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Dragonslayer (1981)

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All Time

of 190,116

1,211

1980's

of 12,798

158

1981

of 3,475

14
Action
- Action All Time
  
  of 5,893
  
  148
  
  Action of 1981
  
  of 48
  
  4
  
  Action of the 1980's
  
  of 854
  
  35
Adventure
- Adventure All Time
  
  of 4,415
  
  190
  
  Adventure of 1981
  
  of 34
  
  6
  
  Adventure of the 1980's
  
  of 412
  
  37

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Dragonslayer (1981) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.9821

Avg Critic Score:2.8822

Dragonslayer (1981) Movie Reviews

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Here's what bothers me about Dragonslayer. The story involves a fantasy kingdom which sacrifices a young woman every year to the mean old dragon on the hill, lest it burn up all the crops, and so on. ...read the complete Dragonslayer movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

I'd like to think the Dark Ages looked something like DRAGONSLAYERÑall fearsome and muddy and overcast most of the time, and that their inhabitants walked around in a constant state of ...read the complete Dragonslayer movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

In many ways, Dragonslayer is a realistic fairy tale. All of the classic pieces are here: heroes, bad guys, monsters, virgins in peril, mysticism and staggering odds.However, we--some might say refreshingly--aren't talking Tolkien or C.S. Lewis here. ...read the complete Dragonslayer movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

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Film Freak Central

Dragonslayer is epoch-slaying, a final salvo for the courageously nihilistic films of the seventies that is surprisingly literal about the changing of the guard from the filmmaker-driven individualism of the American new wave to the banality of the...read the complete Dragonslayer (1981) review at Film Freak Central

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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

With the exception of the thunderous success of The Lord of the Rings films during the past few years, sword-and-sorcery-style fantasy movies have been woefully out of vogue and received with only tepid box office attendance for the past two decades....read the complete Dragonslayer (1981) review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

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Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

A few exceptions from the otherwise tiring listening experience include "Landslide," with a snippet of John Williams string rhythms at 2:00. Also of note is fantastic timpani usage in "Tyrian and Galen Fight," an inspiring and rare upbeat chase...read the complete Dragonslayer (1981) review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

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