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72-397: A glaive typically consists of a single-edged blade approximately 45 centimeters long affixed to a pole measuring about 2 meters. The blade is secured in a socket-shaft configuration, akin to an axe head, as opposed to having a tang like a sword or naginata. Some variations of glaive blades were even forged with a small hook on the reverse side to better engage mounted opponents, earning them

144-550: A "film that dares you not to laugh at it", opining that "its plot reads like an oral report on Lord of the Rings given by a student who hasn't read the book". Snider described one major problem in the film's writing: We're constantly told that there's only ONE WAY! to do something, and that it's VERY DANGEROUS!, and then when the characters fail to do it there's suddenly ANOTHER WAY! that is also VERY DANGEROUS! And if that way fails, too, you can bet there will be YET ANOTHER WAY! to do

216-460: A 2009 interview that Yates hated working on the film so much that in the middle of shooting, he took a vacation to the Caribbean, which led to the special effects artists taking a three-week break from the project. The production was initially arranged to be shot at several locations because Krull was first planned as a medieval-style motion picture. However, as it went through multiple drafts,

288-460: A fantasy film. Silverman agreed to do so and hired Stanford Sherman to work on the screenplay. Sherman wrote the "bare bones" of the plot and Columbia quickly approved it. While the essence of the plot was never altered during development and production, the first draft of the film was titled The Dragons of Krull , where the Beast was initially planned to be a dragon; however, the creators changed

360-528: A fellowship of companions who set out to rescue his bride, Princess Lyssa (Anthony), from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet. Development on the film began in 1980, when Columbia Pictures President Frank Price gave producer Ron Silverman the idea to produce a fantasy film. Krull was shot in England at Pinewood Studios and on-location in Italy and Spain . Nick Maley designed

432-475: A few minutes." Writing about the film in 2009, Eric D. Snider summarized, "against all odds, Krull crams itself with magic, fantasy, and heroic quests, yet still manages to be boring. This is an impressive feat in and of itself. You'd almost have to be doing it on purpose." A common critical praise of Krull was the visuals and special effects, Lambie describing them as "quite captivating". Buchanan wrote, "Even if it does seem overly familiar at times there

504-687: A little too moody and melancholy for the Star Wars set" and praised director Yates for "giving the film poise and sophistication, as well as a distinctly British air." Baird Searles described Krull as "an unpretentious movie ... with a lot of good things going for it." Despite its critical and box office failure, the film has gained a cult following over the years. A 2017 review by AllMovie journalist Jason Buchanan hailed it as "an ambitious sci-fi/fantasy that even in its failures can usually be forgiven for its sheer sense of bravado." Ryan Lambie, reviewing for Den of Geek in 2011, called it "among

576-410: A nimble, agile tool. In general, a forward-balanced blade excels at chopping but sacrifices agility and ease of manipulation; a centre or rear-balanced blade excels at agility but sacrifices raw chopping power. Knives and swords intended for specific purposes will usually incorporate whichever design is most suited to how the tool will be handled for that specific purpose. A partial tang knife or sword

648-458: A particularly scary pre- LOTR segment with a giant spider." Lambie called the Glaive "one of the coolest fantasy armaments of the decade", while Buchanan described it as "highly original". However, Watt-Evans disliked the weapon's name. He explained that an actual glaive was a "sort of pole-arm, a long stick with a long blade on the end" and not a "brass starfish". He stated that while "glaive"

720-508: A pleasant breeze feels like, and angers us because it isn't one." Colin Greenland reviewed Krull for Imagine magazine, and stated that "If as much attention had been paid to the plot as to the visuals, instead of all this ' It is the time. I/we must go/stay alone/ together ' stuff, perhaps it wouldn't be so hard to care what happens next." Critic Janet Maslin found Krull to be "a gentle, pensive sci-fi adventure film that winds up

792-415: A small house" that were powered by liquid and broke apart before quickly slamming back together. Marshall explained that doing the sequence gave him nightmares after it was completed. When shooting of the scene began, Marshall took more time to say his lines than the production crew expected, leading to him not making it from the tunnel in the first take. Only one crew member noticed this and was able to stop

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864-461: A unique swashbuckling feel. Marshall practiced his moves for the sequences a week before filming began. However, by the time shooting of these scenes started, the costumes for the Slayers were recently finished, so much of the fight choreography was altered at the last minute based on the limitations of the costumes. Pinewood's 007 Stage , one of the largest sound stages in the world, was used for

