Dragonslayer 1981 Honeyko x264 RESTORED uncut widescreen

Dragonslayer, 1981 ...fantasy, suspense, adventure, horror, romance, drama, dragon, medieval weaponry, kings, wizards, classical music Return with us once again to the thrilling days of yesteryear when movie-makers still knew how to shoot, edit, and score a film, and weren't afraid to cast older actors in more than half the roles. -- Still the best movie dragon of them all: The monster in this film isn't the misunderstood, anthropomorphic, sympathetic CGI creature you've come to expect from more recent rubbish like "Dragonheart", let alone one which will let you saddle it up ("Eragon", "Dungeons and Dragons" ). No, this film's dragon is a menacing, malevolent lizard with a taste for the flesh of sacrificed virgins, and whomever else gets in his way. Video Source ....: Region 1 widescreen NTSC Video Codec .....: x264, CQ16, FRFun7, LimitedSharpenFaster, MVDegrain3 Audio Codec .....: Nero AAC 5.1, Lame MP3 DPLII stereo surround-sound Frame Size ......: 960x480 (upsampled 720x360), 1135x480 Anamorphic DAR FPS .............: 23.976 original, because "tinny PAL" stinks. Audio English 5.1 and stereo, German stereo. Subtitles: Bulgarian Danish Dutch English + Hearing-Impaired Finnish-Suomi French German Italian Norwegian Polish Portuguese-BR Romanian Serbian Slovenian Spanish Swedish Alex North soundtrack: 320Kbps lame MP3 ("Unauthorized" and La-la releases). Encoding: like many 1980s films initially rushed onto plastic when DVDs were in their infancy in the 90s, Dragonslayer was given a poor treatment by modern standards: the film was not restored and compression technique was crude. Combined with Dragonslayer being filmed under entirely natural lighting and virtually all scenes being dark and filled with smoke, mist or cloud -- it results in the film being arguably the dirtiest, grainiest project I have ever worked with: in some shots literally more than 50% of the pixels on the screen at any given moment were grain. On top of that was the noticeable aliasing due to only 360 NTSC vertical display lines. A combination of FRFun7 and MVDegrain3 filters removed virtually all of the grain without introducing banding; upsizing by 33% vertically smoothed the aliasing without blurring the picture. Subjective appearance compared to original DVD grainbomb: vastly superior. Scenes frequently cut: The bathing scene, and the priest getting fried. WARNING: PAL DVDs are "tinny", letterboxed, and may have cut version. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082288/ - - - - - A monster movie where the monster is well worth the big wait; ***** 6 Jan 2005 Amazon review By Lawrance M. Bernabo Ultimately, "Dragonslayer" succeeds where the vast majority of monster movies fail, which is the point at which you get to see the creature and it is a big disappointment. Very few movies had really great monsters when I was growing up and you get to the point where you just expect them to be bad. Even when the make up is pretty good, say Boris Karloff in the original version of "The Mummy" or Oliver Reed in "The Curse of the Werewolf," you get shorted on how often the monster actually gets to be on screen. "Dragonslayer" ups the ante because there is a big build up to the point when you finally get to see the dragon. But for my money it is well worth the wait because the folks at Industrial Light & Magic deliver even though we are talking 1981 special effects. The story in "Dragonslayer" combines a couple of recognizable plot lines from the fantasy genre. First there is the hapless young apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol), trying to learn his craft from a great wizard, Ulrich (Ralph Richardson). I am certainly reminded of Mickey Mouse from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in "Fantasia," except that Galen is a lot more earnest. Second, there is the fact that Casiodorus Rex (Peter Eyre), the ruler of the land, has been sacrificing virgins to keep the local dragon from leveling the countryside. Young Valerian (Caitlin Clarke) arrives to beseech Ulrich, the last wizard around, to kill the dragon, which is probably the last of its kind as well. The only problem is that Ulrich has died, which means that young Galen has to become a dragonslayer. Galen wants to do the great deed for the right reasons, but there is also the Princess Elspeth (Chloe Salaman) to consider, along with all the other young virgins forced to participate in the grim lottery. Casiodorus is not thrilled by the prospect of the fate of his kingdom resting on the shoulders of Galen, so he tries to thwart the young man's plans. However, there is somebody who thinks that the rules of the game in Urland have to be changed. Beyond the Oscar nominated special effects (and musical score by Alex North) what makes "Dragonslayer" work is that it takes place in a grungy medieval world where everybody is dirty and outright despair seems like an appropriate response to each sunrise. In such a world sacrificing a virgin once a year seems rather reasonable, and an act of heroism seems improbable, especially when your hopes rest on the baby-faced Galen. The atmosphere and the special effects fit together just perfectly, and Ralph Richardson's performance as the sorcerer gives the film its memorable performance. The casting of MacNichol is seen as problematic by some, especially those familiar with his stellar comedy work on "Chicago Hope" and "Ally McBeal," but I think he works well in this particular context. The idea here is that the hero is not somebody who wants to be a great fighter with a sword but a sorcerer using potions and magicks. MacNichol looks like somebody who would be more comfortable with a staff than a sword, so that when he actually has to pick up a spear and shield to fight the dragon he looks really uncomfortable. Then he sees the dragon and he looks scared. We see the dragon, so we completely understand. Although a lot of the elements are familiar to everyone weaned on Tolkien and excited by the original "Star Wars" films, there are some attempts to be different. I especially liked the fate of the Princess and the ending has a sense of fatalism we rarely get in a fantasy film, with or without a monster. Unfortunately, the DVD version of "Dragonslayer" has absolutely nothing in terms of bonus features (not even the trailer), but at least the film is presented in anamorphic widescreen so you can enjoy all of the Scottish landscape. More importantly, there is the CGI dragon that mandates this one getting five stars because that dragon is that good. When a movie delivers the goods with the monster the way "Dragonslayer" does, attention must be paid.

