History Film / Krull

* MagicByAnyOtherName: Some of the peoples' of Krull are {{Seers}} or have limited magical or PsychicPowers with varying degrees of strength; Ergo can BalefulPolymorph himself, Rell can see the [[ForeseeingMyDeath circumstances of his demise]], The Emerald Seer can divine locations and future events like where the Black Fortress will teleport to the next day (although he needs to be in his place of power to see clearly). The Widow of the Web appears to be a much stronger seer, able to know the future location of the fortress just by thinking about it. Even Ynyr seems to have limited mind reading capability, since he can divine that Torquil has children. And then of course there is ThePowerOfLove between Colwyn and Lyssa granting him [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]].

* MagicByAnyOtherName: Some of the peoples' of Krull are {{Seers}} or have limited magical or PsychicPowers with varying degrees of strength; Ergo can BalefulPolymorph himself, Rell can see the [[ForeseeingMyDeath circumstances of his demise]], The Emerald Seer can divine locations and future events like where the Black Fortress will teleport to the next day (although he needs to be in his place of power to see clearly). The Widow of the Web appears to be a much stronger seer , able to know the future location of the fortress just by thinking about it. Even Ynyr seems to have limited mind reading capability, since he can divine that Torquil has children. And then of course there is ThePowerOfLove between Colwyn and Lyssa granting him [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]].

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Some of the peoples' of Krull are {{Seers}} or have limited magical or PsychicPowers with varying degrees of strength; Ergo can BalefulPolymorph himself, Rell can see the [[ForeseeingMyDeath circumstances of his demise]], The Emerald Seer can divine locations and future events like where the Black Fortress will teleport to the next day (although he needs to be in his place of power to see clearly). The Widow of the Web appears to be a much stronger seer , able to know the future location of the fortress just by thinking about it. Even Ynyr seems to have limited mind reading capability, since he can divine that Torquil has children. And then of course there is ThePowerOfLove between Colwyn and Lyssa granting him [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]].

* BoxedCrook: A variant as Torquil and his gang aren't in prison, but are defeated by Colwyn when they try to ambush him. Rather than imprison them, he offers them a chance to earn a full pardon. They accept and help the king.

* MovingBuildings: [[BigBad The Beast]]'s Black Fortress flies, floats and teleports at his command. It never stays for too long nor in the same place twice when put down, necessitating the good guys finding a {{seer}} who can tell them its next location.

* DeathOfAChild: The Lady of the Web killed her infant son in her rage at her lover leaving her. Being the Lady is her punishment for that crime.

* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler:The party is slowly whittled down as it progresses towards the end of its quest, including A: Ynyr, who dies in the process of finding out where to find the Black Fortress, B: The "Travelling Man", one of whose wives we meet in a previous scene, and C: Rell the Cyclops, who makes a HeroicSacrifice. Whereas Colwyn began with nearly an army, only four of his allies are still alive at the end to walk off into the distance with the hero after he rescues Lyssa and saves the world.]]

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The Black Fortress. It's mobile and is even capable of traveling through space. In the film, it teleports around the planet. In the book, it's described as flying from place to place instead.

* GalacticConqueror: The prophecy states that a couple will marry, rule Krull, and their son would rule the galaxy. Though it's apparent he'll be a more benevolent ruler now that the Beast has been destroyed.

* GhibliHills: Everything we see of Krull is strangely empty and untouched by civilization. The only human-built structure in the film is Lyssa's family's castle, which stands on its own in the middle of an empty valley. It's also [[SceneryPorn undeniably beautiful]].

* HeroesWantRedheads: Lyssa, TheHero's destined true love, is a redhead. They even chose to marry over the objections of their fathers.

* ItHasBeenAnHonor: One of Torquil's men says this to Colwyn after he got shot while they try to get inside the Black Fortress.

* NothingIsScarier: Thanks to the SpecialEffectFailure in how the Beast was portrayed, rather like the shark in ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and the creature in ''Film/{{Alien}}'' it is more frightening when unseen, only sensed or heard breathing. [[MalevolentArchitecture The unsettling, surreal interior of the Black Fortress]] doesn't help.
%%%%* ObviouslyEvil: The Beast and the Slayers.