936-625: Is frequently associated with knights and medieval warriors in contemporary portrayals of chivalry. In the modern era, the glaive continues to be popular among enthusiasts of historical reenactment, martial arts, and collectors of historical weaponry. It is often featured in stage combat and reenactment events. The glaive has also influenced the design of fictional weapons in various forms of media, including video games, movies, and television series. The word "glaive" has historically been given to several very different types of weapons; it originated from French. Almost all etymologists derive it from either

1008-409: Is generally not able to leverage as much force against the resistance of material being cut as a full tang design would allow. This limits the amount of force which a user should apply to the handle of such a weapon. Such designs may be optimal in light-weight knives or swords designed to be kept extremely sharp and used to cut less-resistant materials. Scalpels and Japanese samurai swords are perhaps

1080-429: Is just around the corner." He summarized that it's "the perfect pick up film – a movie you can catch in snatches while it plays on some pay cable channel. No matter what point you come in on the story, no matter what sort of scene is playing out before you, the lack of continuity and context actually allows you to take pleasure in the individual moment, and if so inclined, to stick around for another exciting sample in just

1152-419: Is just enough originality injected into the visualization of the film that it's hard to dismiss it as just another Star Wars clone." Searles called the film "very beautiful, in fact, a neglected quality in these days when it seems to have been forgotten that film is a visual medium". Entertainment Weekly stated that Krull "had visual imagination to spare, including its sequences of flame-hoofed horses and

1224-417: Is of its writing. Lambie believed that Krull is "perhaps a little too derivative to earn a place in the major league of 80s fantasy movies". Gibron described Krull as a "forgettable battle between good, evil and a strange circular weapon", stating that its "confusing mythology left many an intended audience member scratching their adolescent head". This "confusing mythology" included the "dopey reasons" for

1296-418: Is painfully derivative." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 45 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Variety called Krull a "blatantly derivative hodgepodge of Excalibur meets Star Wars ." They conclude that the "professionalism of director Peter Yates, the large array of production and technical talents and, particularly,

1368-402: Is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife , sword , spear , arrowhead , chisel , file , coulter , pike , scythe , screwdriver , etc. One can classify various tang designs by their appearance, by the manner in which they attach to a handle, and by their length in relation to the handle. Nakago

1440-455: Is the term in Japanese , used especially when referring to the tang of the katana or the wakizashi . A full tang extends the full length of the grip-portion of a handle, versus a partial tang which does not. A full tang may or may not be as wide as the handle itself, but will still run the full length of the handle. There are a wide variety of full and partial tang designs. In perhaps

1512-542: Is the tracklist for the 2010 La-La-Land Records album: Disc One: Disc Two: In the United States and Canada, Krull grossed $ 16.9   million at the box office, against a reported budget of $ 27–30 million. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 35% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "While nostalgic fans may view it through rose- Krull ered glasses, this would-be sci-fi epic

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1584-540: The Beast to a more "reptilian" creature for the final film, leading to the final title Krull . Also a monstrous snake woman was cut because of similarities with Medusa in Clash of the Titans , which had been released just a couple of years earlier. Steve Tesich was brought in to write a "second version" of the script. Tesich's version of the screenplay was discarded as dialogue-heavy and lacking in special effects, so

1656-522: The Emerald Seer and his apprentice, Titch. The Emerald Seer uses a crystal to view where the Fortress will teleport next, but the Beast remotely crushes the crystal with magic. The group travels to a swamp that the Beast's magic cannot penetrate, but Darro is lost to a Slayer attack, and Menno to quicksand . A changeling agent of the Beast kills the Emerald Seer and assumes its victim’s form, but

1728-525: The Glaive from a mountain cave, and sets out to find the Black Fortress, which teleports to a new location every sunrise. As they travel, Colwyn and Ynyr are joined by the magician Ergo "the Magnificent" and a band of nine thieves and fighters: Torquil, Kegan, Rhun, Oswyn, Bardolph, Menno, Darro, Nennog, and Quain. The cyclops Rell later joins the group. Colwyn's group travels to the home of

1800-517: The Latin ( gladius ) or Celtic ( * cladivos , compare claymore ) word for sword. Nevertheless, all the earliest attestations in both French and English refer to spears . It is attested in this meaning in English roughly from the 14th to 16th centuries. Around the same time, it also began being used as a poetic word for sword. In Modern French, glaive refers to short swords, especially

