What are you, kidding?! I can distinctly remember myself and friends giving this movie the MST3K treatment when it was released and that was many years before MST3K existed. Most fantasy movies recieved such treatment. OF COURSE it was hopeless cheeze - in that era that was the DEFINITION of fantasy movies. I think it holds up just fine given that most of the sets and effects were markedly superior to other fantasy fare of the period. I think your nostalgia goggles need cleaning.
While Krull is certainly the weakest of the movies I listed, it stands up far better than Masters of the Universe. I established my baseline based on the OP mentioning Hawk the Slayer as a good movie and wanted to keep to what I consider that level or above. Krull, while cheesey, is original and has some very capable acting unlike Masters of the Universe. Also if you let in Masters of the Universe you open the doors to Red Sonja and Conan the Destroyer, and it only gets worse from there.
I know a challenge when I see one. Thus I give you this list, by no means exhaustive, of really bad 80's fantasy.I'm not sure it can get worse from there...
I know a challenge when I see one. Thus I give you this list, by no means exhaustive, of really bad 80's fantasy.
Ator l'invincibile (1982)
Ator l'invincibile 2 (1984)
Iron Warrior (1987)
Hercules (1983)
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)
I beg that none of you actually watch them.
Wow, you're right. Umm, I guess that opens it up to pretty much any fantasy movie made in the 80's at this point.Iron Warrior is one of the three explicitly listed by the OP.
