In the film, an evil magician named Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) returns to Cornwall after having been exiled long ago. Directed by Nathan Juran, the film is a not so loose recreation of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, a film that had considerably greater success. There's no denying that Jack the Giant Killer is devoid of the technical and special effect prowess of similarly themed films. Jack the Giant Killer is, strangely enough, a rather different experience.Īs Sally Field would say, "I liked it. In the world of Cheezy Flicks, a low rating is almost an expectation given that the vast majority of their collection involves low-budget, no budget, godawful, B-movies, exploitation and other sub-genres of film often known more for their campy, guilty pleasure qualities than their actual cinematic quality. There's not much more embarrassing as a film critic than the feeling one gets when checking out the DVD submission corner of the makeshift office and realizing that there's a submission that got missed - such was the case with Jack the Giant Killer, a 1962 B-movie, cheezy classic of sorts picked up by the fine folks at indie distributor Cheezy Flicks for a DVD release.
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