1872-515: The Roman gladius  [ fr ] . The term "glaive" is used in the science-fiction/fantasy film Krull to refer to a thrown weapon, similar to the shuriken , chakram , or mambele , which can return to the thrower, much like a boomerang . Glaive has been used to describe this fictional type of weapon in films, video games (such as Warframe and Dark Sector ), and other fantasy media since. Tang (tools) A tang or shank

1944-625: The Slayers’ attacks. Ynyr leaves the group to seek the Widow of the Web: an enchantress who loved Ynyr long ago and was exiled to the lair of the Crystal Spider for murdering their only child. The Widow reveals where the Black Fortress will be at sunrise. She also gives Ynyr the sand of an enchanted hourglass to keep the Crystal Spider at bay and the injured Ynyr alive. As the Crystal Spider attacks

2016-494: The Spielberg–Lucas realm". Gibron wrote that the film doesn't have "the polished level of visuals that fans were used to (thanks to American companies like ILM)". In a 2001 DVD Talk review, Gil Jawetz called the effects "totally fake and funny" like most other 1980s films. Ian Nathan, in a 2015 Empire magazine piece, wrote that they "may have satisfied young boys at the time but have become frail and silly with age". He

2088-526: The Stars and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . Some segments would be used for the ambiance of the Disneyland Paris attraction Space Mountain: Mission 2 . The score has been released numerous times on album by various labels. The first was a 45-minute condensed edition released by Southern Cross Records in 1987, featuring most of the major action cues, three renditions of the love theme, and

2160-465: The Super Tracks album, with two bonus cues and new liner notes by Jeff Bond in a limited edition of 3,000 copies, which sold out within less than a year. La-La Land reissued an additional 2,000 copies of the album in 2015. The following is the track listing for the 1983 Southern Cross Records vinyl album: A-Side: B-Side: This is the tracklist for the 1992 expanded CD release: The following

2232-437: The Widow, Ynyr returns to the group to reveal the location of the Black Fortress. As he speaks, he loses the last of the sand and dies. The group captures and rides magical Fire Mares to reach the Black Fortress. The Slayers at the Fortress kill Rhun, while Rell sacrifices himself to hold open the crushing spaceship doors long enough to allow the others to enter. Quain, Nennog, and Kegan are killed as they make their way through

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2304-417: The actor. The actor [David Battley] dropped down to his knees and we used a series of blow-ups to reduce him to puppy size. Then, halfway through the transition, we introduced blowups of the puppy, blending the two sets together with artwork. Then, as the last still went on screen, we substituted the real dog who just wagged his tail and walked away. It was a trick, but it looks quite magical. The film score

2376-414: The agent is discovered and killed by Rell and Colwyn. Another changeling is instructed by the Beast to seduce Colwyn. This is meant to convince Lyssa that Colwyn does not love her. However, he rejects the changeling's advances, and Lyssa – witnessing this through a vision provided by the Beast – affirms that love triumphs over might. The Beast, though, forces her to consider marrying him so that he will halt

2448-461: The blade begins to dull. A full tang also increases the amount of stock metal in the handle of the tool which can be beneficial in altering the balance point of the tool since the blade of a knife or sword is often quite heavy compared to the handle. Adding weight to the handle of a knife or sword to offset the weight of the blade moves the rotational balance point back toward the hand where it can be more easily manipulated to great effect, making for

2520-688: The creature and prosthetic makeup effects seen in the film. The film score was composed by James Horner and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra . Krull was released in the United States on July 29, 1983, and in the United Kingdom later that December. The film was a box-office bomb upon release, and critical opinion has been mixed, both upon release and in retrospect. Numerous reviewers have highlighted its visual effects and soundtrack, while several critics have criticized its plot as being derivative and nonsensical. In

2592-437: The early 1980s. Meddings described how the special effects were made for the movie: It was a hard show in terms of effects. Whenever you do an effects picture, you try to come up with something new. Unfortunately, you don't always succeed. You may think you've done something amazing, but, ultimately, it's up to the audience for that verdict. We really worked ourselves silly on this one, though. Meddings created miniatures for

2664-429: The film a grandiose sweep to match the broad vistas of Krull ' s location photography." The score features traditional swashbuckling fanfares, an overtly rapturous love theme, and other musical elements that were characteristic of fantasy and adventure films of the 1980s, along with incorporating avant-garde techniques with string instruments to represent some of the monstrous creatures. Additionally, to accompany

