Hawk the Slayer (1980)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Terry Marcel

Writers:

Terry Marcel (writer)
Harry Robertson (writer)

Release Date:

27 August 1981 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

Hawk, having suffered the ignimony of watching both his father and fiancée die at the hands of his brother...

Plot Keywords:

Brothers | Elf | Slave Trader | Bare Butt | Disfigured Face

Cast

Jack Palance	...	Voltan
John Terry	...	Hawk
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Gort, Giant
Ray Charleson	...	Crow, Elf
Peter O'Farrell	...	Baldin, Dwarf
William Morgan Sheppard	...	Ranulf (as Morgan Sheppard)
Patricia Quinn	...	Woman, Sorceress
Cheryl Campbell	...	Sister Monica
Annette Crosbie	...	Abbess
Catriona MacColl	...	Eliane
Shane Briant	...	Drogo
Harry Andrews	...	High Abbot
Christopher Benjamin	...	Fitzwalter
Roy Kinnear	...	Innkeeper
Patrick Magee	...	Priest

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:PG | Australia:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Chips Productions

Trivia:

Ferdy Mayne plays the father of Jack Palance in this movie, although he is only thee years older than Palance.

Quotes:

Gort, Giant: I'd sooner eat cowdung.
Soldier: That can be arranged, and you can wash it down with your own blood if need be.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary (2003)

Great B movie

As you watch this film, you will more than likely sit back and say, "This is so silly." Remember this is an 80's film. I remember first watching this film as a teenager and saying it was so cool. Well many moons later, I can see the aweful special effects, and the obvious mistakes made. The interesting things about "B" movies is that if actors know they are in one; it comes through in their acting. With this film, they try to act as seriously as possible, which makes it more believable. For people with a poor budget, they did quite well. The score is still some of the coolest music ever. It sets the tone for the film, and encompasses Hawk's mysterious nature.

As a regular film, it is aweful. As a "B" film, it does quite well. Cult classic.