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1983 science fantasy film directed by Peter Yates

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 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 Untied 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 the years since its release, the film has developed a cult following. Freddie Jones as Ynyr; also the film's narrator
Alun Armstrong as Torquil, leader of a troop of bandits
David Battley as Ergo, who has the shapeshifting ability to turn into various animals
Bernard Bresslaw as Rell the Cyclops (credited as Cyclops), who uses a large trident. The character was designed by Nick Maley. John Welsh as the Seer
Graham McGrath as Titch, the Seer's young apprentice
Tony Church as Turold, Colwyn's father
Bernard Archard as Eirig, Lyssa's father
Belinda Mayne as Vella, Merith's friend
Clare McIntyre as Merith, one of Kegan's many wives
Francesca Annis as the Widow of the Web. 23 pieces of " aging" prosthetics were applied to Annis's face for the role. 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".

In the United States and Canada, Krull grossed $16.9million at the box office, against a reported budget of $27–30 million. 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 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 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 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 is just around the corner." Lambie called the Glaive "one of the coolest fantasy armaments of the decade", Gibron wrote that the film doesn't have "the polished level of visuals that fans were used to (thanks to American companies like ILM)". 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". This "confusing mythology" included the "dopey reasons" for the story's essential characters dying and parts of the story that "got lost inside all manner of interstellar/medieval malarkey". Snider described one major problem in the film's writing:

blockquote|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 the thing that there was originally only ONE WAY! to do. To use a screenwriting metaphor, this is like painting yourself into a corner and then avoiding stepping on the fresh paint by suddenly developing the ability to levitate. Lambie called the characters "flat",

A novelization was written by Alan Dean Foster. A comic book adaptation by writer David Michelinie and artists Bret Blevins and Vince Colletta was published by Marvel Comics, both as Marvel Super Special No. 28 with behind the scenes material from the film, and as a two issue limited series.

In 1983, several games were released under license. Parker Brothers produced a board game and card game. An action video game was released in arcades by D. Gottlieb & Co. Gottlieb also designed a Krull pinball game that never went into production. Atari, Inc. published a different Krull video game for the Atari 2600.

The film was released in multiple home media formats: VHS, Betamax, CED, LaserDisc, and DVD. The film was available on DVD as a "Special Edition" in 2008. The film was available for streaming through Starz and Netflix until June 2012. Mill Creek Entertainment, through a license from Sony, released Krull on Blu ray for the first time on 30 September 2014. On 11 November 2019, HMV released Krull in the UK in dual format Blu ray and DVD under their Premium Collection label, with art cards & fold out poster. The previous release, the year before, was pulled due to an aspect ratio issue on the Blu ray. The new release has the correct ratio.

Combining elements of sword and sorcery and the space opera genre, He continued, "although we're told that the Slayers have been burning villages, we never see a village, burned or otherwise." He wrote that establishing shots of castles show no residents or plot unrelated extras passing by; this was an indication that the lands of Krull do not have an economic system or population, which was appropriate given that "it's traditional for the heroes of fairy tales to be unbothered by such necessities as food and shelter."