2736-602: The first draft was finished, the writing and production team considered Peter Yates to direct the film. Two months after they asked him to join the project and after he finished directing Eyewitness (1981), Yates read the screenplay of The Dragons of Krull . He was "intrigued" with what he read and accepted the position of directing the film as a "challenge". He reasoned in a 1983 interview that Krull would be one of those rare films that "can take full advantage of today's special effects techniques" and would differ from his more realistic previous works in that he would have to make

2808-457: The first model of the spider in the scene, which was later changed. The spider was made of plexiglass, with solid legs and a hollow abdomen, and eight black eyes made of plastic. Yates's direction of the action scenes that take place at the beginning of Krull was inspired by swashbuckler films such as Captain Blood (1935). However, he wanted to figure out new weapons that gave the scenes

2880-417: The first script was used and re-edited instead. There was one point in the writing process where it was planned that Lyssa would turn into the antagonist near the end of the story, but this was not part of the final screenplay, given that the production team didn't want her to be "less than pure". Lysette Anthony , the actress who played Lyssa, explained that she "thought that was a little boring". After

2952-499: The fortress. Ergo transforms into a tiger to save Titch from a Slayers' attack. Colwyn, Torquil, Bardolph, and Oswyn are trapped inside a large dome. The latter three fall through an opening and are trapped between walls studded with huge spikes, which kill Bardolph. Colwyn breaches the dome and finds Lyssa. He attacks the Beast with the Glaive, which becomes embedded in the Beast's body. With nothing to defend themselves, Lyssa and Colwyn quickly finish their wedding ritual. This gives them

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3024-611: The glaive had its origin in Wales, and that it remained a national weapon until the end of the XVth Century. Grose mentions a warrant (Harleian MS., No. 433) issued to Nicholas Spicer, dated the first year of Richard III's reign, 1483 for enrolling of smiths for "the making of two hundred Welsh glaives" – twenty shillings and sixpence being the charge for thirty glaives with their staves, made at Abergavenny and Llanllowel. The glaive typically consists of three main components: The glaive

3096-514: The hope that their two kingdoms' combined forces can defeat the Beast's army. However, the Slayers attack before the wedding is completed, devastating the native Krull armies, wounding Colwyn, and kidnapping Lyssa . Colwyn is nursed back to health by Ynyr, the Old One. Ynyr tells Colwyn that the Beast can be defeated with the Glaive, an ancient, magical, five-pointed weapon resembling a large throwing star with retractable blades. Colwyn retrieves

3168-645: The horse or rider. These weapons were employed in various historical conflicts, from the medieval European battlefields to the Far East. The glaive holds cultural significance not only for its martial applications but also for its representation in art, literature, and folklore . It is often depicted in medieval tapestries and illuminated manuscripts , showcasing its presence in European history. The weapon has made appearances in numerous fantasy and historical fiction works, cementing its place in popular culture. It

3240-501: The huge budget was due to several changes of concepts in the script that led the designers to have to repeatedly alter the designs of the sets. Filming began on 25 January 1983. The first sequence shot was the scene where Ynyr (Freddie Jones) climbs a huge spider web in order to confront the Widow of the Web. Jones did not use any safety wires because the wires would have been visible. Stop-motion animator Steve Archer spent two weeks creating

3312-446: The machines controlling the pieces, but Marshall "knew that if the machine didn't stop in five seconds, [he] would be dead". Another take of the sequence was shot the next day with Yates instructing that the speed of the machine be slower. However, Marshall insisted on the machine being sped up and, in the final take, was successful in getting away from the set pieces. Marshall explained, "I had no feeling in my heel for months afterward. It

3384-420: The main antagonists, the Beast and its army of Slayers, Horner utilised Holst-like rhythms and groaning and moaning vocals from the choir. Also of note is a recurring "siren call" performed by female voices that starts and bookends the score, and appears numerous times in the story to represent the legacy of the ancient world of Krull. Horner's score is reminiscent of earlier works, particularly Battle Beyond

3456-536: The mainly British actors keep things from becoming genuinely dull or laughable." Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel , reviewing Krull on their show At the Movies , gave the film two thumbs down and called it "one of the most boring, nonsensical, illogical fantasies in a long time." Christopher John reviewed Krull in Ares Magazine #16 and commented that "It is a hot, hollow wind which only reminds us of what

