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.
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.
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.
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.
The Glaive really should have become every bit as iconic as lightsabers and bat’leths.
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.