Hawk the Slayer Revisited: Fantasizing About Fantasy Movies

Whereas the sword and sorcery style dominated style cinema within the first half of the eighties, due to the affect of Conan the Barbarian, one movie predates this pattern. That film is – Hawk the Slayer! If you happen to’re based mostly within the UK, you may be saying to your self, “oh man, Hawk the Slayer guidelines,” or perhaps, “Hawk the Slayer sucks.” However, for those who’re exterior English, you’re in all probability pondering, WTF is Hawk the Slayer?

This can be a big-budget UK try at a blockbuster that arguably owes extra to the affect of Star Wars (primarily its field workplace) than anything. It was meant to begin a blockbuster movie saga, however underwhelming field workplace and withering evaluations meant this was a one-off. The brainchild of writer-director Terry Marcel, the movie stars John Terry (later well-known as Jack’s dad on Misplaced and a one time Felix Leiter in The Dwelling Daylights) as a heroic warrior named Hawk (very a lot within the Luke Skywalker mode) who goes up in opposition to a masked baddie Darth Vader) performed by the good Jack Palance. Whereas a little bit of a flop, the film maintains a strong cult following, particularly within the UK, as writer-narrator Jessica Dwyer explains on this episode of Fantasizing About Fantasy Movies (edited by Invoice Mazzola). She additionally has an unique interview is Mass Impact voice artist Mark Meer (Commander Shepard), who explains how this movie kicked off a lifelong obsession with all issues sword and sorcery. So please sit again, loosen up and allow us to let you know all about this little-known UK journey.

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