3528-426: The mist, which led to them accidentally getting into water that consisted of "cork chips". Rehearsing the scene where Colwyn and his group are being chased by the Slayers in the Black Fortress involved stuntmen taking the part of Colwyn so that Marshall could conserve energy for filming. The scene involved Colwyn and his men encountering a corridor where the floor opened underneath them via two set pieces "the size of

3600-410: The most common design in full tang knives, the handle is cut in the shape of the tang and handle scales are then fastened to the tang by means of pins, screws, bolts, metal tubing, epoxy, etc. The tang is left exposed along the belly, butt, and spine of the handle, extending both the full length and width of the handle. Partial tang designs include stub, half, and three-quarter tangs, describing how far

3672-485: The most visually creative and downright fun movies of the enchanted 80s" and "an entire galaxy away from other cheap, quickly made knock-offs that showed up in the wake of Star Wars ." In a 2006 retrospective, PopMatters critic Bill Gibron found many problems with Krull , but noted that it had an "amusement amalgamation" rare for a film released in the early 1980s, where "if you don't like one particular character or circumstance, just wait – something completely different

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3744-403: The most well-known examples of such tools. Most of these design styles can be used with full or partial tangs and the use of one does not exclude the use of another. For example, a sword may have a hidden, encapsulated, rat-tail tang. The tang of a blade often contains so called tang stamps identifying the manufacturer of the knife and the (often encoded) year of manufacturing, sometimes also

3816-454: The movie entirely based on his imagination. The film was in a year of pre-production, which involved Sherman editing the script, Yates creating storyboards, Stephen B. Grimes and Derek Meddings coming up with set concepts, and Ken Marshall and Anthony being cast as Colwyn and Lyssa, respectively. Because the expensive sets had already been built and were based on the screenplay by Steve Tesich, Sherman had to adapt his original script to fit

3888-469: The music from the end credits; however, music from the main title sequence was omitted. Southern Cross Records later released special editions in 1992 and 1994 (the latter a Gold disc), expanding on the previously released tracks, featuring the main title music and other action cues. In 1998, Super Tracks released the complete recorded score in a two-CD set with elaborate packaging and extensive liner notes by David Hirsch. In 2010, La-La Land Records re-issued

3960-737: The name "glaive- guisarmes ." In the 1599 treatise "Paradoxes of Defence" by English gentleman George Silver , the glaive is described as being used in a manner similar to other polearms like the quarterstaff , half pike, bill , halberd , voulge , and partisan. Silver considered this class of polearms superior to all other hand-to-hand combat weapons. The Morgan Bible , also known as the Maciejowski Bible, features illustrations of two-handed glaives used on horseback, showcasing their historical application in mounted combat. The contemporary term for this weapon may have been " faussart ," which referred to various single-edged weapons related to

4032-548: The power to manipulate fire, with which Colwyn slays the Beast. The Beast's death frees Torquil and Oswyn, and they rejoin Colwyn, Lyssa, Ergo and Titch. The survivors make their way out of the crumbling fortress, which is pulled into space. As the heroes return home, the narrator repeats the prophecy that the son of the queen and king shall rule the galaxy. In 1980, Columbia Pictures president Frank Price asked producer Ron Silverman if he and his partner Ted Mann wanted to create

4104-435: The same handle. Hollow-handled knives also incorporate a partial tang. Many inexpensive knives and swords designed for decorative purposes incorporate partial tangs and are not intended to be used for cutting applications. A full tang knife or sword generally allows for increased force leveraged through the handle against the resistance of material being cut by the blade, an advantage when used against harder materials or when

4176-509: The screenplay transformed into entirely fantasy, which meant most of the film would be shot on sound stages , and only a minority of the sequences would be filmed in actual locations in Italy, Spain, and England for only a few weeks. A total of 23 huge sets were built and the film was shot at more than ten sound stages at Pinewood Studios . Krull was an expensive film to produce, with a budget of $ 30 million. Marshall and Meddings reasoned that

4248-533: The scythe, alongside terms like falchion , falcata , or fauchard , all derived from the Latin term for "scythe." Historical records suggest that the glaive may have originated in Wales and remained a national weapon until the late 15th century. There is a mention of a warrant from the first year of Richard III 's reign, dated 1483, for the production of "two hundred Welsh glaives," further highlighting its historical significance in weaponry. It has been argued that

