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The Dark Crystal is a 1982 adventure family fantasy film, directed by Frank Oz and Jim Henson, starring Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz and Dave Goelz.
- 194 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
- posts span Mar 3, 2016 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 217 · most liked firstMy latest screen print is a collab with @bottlenecknyc.bsky.social & The Jim Henson Company. Its for the film The Dark Crystal (1982). A tribute to its craft and amazing worldbuilding . Regular ed 250, variant ed 150 and acrylic board ed 50. 24x36. Drops today, Mar 19, 12PM ET: bottleneckgallery.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Predator Badlands is a little like if a Predator movie was also The Dark Crystal, which is to say it could hardly be more targeted to our household if it tried.
neutral · AI labelView post →Projects i would enjoy making if i had the time/money/team 1. Puppets. A whole dang puppet 90 minute film like The Dark Crystal 2. Experimental multimedia animation. Something between stop motion and 2d hand drawn and collage 3. A micro budget horror bottle movie
neutral · AI labelView post →We went to the 70mm screening of The Dark Crystal and it was preceded by a six-minute video Frank Oz made specifically for the Music Box, talking about the production of the film. So cool! Would you believe it: Frank Oz shot this video on his phone in portrait mode.
positive · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Dark Crystal (1982) By NickChargeArt
neutral · AI labelView post →Try something different--and then be true to your vision. Jim Henson went from the Muppets to something completely new and daring with THE DARK CRYSTAL. And he was absolutely committed to getting his vision on film, even when others didn't quite see it. Or get it. /12
neutral · AI labelView post →Another cool detail in a Henson film is in The Dark Crystal. The Skesis have a barely noticeable set of vestigial arms on their backs, showing their relationship to the (much more clearly) four-armed Mystics.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Dark Crystal (1982) By Sergio Sandoval
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s a whole half hour of Mandalorian And Grogu that is basically “Star Wars does The Dark Crystal” and I’m supposed to think it’s a bad movie?????
neutral · AI labelView post →This December in the Deadlights Theater, it's a full month of fantasy film ranging from classic sword and sorcery to surrealist hallucinations. Beginning with... 12/1: THE DARK CRYSTAL 12/4: VALERIE & HER WEEK OF WONDERS 12/8: POOR THINGS 12/11: HOLY MOUNTAIN
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd like to submit The Secret of NIMH and The Dark Crystal for inclusion in the traumatic childhood movie bracket. Between tiny mice drowning in their own home and draining the life force of scared little puppets, they both left a hell of a scorch mark.
neutral · AI labelView post →Up at 5 am, which isn't bad, insomnia wise. Lucked out & The Dark Crystal was starting on a live streaming channel. The bonkers Jim Henson fantasy film from 1982. Basically a Muppets meets the Hobbit. Released when I was in college. I saw this in the theater! Been meaning to re-watch it for years.
positive · AI labelView post →10 non horror movies to get to know me The Red Shoes Galaxy Quest The Muppet Movie The Dark Crystal Dave Made a Maze The Last Unicorn Man of La Mancha Adolescence of Utena All about Eve Mad Max Fury Road
neutral · AI labelView post →Any fans of the 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal?
neutral · AI labelView post →It was a honour to help Brian & Wendy Froud (artists, folklorists, and the puppet film designers behind The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth) to turn their vision for this book into reality. Happy Book Publication Day to both of them, and to all the brilliant women writers who contributed to the volume.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Dark Crystal (1982) By NickCharge
neutral · AI labelView post →You might know that Jim Henson's fantasy classic #TheDarkCrystal is available to stream on Peacock, The Roku Channel, and Tubi — but did you know that @shoutstudios.bsky.social just dropped the original making-of documentary "The World of The Dark Crystal" for free on YouTube? Well, now you do!
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching: The Dark Crystal (1982) I have not seen a frame of this movie since I was maybe 6. I recall nothing about it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dying Emperor Voiced By: Jerry Nelson #JerryNelson Movie: The Dark Crystal Year: 1982 Perhaps the most disturbing scene ever from a Jim Henson production, Muppet performer Jerry Nelson delivers the Skeksis Emperor's last words in the most unsettling manner. #DarkCrystal #Halloween
neutral · AI labelView post →We just watched The Dark Crystal (my first time seeing it) and we've already made the Chamberlain noise AT LEAST 100 times in the span of the movie, and I wish i was exaggerating 😅
positive · AI labelView post →Fave film for each year of the 1980s: 1980: Somewhere in Time 1981: Heavy Metal 1982: The Dark Crystal 1983: Monty Python's Meaning of Life 1984: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1985: The Breakfast Club 1986: Castle in the Sky 1987: Robocop 1988: My Neighbor Totoro 1989: The Little Mermaid
neutral · AI labelView post →Disney History 8/24/1936 Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets and the voice of Kermit the Frog, is born. Henson was the force behind Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, The Labyrinth, and Yoda. He sadly passed away at the age of 53.