* PreciousPuppy: Ergo off-handedly mentions wishes. Titch, a boy coming along with them, mentions he always wanted a puppy. Later on, Ergo wanders away from the rest for a while, turning himself into a puppy and running along to Titch, remaining that way for a few scenes to make him happy. B'aww.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Colwyn and his father are knights fighting the invaders.
* RoyaltySuperPower: A bit ambiguous. Colwyn's ability to control the Glaive (let alone reach into lava to retrieve it) are probably from his status as TheChosenOne, though the parallels to the Sword in the Stone are obvious. Similarly, the minor pyrokinetic powers Lyssa demonstrates during the wedding and the ''major'' pyrokinetic powers that Colwyn demonstrates once the wedding is completed may be a function of the wedding ceremony itself, a power of the royal bloodlines, or some combination of the two (i.e., a result of members of the royal bloodlines becoming a mated pair).

* SameLanguageDub: Creator/LysetteAnthony is dubbed throughout by Lindsay Crouse. For whatever reasons, producers thought Americans wouldn't be able to understand her accent -- clips of her actual voice in the film prove that wrong. She'd later do an excellent American accent in ''Film/HusbandsAndWives''.

-->'''Ergo:''' My name is no jest, beanpole. It's all very well to have a short name when you're twenty feet tall, but small people need large names to give them weight.
* SoleSurvivor: Colwyn is the only one to survive the Slayers' assault on the castle (if we don't count Lyssa, who they intended to capture).

* YouCantFightFate:
** Not if you're a Cyclops. Well, you can (as in, [[DoNotGoGentle refuse to go off into self-imposed exile]] to await your foreseen death), but [[FateWorseThanDeath you'll regret it]]. [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Rell doesn't]]--he may regret the pain, but not the reason for it.]]
** The cyclopes were beings with two eyes, but they bartered away their second eye to The Beast in order to see the future. The Beast instead tricked them, and the only future they can see is the time of their own death.

* InfantImmortality:
** Averted in the BackStory of the Lady of the Web, who killed her infant son in her rage at her lover leaving her. Being the Lady is her punishment for that crime.
** Played straight with [[spoiler: Titch, the young aid/apprentice of the Emerald Seer. He's one of the few survivors of the DwindlingParty.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: The Cyclopes, in their backstory. They were once normal humans living on a distant world. They made a deal with the Beast, exchanging one of their eyes for the ability to know the future. The Beast cheated them, however, only allowing them to know the times of their own deaths, and ensuring they will die horribly if they try to resist their deaths.[[spoiler: Considering this is the chief inspiration for Rell to join Colwyn's party, and his importance to their quest, this also counts as a HoistByHisOwnPetard for the Beast.]]

* ScrewDestiny: A variation of it. Rell initially had to leave the group to face his death. However, later he arrived to help them get inside the Black Fortress and soon got crushed (a much painful death than whatever he originally envisioned); presumably he preferred a HeroicSacrifice over however he was supposed to die. This was lampshaded earlier by one of Torquil's men who suggested that Rell should come with them to the Black Fortress anyway.

* SpaceFantasy: With more emphasis on fantasy. Though it's regularly acknowledged that the Beast has conquered other planets, and Rell is a visitor from one of those planets.

-->'''[[StoicWoobie Rell]]''': ''(gloomily)'' [[YourDaysAreNumbered Ignorance.]]

An evil overlord from space, called the Beast, invades the world of Krull due to a prophecy that a marriage that unites that world will have a son who will rule the galaxy. When two great kingdoms are going to be joined by a marriage (necessitated by this invasion), The Beast's army, the Slayers, kidnaps Princess Lyssa just before her wedding is completed, and Prince Colwyn goes on a quest to save her, aided by a wise old man, a gang of escaped prisoners and thieves, and an ancient sentient weapon.

Has nothing to do with the protagonist of Thomas Mann's 1954 novel ''[[Literature/ConfessionsOfFelixKrull Confessions of Felix Krull]]''. Or the island state of Krull from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Or ''Literature/{{Kull}}''.

* AlienSky: Krull rotates around two suns. There are no double-shadows, we never see the sky enough to find both suns, and there is no plot-significant reason for there being two suns. It's just cool. Krull also has two moons.

