The final film in the Seventies quartet of fantastical Kevin Connor /
Doug McClure collabs rings some changes. Unlike the previous three it
wasn’t financed via Amicus who had gone bust and it was EMI films who made it. Also this is not an adaptation of a book but
has an original script by well- known tv writer Brian Hayles albeit one that
leans on already established legends. EMI’s involvement enabled a larger budget
though to be honest it doesn’t always show in the effects sequences. A lot of
the compositions between model effects and real life performances seem rougher
than in the previous films and in a post Star Wars film world that was never going to be as impressive.
