstroSpark3]

0:49 aahh!!! Tomorrowland

[@beatricesanfilippo6925]

Well Jen in the beginning of the movie Dark Crystal he Made the first mentioned about Stonegrot(Rian and Deet that are his parents)

[@anthonypaone4195]

I remember this movie! The puppets use to creep me the hell out especially the ones @ 0:35

[@Johnlindsey289]

What about in Labyrinth? and have you seen the prequel?

[@lokiwiseyt8608]

Bruh you should have seen hoggle from the labyrinth when they found him after he had been missing for almost 10 years that was horrifying

[@twilightjester5672]

why do I feel bad for people who just watch the Netflix series before ever in their lives watched the movie first, they would be all "well, I just wasted my childhood and didn't even seen or even hear about this movie"

[@beautifullred1]

To be honest..I don't even like the series on Netflix..they added a snake tongue in the chamberlaine beak..and it's missing the Soul of Jim..the movie is all I ever need.

[@skekla]

@@beautifullred1 I agree so much with you!

[@lintern77]

I may be biased but if you like the Dark Crystal and sci-fi you might like the graphic novel Girrion.

[@itsblitz4437]

What or which music tracks was used in this trailer? I am curious.

[@paulinayexannihtorres1709]

The Movie After Ghandhi Tootsie and The Secret Of NIMH ET The Extraterrestrial

[@Basey]

Maybe if the Netflix show's puppets had looked even half as good as the movie's characters, it wouldn't have been cancelled.

[@xotristan]

was born in 2001 but remember watching this shit when i was a kid on VCR. I'm semi-OG

[@riverzin666]

Same, but was born in 2006

[@Johnlindsey289]

Looks like 80s and 90s kids aren't the only fans

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Our I was five 4 years old when this movie"" Halo Halo. Now it will be 39 yrs will be. Everyone take care 🇫🇷 MY FRIEND. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@shilohroo]

Came here after James' Video

[@dmac1700]

I do love this movie, but it was too scary for baby James

[@inaminute1826]

Everything about the movie gave me dread as a kid and I didn't finish it. I did when I was older tho

[@zivllaganegil3224]

This is what i have been looking for!!! I dont know why but i keep on dreaming about this shiz

[@patriciapike6795]

Who narrated this? I can't find out.

[@shawneldridge9312]

I was born in 1974, i also grew up in the 1980's & not even once did I seen this movie. Being for real I am

[@Johnlindsey289]

Seen the prequel show?

[@boru25]

I remember seeing this film 20 year's ago on Nickolodeon and not liking it though I've recently watched the 1st episode of the NETFLIX show and I'm intrigued by it. Maybe my opinion of this film might change on the second viewing.

[@britishsecretagent0078]

netflix just announced cancelation of the series

[@boru25]

@@britishsecretagent0078 Yes unfortunately I heard the news.

[@tjdwns2530]

i did shocked.. this is really awesome movie.

[@houseonwillowbrook]

am I the only one who's creeped out by 80s movies?

[@MrDerekRD]

😀HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH EVERYONE, and HAPPY 38TH ANNIVERSARY the dark crystal movie !!!😀

[@mariaguadalupetorres2403]

Mi favorita la disfrutabamos verla mis nietos y yo

[@Charly254]

Formidable mon enfance

[@shugo66]

Haven't seen this movie before Just saw the Labyrinth was on Netflix and told my dad, and he said I should definitely watch these two movies since I have never seen these two before, and as of writing this I have 8:35 seconds left into the movie. (Labyrinth) also, the dark crystal movie on Netflix is that like a redo of this movie, or is it different cause I wanted to know if I should watch that or let my dad know about it. Also, I have never seen the never-ending story or whatever its called but I did buy it a few years ago lol

[@djdarlabeathebest]

I saw this in theatre at age 3

[@taylorsanders2433]

This movie was traumatizing I had nightmares because of it