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Production
Glaive weapon design — impractical, iconic, endlessly imitated.
Practical Effects
Slayers' costumes and that terrifying fortress set, all physical builds.
Score
James Horner's majestic soundtrack outclasses the film itself.

Director
Peter Yates
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