Wow. I just caught this film on AMC. I've never seen it before, and I enjoyed every minute of it. A brave farmer saves a beautiful princess from a cloven hooved giant. As a reward he is tasked with protecting the princess as she travels to a distant convent. She is attempting to hide from the evil wizard Pendragon, but she is soon found and captured. Jack pursues her as he battles an army of the wizards minions. Jim Danforth did the creature effects, and they are well done. The former Harryhausen assistant created some really bizarre and unsettling stop-motion monsters. What is the story on those glowing demon witches? They are truly terrifying. And the freaky little goblin dressed like a rabbit from hell? Whoever decided that small children in 1963 were prepared to witness these horrors on screen were sorely mistaken. Then again, this was a whole generation after the other top freakiest kids flick, The Wizard of Oz. Fly you miserable monkeys, fly.
Review of Jack the Giant Killer