4320-463: The sets. Despite persistent rumours that the film was meant to tie-in with the game Dungeons & Dragons , Gary Gygax stated, "To the best of my knowledge and belief the producers of Krull never approached TSR for a license to enable their film to use the D&;D game IP." Yates described making Krull as "complicated" and "just so enormous". Special effects artist Brian Johnson stated in

4392-403: The setting of the film's titular planet. The model Meddings constructed for Lyssa's castle was twenty feet high. Shots of it were done in Italy using forced perspective to make it look taller than it really was. The model of the Black Fortress was twelve feet high, and an electrical system was used to create the light within it. Because the Black Fortress disintegrates at the end of the film, it

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4464-469: The story's essential characters dying and parts of the story that "got lost inside all manner of interstellar/medieval malarkey". Writer Annie Frisbie opined that the film's representation of the relationship between Colwyn and Lyssa was "way too vague", reasoning that "the dialogue between Colwyn and Lyssa is so generic that it doesn't come close to achieving that odd blend of universality and intimacy that makes love stories sing". Snider described Krull as

4536-407: The swamp scene, wherein the Slayers and several changelings encounter Colwyn and his group. Yates described the swamp set as "quite nasty ... we always had people bumping into things." It was filmed during what Marshall described as a "very harsh winter", and the set was too big to be entirely heated, leading to the actors feeling cold and exhausted. The crew members had a hard time seeing through

4608-525: The tang extends into the handle of the tool. The most common partial tang design found in commercial knives is on folding knives , where the tang extends only as far as the pivot-point in the handle. Scalpels , utility razor blades, and a number of other knives are commonly designed with short partial tangs that are easy to fasten and unfasten from the handle so that dull or contaminated blades may be quickly exchanged for fresh ones, or so that one style of blade may be exchanged for another style while maintaining

4680-448: The type of metal used or serial numbers. Krull (film) Krull is a 1983 British science fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Yates and distributed by Columbia Pictures . It stars Ken Marshall , Lysette Anthony , Freddie Jones , Francesca Annis , and Alun Armstrong . Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane , still early in their film careers, appear in supporting roles. The story follows Prince Colwyn (Marshall) and

4752-409: The years since its release, the film has developed a cult following . A narrator tells of a prophecy that a king and queen will rule their world, and then their son will rule the galaxy. The planet Krull is invaded by an entity known as the Beast and his army of Slayers, who travel the galaxy in a mountain-like spaceship called the Black Fortress. Prince Colwyn and Princess Lyssa plan to marry in

4824-443: Was a vague term and there wasn't an actual word that defined the weapon, "the writer should have made [another name] up rather than borrowing one which doesn't fit." The effects have also garnered detractors. The House Next Door critic Steven Boone stated that Krull "stands out because it has some of the clunkiness and uncertain production design of a cheapie like Beastmaster , but its visuals fairly pulse like something from

4896-434: Was a versatile weapon on the battlefield. It was effective for both cutting and thrusting, and its long reach allowed warriors to strike opponents from a relatively safe distance. Some common glaive techniques included sweeping strikes to disarm or incapacitate enemies and thrusting attacks to penetrate armor . Glaives were used by infantry and could be particularly effective against mounted opponents, as they could target

4968-485: Was composed by James Horner and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers . It has been commended as part of the composer's best early efforts. The soundtrack is considered a high point of the film. Ryan Lambie, reviewing for Den of Geek wrote, "The 70s and 80s seemed to be the era of great sci-fi and fantasy themes, and Horner's is high up on the list of the best, providing

5040-454: Was constructed "like a jigsaw puzzle with parts able to be pulled apart on cue." In Krull , Ergo uses his magic to transform into creatures such as puppies and geese. Meddings used an effects strategy that showed these transformations differently from traditional cross dissolve methods, reasoning that it had "been done to death". He explained: We did it with a series of blow-ups embellished with artwork so that you could actually blend in

5112-421: Was especially critical towards the visuals of the ending, labeling them as "all too derivative", lacking "polish", and only "mildly distracting". However, Nathan also noted that the film did present some interesting designs and concepts, including doppelgängers that sneak into Colwyn's gang and a witch named The Widow of the Web trapped in "the heart of a web". A frequent criticism in multiple reviews of Krull

5184-409: Was really hard doing stunts afterwards, too." Meddings led the special effects department of Krull . British artist Christopher Tucker was also originally in the project but left due to creative differences. Nick Maley and his crew produced several effects six weeks before filming began. The effects department often went for challenging visual effects and designs that were unusual to achieve in

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