Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
The Black Cauldron has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Black Cauldron was released in 1985 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 655 reviews, giving The Black Cauldron (1985) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 62% and users giving an average score of 64%.
With a score of 58%, The Black Cauldron is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1985, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1985 with similar scores include films like Lifeforce and Godzilla 1985.
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