I remember waching this movie as a kid, and I always remembered it a simple story of the people in need for a wizard to take down a dragon. I also have always remembered the dragon as the most asthonishing creature I ever seen in a move. Now, that I got to see it again, I found myself surprised by two facts: 1) The plot is fairly simple, but the connotations on it are far out complex. It beats me its a dragon and wizards tale in a cristhian world. It plays for interest contrast, the most would be the priest who is telling the dragon is no beast, its Lucifer himself (and shortly after been burned by him/it). Another scene shows a priest preaching the faith of the lord and asking him to destroy their sworn enemy, the dragon. 2) The dragon is by far the best stop animation creature ever created and as a creature itself is better than other modern incarnations of the beast like the ones seen in "Dragonheart" and "Reing of fire". Phil Tippet really outdid himself doing this dragon. Each scene the dragon apears is compeling, gripping and unforgeteable. In comparision, I enjoyed a little bit more Dragonheart because of its richer characters and more mythologic aproach to the dragon, but Dragonslayer is a real classic on wizards.
Review of Dragonslayer