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MarkoOhNo (2011-04-24)

I wasn't able to get this to work. When I ran it through my MKV file converter, all I got was a long, loud squelch. :P

mike18xx2 (2011-05-18)

...and your failures prompted you to conclude something was wrong with my torrent when thousands have downloaded it successfully without complaint...exactly why?

NL_Pirate (2011-06-11)

Please seed this, i've been looking for this for ages, and as appreciative as i am, it's still damn slow dl'ing

hamai (2011-07-16)

amazing torrent

User897 (2012-01-30)

Thanks so much for this. I hope it has good speed and quality, and NO missing scenes. This film needs the PROPER Blu-ray treatment with all the bells and whistles. Until then, it looks like this will be the definitive version.
I'll report back once I have it.

User897 (2012-02-01)

I made a Blu-ray from this. It reveals the limitations of the source material, but it's easily the best damn copy I've seen to date.
Thank you!

sadec (2012-06-01)

I have never seen this movie, and I'm not really picky with the quality, but I guess x264 will worth it. Thank you for this. :)

CJClags (2012-06-06)

Great upload, thanks

CJClags (2012-06-08)

This appeared to be the best quality rip on TPB, and maybe it is. Unfortunately it didn't work for me, not in mkv or mp4 on my ps3 or blueray player. Thanks anyways though ;)

sillywizard (2012-06-20)

This restoration is outstanding; I saw it side by side with the DVD. I didn't believe so much improvement was possible, but it's true.

silent333 (2012-11-14)

The quality is absolutely AMAZING. Great job! I remember how gritty, grainy, and crappy it looked when I saw it as a kid. Brilliant :)

FRivera (2013-01-05)

Thanks. One question, if I may:
what is the purpose of the DVD menus in the .7z file? The movie is a separate MKV, it's not like the menus are of any use if the entire thing isn't in DVD-Video format. So why include the menus files?

mike18xx2 (2013-01-24)

The menus are there for anybody who wants to create a DVD out of the files.

M_Dudikoff (2013-05-12)

oh. my god... flashbacks. gonna set aside some alone time for this one with a double scotch. yes I DO remember how dirty and dungeon-y it was. im sure itll all come rushing back once i watch.. TPB- a modern wonder...cheers!

somedude72 (2013-06-05)

If you're downloading this it's probably because you have fond memories of seeing it when you were young; maybe even at the drive-in like me. So no need to comment on the movie.
The quality of this video is unbelievably good when you consider the age of the film. Very well done, sir, and thank you.

ramrod28677 (2013-10-19)

Thanks for all your efforts to rescue this classic fantasy. After seeing that abomination called "The Hobbit" with it's truly inferior CGI orcs, this was really refreshing.

DJ_SEVEN (2013-12-29)

Really, REALLY good quality, i have this movie on original DVD and this copy blow that right out the water.
And for you guys having a problem, get a decent player or buy a real mediaplayer, works 100% on Popcornhour and Xtreamer.
Thanx Mike for makin the upload, this is one of the best fantasymovies still up to date, in the league with LOTRS, KRULL, Eragon and so forth!
Q=10
S=10
M=10
No bullshit but fact!

nedgey (2014-04-06)

Sounds like an exciting print, but not sure it's worth downloading a 3.7GB file that (from one of the comments) doesn't sound like it's going to work on PS3.

PiRARE (2014-04-15)

Thanks, great upload. I look forward to watching this

revos83 (2014-09-13)

Thanks for this. Slow download though. Will seed as long as possible after i finish download.

smd999 (2014-12-06)

Looks good, but the 5.1 sound is mapped wrong. The centre channel audio (dialogue) is coming out of the left speaker.