Review of Dragonslayer (1981) by Byron G — 02 Jun 2007

Still one of the best Dragon movies EVER!! Most realistic dragon in a movie. Awsome classic.

This review of Dragonslayer (1981) was written by Byron G on 02 Jun 2007.

Dragonslayer has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Dragonslayer

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 26 Nov 2012

An unknown treasure of a fantasy film and well worth a look for fans of the genre…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Adam R (2,773) on 16 Jun 2014

A group shows up at a wizards castle to asked the wizard to kill a dragon. They set on an adventure to battle the dragon and the king…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Joe R (452) on 17 Aug 2011

I was surprised that the effects hold up pretty well in this old fantasy, but not as surprised as I was to see the main character, a whiny…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By William C (881) on 18 Apr 2014

One of the best of the 1980s' slew of Sword and Socerer films, this one is still fun to watch with some interesting subtexts under the story…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Todd A (559) on 02 Feb 2013

If you dig swordplay, sorcerers, dragons, & maidens in distress then you should defiantly give this 80's fantasy film a whirl…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Tim W (1,375) on 14 Sep 2014

Wimpy nerd saves the day and gets the girl…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Paul D (6,077) on 31 Mar 2013

Well, this had some serious pacing issues! The story isn't bad, but it's not great either…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Charles K (68) on 13 Aug 2011

This played non-stop on HBO when I was 9…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Winston P (8) on 15 Jul 2012

Before anyone had heard of Peter Jackson outside of NZ or Harry Potter was a tinkle in JK Rowiing's eye, there was the magical year of 1981…

Read Review

Review of Dragonslayer (1981)

By Patricia S (246) on 04 Jun 2012

This movie was good. I love the action and the special effects were good…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Conan the Barbarian (1982)

By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 10 Nov 1986

Conan is a sort of psychopathic Star Wars, stupid and stupefying…

Read Review

Review of James and the Giant Peach (1996)

By Mickey S (135) on 24 Oct 2013

Boring and dull, James and the Giant peach thinks it is so much more then it is. The switch form live action to animated is annoying…

Read Review

Review of Conan the Destroyer (1984)

By Benjamin B (444) on 17 Nov 2012

I can't even remember what the hell this was about…

Read Review

Review of Return to Oz (1985)

By Ilovemovies1806 (1) on 07 Aug 2011

This movie has no storyline very scary for younger kids boring as!!! it shames the original…

Read Review

Review of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 15 Apr 2008

It's like a third-rate Austin Powers picture cut to the whacking, attention-deficit-disorder tempo of Moulin Rouge…

Read Review

Review of Mulan (1998)

By Official (157) on 03 Nov 2013

Mulan is good in its own ways, but I was slightly disappointed by the fact that the studio did not raise the animation standards to another…

Read Review

Review of George and the Dragon (2004)

By Michell B (6) on 07 Apr 2008

It gets one star for George being hot, but that is about all this movie has going for it…

Read Review

Review of Beowulf & Grendel (2005)

By Zeke S (4) on 04 Mar 2013

Good Anglo-Saxon epic poem... But bad movie…

Read Review

Review of Beowulf (1999)

By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 18 Nov 2007

My friend took the 3-D glasses off halfway through, which causes the image to be blurry. I should have tried that. Blurry couldn't have made it worse…

Read Review

Review of Asterix Conquers America (1994)

By Cle S (159) on 18 Jul 2013

Pretty far fall from the older Asterix movies. This one features Asterix against very stereotypical Native Americans…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews