, directed by Ridley Scott
and starring Tom Cruise
, Mia Sara, and Tim Curry
. Though not a very notable success when first released, it received a single Academy Award nomination for Best Makeup, and since its initial release, has developed a cult following
.
The story is set "once, long ago" in a world of unicorn
s, fairies
, goblin
s, and demon
s. Hidden in a dark lair, the antagonist
, the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry
) instructs his goblin servant, Blix (Alice Playten
), to locate the two unicorns that roam the nearby forest and remove their horns.
This place holds more magic than any place in the world.
Oh, Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace. I sit alone, an impotent exile, whilst this form, this presence, returns to torment me!
I require the solace of the shadows and the dark of the night. Sunshine is my destroyer!
Every wolf suffers fleas. 'Tis easy enough to scratch.
The dreams of youth are the regrets of maturity. Dreams are my speciality.
I know everything, Jack. Yet I do not understand what has happened today. Suppose you tell me, Jack? You know these woods as well as any elf. Did you not see something odd today, any strange spirits? Did nothing untoward happen?
Love you say? Well love is another matter.
Mortal world turned to ice... Here be goblin paradise!
Fire, fire, burning higher, making music like a choir!
Look! Ugly one-horned mule!