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: {{Subverted}} with the ancient glaive weapon used by Colwyn. It is said to be an extremely powerful weapon which Colwyn will need to defeat the beast of the black fortress and rescue his princess. Once Colwyn has the glaive, he is told not to use it until he absolutely must. It remains unused until he breaks into the black fortress at the end of the movie, where [[spoiler: he uses the glaive only twice; first to cut open the prison trapping his bride, and second to attack the beast, where it stabs the beast in the chest which is not even enough to kill the monster. Colwyn ends up defeating the beast with ThePowerOfLove, manifested as a magic flamethrower from his hand.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: PlayedForLaughs in Krull. Ergo the Magnificent tries to turn Colwyn into a duck for making fun of him, but it backfires, duck-ifying Ergo instead. He eventually decides to work with it, turning himself into a tiger when the group storms the Black Fortress.

* BlessedWithSuck: The Cyclops traded with the Beast: one of their eyes (which is why they only have one now) for the ability to see into the future. The Beast ''did'' give them the ability to see into the future - but they can only see [[YourDaysAreNumbered the moment of their own deaths]]. Using the knowledge to avoid their death? [[YouCantFightFate That just brings a much more painful death.]]

* TheCasanova: Kegan (Liam Neeson), who has a wife or lover in numerous towns ([[UrbanLegendLoveLife or so it is rumored]]). Two wives are known of for sure, and while he never falls prey to OopsIForgotIWasMarried, he does have to do some quick thinking and fancy maneuvering to keep them from finding out about each other.

* {{Cool Horse}}s: Fire mares can travel super fast, leave tracks of flames as they gallop (hence their name), and fly through the air without breaking stride.

* CultSoundtrack: Music/JamesHorner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51vdPsLHal4 score]] for this film has gotten ''four'' different album releases, each one expanding on the previous one. Though, one of the chief complaints is that the score is 50% of ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', and a third ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars''. (In fairness, it should be noted that he had a packed 1980s - in 1983 ''Krull'' was one of his ''eight'' projects[[note]]The others - ''Film/UncommonValor'', ''Literature/GorkyPark'', ''The Dresser'', ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'', ''Testament'', ''Between Friends'' and ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes''.[[/note]])

* DealWithTheDevil: The Cyclopes, in their backstory. They were once normal humans living on a distant world. They made a deal with the Beast, exchanging one of their eyes for the ability to know the future. The Beast cheated them, however, only allowing them to know the times of their own deaths, and ensuring they will die horribly if they try to resist their deaths. [[spoiler: Considering this is the chief inspiration for Rell to join Colwyn's party, and his importance to their quest, this also counts as a HoistByYourOwnPetard for the Beast.]]

* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler:The party is slowly whittled down as it progresses towards the end of its quest, including A: Ynyr, who dies in the process of finding out where to find the Black Fortress, B: The 'Travelling Man', one of whose wives we meet in a previous scene, and C: Rell the Cyclops, who makes a HeroicSacrifice. Whereas Colwyn began with nearly an army, only four of his allies are still alive at the end to walk off into the distance with the hero after he rescues Lyssa and saves the world.]]
* EightiesHair: Lyssa's fluffy mane sells it as an 80's movie.

* GhibliHills: Everything we see of Krull is strangely empty and untouched by civilization. The only human-built structure in the film is Lyssa's castle, which stands on its own in the middle of an empty valley. It's also [[SceneryPorn undeniably beautiful]].
* GiantSpider: One of the sideplots involves a giant albino spider guarding/imprisoning an oracle in a rather comfortable-looking cocoon in a gigantic web. It moves to eat anyone coming to consult with her, and is only prevented when she pours the sands of her life away (freezing it in place while the sands are in motion).

* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Ergo changed to a puppy to grant the boy's wish. After changing back, he said it was a stupid wish, although [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold no one is fooled]]

* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:A shape-shifter kills the Emerald Seer and takes his form to get close to Colwyn and kill him. Fortunately Rell finds out and throws his axe at the shape-shifter.]]

* LargeHamTitle: "Ergo, the Magnificent, Short In Stature, Large In Power, Narrow Of Purpose And Wide Of Vision" acts as big as the epithet he gives himself.
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: Corwyn sticks his arm into a pool of lava to get the Glaive. He should be dead, but he's completely unharmed, though see above under ConvectionSchmonvection.

* TheMagnificent: Ergo, of course. (His "proper", full name is: [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Ergo, the Magnificent, Short In Stature, Large In Power, Narrow Of Purpose And Wide Of Vision.]] Though he will answer to just "Ergo" in a pinch.) [[spoiler: He proves he isn't just comic relief in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.]]

