 411 - THE MAGIC SWORD
Genre: Low Budget Fantasy (1962, Color)
Synopsis: In what may be considered Bert I. Gordon’s masterpiece, this is a loose telling of the story of
St. George and the Dragon. A king’s beautiful daughter is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer (played by an old Basil
Rathbone) who plans to sacrifice her to a dragon. The king plans to send out the deceitful Sir Branton to save her, but the adopted son of a sorceress (or is she just a Witch refugee from
Bewitched?) named Sir George (played by Gary Lockwood, i.e.. Frank Poole from
2001) and his six reanimated knights join in on the quest to overcome the seven curses and save the princess.
As the brave knights face each curse, George’s six knight companions are killed faster than red-shirts on
Star Trek, until it’s only Sir George and the deceptive Sir Branton left.
But George, after being rescued from the sorcerer’s dungeon by Darby
O’Gill and the Little People, slays the giant, two-headed puppet dragon in an extremely unexciting fight and saves the princess.
And I guess they then got hitched, started the whoopie machine, popped out some rugrats, and lived happily ever after.
Don’s Review: For a Mr. BIG flick, this really
wasn’t that bad. In fact, I think J&tBs enjoyed it somewhat and were into the movie a bit, since the riffing was a bit
lower-keyed than usual for Season Four. Despite few
memorable riffs, this was still an enjoyable episode to watch
because the movie itself, though cheesy, moved rather well.
The host segments are good, though not very memorable either, so
this is an average run-of-the-mill episode, overall.
Don’s Rating: 
Related Link:
(1) Mighty Jack’s MST3K Review (Episode Review)
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