What happens when you take the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight… and turn it into an 80s fantasy fever dream starring a glitter-covered Sean Connery?

In this episode of Nerd Legion, we dive into Sword of the Valiant (1984): one of the strangest fantasy adaptations ever made. Featuring Miles O’Keeffe, Peter Cushing, John Rhys-Davies, and Ronald Lacey, this stacked cast somehow delivers one of the most unintentionally hilarious medieval movies of the decade.

From animatronic severed heads… to magical invisibility rings… to unicorn-eating knights… to the worst synth soundtrack we’ve ever heard.  This movie has everything except a coherent moral.

Is it terrible? Absolutely.

Is it entertaining? Without question.

Let’s talk glitter armor, bad fight choreography, Arthurian lore, and why Sean Connery keeps taking fantasy roles he “doesn’t understand.”

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