* MarsNeedsWomen: The Beast kidnaps Lyssa. This is due to a prophecy that if he gets Lyssa to choose marry him, they will rule the world and their son would rule the universe.

* {{Mooks}}: The Slayers, mooks for the Beast. They are very powerful though, easily slaughtering the RedShirtArmy near the beginning of the movie, and even the heroes have a difficult time fighting them. Thus they could be considered SuperSoldiers.
* MovingBuildings: [[BigBad The Beast]]'s Black Fortress flies, floats and teleports at his command. It never stays for too long nor in the same place twice when put down, necessitating the good guys finding a {{seer}} who can tell them it's next location.
* NonIndicativeName: The weapon is identified as "The Glaive". It isn't a curved-blade polearm, but rather a starfish-shaped throwing weapon. Even if you take the older meaning of "glaive" as "sword" it doesn't fit.

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: {{Inverted}}. Colwyn and Lyssa are the children of two rival kings who choose to marry against their fathers' wishes to form an alliance against the Beast; inverted because the kids arrange it instead of the parents. Lyssa gets kidnapped during the wedding and Colwyn goes off to save her. Their love turns out to be the final weapon that offs the main villain.

* PluckyComicRelief: Ergo's beast spells are mostly used for comedy..

* ProphetEyes: The Emerald Seer (probably) has this. He rarely opens his eyes though, and his doppelganger has all-black eyes.

* RuleOfCool: The Glaive, the Slayers' weapons, the Black Fortress, the Fire Mares, the twin suns, the cyclops, the translucent giant spider, and a marriage ceremony that gives the groom [[spoiler: temporary but powerful pyrokinesis]].
* RuleOfSymbolism: Colwyn and Lyssa's love [[spoiler:makes a literal flame that can destroy the Beast]]. The Black Fortress (evil) [[ParanoiaFuel can appear anywhere]]. The Widow of the Web's hourglass sands not only can briefly stop time, allowing someone past the spider, but they also [[spoiler:represent the span of her life--and thanks to MindlinkMates, Yynr's too, so that spilling them ends their lives]]. Torquil not wanting to have his manacles removed until the end of the quest (when he'd earned it), only to keep them even after he does remove them as a reminder of the past he'd atoned for. Bardolph dying on the SpikesOfDoom because [[{{Greed}} he has to go back for his special knife]].

* SaveThePrincess: The basis of much of Colwyn's actions is saving Princess Lyssa, who also happens to be his fiancé.

** Vella, a changeling sent to seduce Colwyn so that the Beast can break Lyssa's spirit. Colwyn doesn't bite, though, and Vella is so impressed with his devotion that she refuses to kill him despite the Beast's orders. Seeing this only bolster's Lyssa's resolve, and [[YouHaveFailedMe The Beast is not amused by this.]]

-->'''Ergo:''' I am Ergo the magnificent. Short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose and wide of vision - and I do not travel with peasants and beggars. Goodbye!

* SoulJar: The Black Widow's hourglass - or more specifically the sand inside it - determines her life span. She passes it on to an injured Ynyr so he could inform the group about the fortress's next location.

* SuperSpeed: Fire Mares can travel "a thousand leagues in a day." The definition of "league" differed according to era and location, but it refers to the distance a healthy horse can most efficiently travel in an hour - about five and a half kilometers. Fire Mares thus have a cruising speed of ''231 kph'' or '''143 mph!'''

* TooDumbToLive: Bardolph, who dies when he goes back into a room full of spiked walls just to retrieve his knife - which would have been of absolutely no use to him in the given situation anyway.

* {{Wangst}}: InUniverse, it's both justified and defied.

* HitchhikerHeroes: Lylyn heads down to bind Colwyn's wounds, Ergo the Magnificent near them (lampshading it by noting he came quite a distance from where he intended), a gang of robbers decide to join them, an actual mage and his apprentice comes along to lead them, Rell has seen the future to know he'll join them...

* LargeHamTitle: "Ergo the Magnificent; short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose, wide of vision.", acts as big as the epithet he gives himself.

* MagicMisfire: Whenever Ergo the Magnificenttries to cast a spell, he ends up hitting himself (explained as Hillfolk wizards "lacking the power to do real harm"). He eventually learns how to use this to his advantage.

