History Film / Krull

* HeroesWantRedheads: Lyssa, TheHero's destined true love, is a redhead. They even chose to marry over the objections of their fathers. He rejects the attentions of a blonde lady for her.

* PopCulturalOsmosis: As noted under CallAPegasusAHippogriff, a glaive is actually a type of polearm, but if a work mentions one after this film, you can bet it's probably a giant shuriken ([[Franchise/SailorMoon most of the time]]).

* SameLanguageDub: Creator/LysetteAnthony is dubbed throughout by Lindsay Crouse. According to some accounts, 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''. Other sources say the producers thought her voice sounded too young.

* StreetSmart: Torquil, in spades.

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

* 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.]]

Written by Creator/StanfordSherman, supposedly it was [[DivorcedInstallment originally meant 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.

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: {{Subverted|Trope}} with the ancient glaive weapon Colwyn uses. 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.]]

* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: The Beast says that the planet Krull is this insignificant to his EvilPlan. A son that will rule the only galaxy? That's much more appealing.

* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: In the film, the Glaive is a unique legendary magic weapon, a five-bladed cross between a shuriken, a discus and a chakram. In real life, a glaive is a [[BladeOnAStick long pole with a blade on one end]]. (It's also an antiquated word used to refer to any bladed weapon.)

* CuffsOffRubWrists: Colwyn proves that he is the prince by using the master key to free the shackles from the escaped criminals. They remove their cuffs and rub their wrists.

Supposedly it was [[DivorcedInstallment originally meant 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.

* LicensedGame: A pinball game, an UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game, a really confusing arcade game, a [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1626/krull board game containing an plastic-army-man-sized Colwyn and The Beast]], and [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25901/krull-card-game a card game]].

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

* 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]].

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler: Near the end, Ergo decides "if my BalefulPolymorph spells always backfire, why not turn myself into a tiger?"]]

* KillEmAll: By the end of the movie, only [[spoiler: Colwyn, Torquil, Oswyn, Ergo, and Titch]] are still alive out of a party of around a dozen or so.

* AntiClimax: Presumably due to technical limitations, the final battle consists of [[spoiler:A: Colwyn standing still and gesturing at the far-off Beast while the Glaive attacks it, and B) Colwyn standing still and gesturing at the far-off Beast shooting flames at it.]]

* NamesTheSame: A plot point. Lyssa and the Widow of the Web share the same name. The Widow's backstory indicates she was the previous queen destined to have a son who would rule the galaxy, which she subverted by killing him. She even lampshades their names being the same. "What about your life?" "I give it to the girl who bears my name."

* OneSteveLimit: Averted and made a plot point. [[spoiler:The Widow of the Web shares her name with Lyssa.]]

* EvilDoppelganger: [[spoiler:The shapeshifter uses his power to kill Rhun and replace him to mislead the other heroes.]]

* 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]].

* LoadBearingBoss: The Black Fortress falls apart after the Beast dies, though this is also a case of NoOntologicalInertia. Also, the pieces fall up - apparently the Beat was so evil, the planet won't have any of it.

An EvilOverlord 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.

** The Beast assumes Colwyn's form, telling her he can assume any form she finds attactive, as a bid to woo her. Lyssa doesn't budge.
** 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 bolsters Lyssa's resolve, and [[YouHaveFailedMe The Beast is not amused by this.]]

* LargeHamTitle: "Ergo, the Magnificent, Short in Stature, Tall in Power, Narrow of Purpose and Wide of Vision" acts as big as the epithet he gives himself.

* RedShirt: All but two of the brigands who join Colwyn, as well as the kingdom soldiers in the first part of the movie.

* CollapsingLair: The fortress falls into pieces at the end.