* MarsNeedsWomen: The Beast kidnaps Lyssa. This is due to a prophecy that if he gets Lyssa to marry him, their son will rule the world. There's also a prophecy that implies if she chooses to marry the Beast, their son would rule the universe.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. [[spoiler:The Widow of the Web shares her name with Lyssa.]]

* PrincessClassic: Lyssa. Though in her opening scenes she shows courage, strength of heart, and more than a little independence (for one thing, it's made quite plain that the alliance by marriage was her idea and she bullied her father into it), and when she is captured it's clearly due to lack of fighting skills and training, not lack of desire to fight back.
* ProphetEyes: The emerald seer (probably) has this. He rarely opens his eyes though, and his doppelganger has all-black eyes.

* RuleOfCool: The Glaive, the Slayers' weapons, the Black Fortress, the Fire Mares, the twin suns, the cyclops, the translucent giant spider, and a marriage ceremony that gives the groom [[spoiler: temporary but powerful pyrokenesis]].

* TooAwesomeToUse: Colwyn receives an awesome magical glaive weapon in the beginning of the film, but Llylyn advises him not to use it until he needs it most. It sits on his saddle for the rest of the film until he faces the Beast.

* TheUnreveal: The exact nature of the Slayers' powers, such as the ability to breathe underwater or climb walls without equipment, is never explained, and we never learn what the ''thing'' that burrows into the ground after they're killed is.

'''Ynyr''': Nor have I become ''king'' on that day.

* LargeHamTitle: Ergo the Magnificent, acts as big as the epithet he gives himself.

* BoomStick: The weapon of choice for the Slayers are staffs that fire laser beams. They still seem highly impractical because they appear to only have one shot each.

* SchizoTech: The Slayers ride horses and fight using a weapon that combines an energy blaster with some kind of powered sword.

An evil overlord from space, called The Beast, invades the world of Krull due to a prophecy that a marriage that unites that world will have a son who will rule the galaxy. When two great kingdoms are going to be joined by a marriage (necessitated by this invasion), The Beast's army, the Slayers, kidnaps Princess Lyssa just before her wedding is completed, and Prince Colwyn goes on a quest to save her, aided by a wise old man, a gang of escaped prisoners and thieves, and an ancient sentient weapon.

Supposedly it was [[DivorcedInstallment originally supposed to be]] the official ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' movie (under the title ''The Dragons Of Krull''), but the license was somehow lost before the film was released. But this may simply be an UrbanLegend, given that it has been [[http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=506454&sid=2d1b9ed5266c5aa9b2863c456cf6a6b9#p506454 officially denied]] by Creator/GaryGygax himself.

* FantastyAliens: This movie is a rare case of a StandardFantasySetting undergoing an AlienInvasion.

* MovingBuildings: [[BigBad The Beast]]'s Black Fortress flies, floats and teleports at his command. It never stays for too long in the same place twice when put down, necessitating the good guys finding a {{seer}} who can tell them it's next location.

* MarsNeedsWomen: The Beast, kidnaps Lyssa. This is due to a prophecy that if he gets Lyssa to marry him, their son will rule the world. There's also a prophecy that implies if she chooses to marry the Beast, their son would rule the universe.

* InfantImmortality: Averted in the BackStory of the Lady of the Web, who killed her infant son in her rage at her lover leaving her. Being the Lady is her punishment for that crime.

* LethalHarmlessPowers: Ergo learns to shapeshift into dangerous animals, which not only takes out a Slayer, but even takes a staff blast and survives.

* PokeInTheThirdEye: The Beast pulls this on the Emerald Seer, shattering his scrying gem in the process. This necessitates the Seer having to travel to the Emerald Temple where he will have enough power to break through the Beast's barriers...a trip during which the Seer just so happens to be very vulnerable.

* WomanScorned: The Widow is abandoned by Ynyr in her {{Backstory}}. It made her upset, to say the least.
* YouCantFightFate: Not if you're a Cyclops. Well, you can (as in, [[DoNotGoGentle refuse to go off into self-imposed exile]] to await your foreseen death), but [[FateWorseThanDeath you'll regret it]]. [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Rell doesn't]]--he may regret the pain, but not the reason for it.]]

* {{Backstory}}: Ynyr and the Widow's past were of a tragic love.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Ynyr dies after revealing where the Black Fortress will appear next.]]