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie, The Dark Crystal, I'll is up there w The last unicorn and Water ship Down as films that gave me nightmares as a child but also fascinated me.
neutral · AI labelView post →Any Dark Crystal fans? I love the movie and The dark crystal: age of resistance :(( this is an old art. #TheDarkCrystal #TDCAOR #art
neutral · AI labelView post →The older I get the more I’m convinced The Dark Crystal is the best movie ever made simply because nothing like that will ever be created again
positive · AI labelView post →Jim Henson & Frank Oz's 1982 fantasy THE DARK CRYSTAL returns to THE 70MM FILM FESTIVAL!
neutral · AI labelView post →Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid (Runner up is the Dark Crystal where I started screaming when the first Emperor dies and falls apart. It was actually in a drive in theatre tho)
neutral · AI labelView post →Friends in or near Glastonbury: I'm giving a talk on 'The Power of Story' with Wendy Froud (artist, author, film puppet designer for The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, etc.) on Saturday, 17 Oct, 2:30 pm at the Glastonbury Town Hall. In-person, not online. Tickets & info here: allevents.in/glastonbury/...
neutral · AI labelView post →A quick reminder that the Widdershins III: Moorland Mythic Arts exhibition ends on the 30th of August. This magical, folkloric show contains work by book and film artists Alan Lee (Lord of the Rings), Brian & Wendy Froud (The Dark Crystal), and many others. www.greenhillarts.co.uk/calendar/202...
neutral · AI labelView post →Try something different--and then be true to your vision. Jim Henson went from the Muppets to something completely new and daring with The Dark Crystal. And he was absolutely committed to getting his vision on film, even when others didn't quite see it. /8
neutral · AI labelView post →#wyrdwednesday "Look at them, mother Troll said. Look at my sons" 1915 by Swedish artist John Bauer, an artist I ♥️ and see how he may have inspired Brian Froud's Mystics for The Dark Crystal, my favourite fantasy film and here my tribute youtu.be/KnJ5RrftvcI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →There are two kinds of janky roadside motels... one is the one you'd encounter with mold and syringes and dried cum, on nearly any roadside today, and I hope you remembered the plastic bag for the remote. The other is the Howard Johnson your family stayed at in 1987 somewhere in Wisconsin, where indeed to this day, the A/C still comes out at -10* F and smells like cigarette-tinged adventure. Later you'll watch the Dark Crystal on the in-room HBO and be terrified for weeks.
neutral · AI labelView post →Inktober Day 28: "Skeksis" (The Dark Crystal) 31 days of movie monsters! (original framed painting at jameshance.com) ✨🎨(Color Pencil / Gouache on Illustration Board)
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 80s - The Dark Crystal 90s - Princess Mononoke 00s - 28 Days Later 10s - The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 20s - Nimona
neutral · AI labelView post →Gonna do animated movie week this week including (probably): Fantastic Planet Demon City Shinjuku The Last Unicorn The Dark Crystal (because puppets count as animation) Will happily consider any other animations matching these vibes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy IX (2000) | RPG | Sony PlayStation | Square As the last Final Fantasy on the PS1, it mixed the "action-movie like adventure fantasy of the first six FINAL FANTASY titles" with a bit of inspiration from 1982's film, The Dark Crystal, alongside a colorful roster of heroes and villains!
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a movie that terrified you as a kid: The Dark Crystal
neutral · AI labelView post →We're now starting on The Dark Crystal. We saw the original 1982 film last night - insane production values, absolutely whips imo. Really curious to see how the series fares, even if just from a technical standpoint.
positive · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #150 "The Dark Crystal" (Jim Henson and Frank Oz/1982) Absolutely wonderful and surprisingly dark for a children's fantasy movie. That was the 80s for you, no hand-holding here. Henson's puppet creations are like no other.
positive · AI labelView post →I don't know how anyone can listen to RFK junior and think the man is 'the peak of health', man sounds like the fucking Emperor Skeksis from the Dark Crystal. And I mean the crusty movie one, not the cancelled Netflix series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Dark Crystal (1982) By NickChargeArt
neutral · AI labelView post →@backlookcinema.bsky.social has an episode about the epically under appreciated movie “The Dark Crystal”. If you like fantasy, the #80s or Jim Henson give a listen to his latest episode episode!
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DARK CRYSTAL!!! now THAT'S a motherfucking movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! human ingenuity forever motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! letterboxd.com/lynnedrum/fi...
positive · AI labelView post →True. I actually just rewatched the Dark Crystal to see some real cinematic skills and talent
positive · AI labelView post →My scary thing from my childhood was the scene of the rabbits all dead and thr blood and their open dead mouths from the movie Watership Down. I first saw it aged 6. I watched the Dark Crystal and all kinds of dark fantasy, but mum said The Labyrinth was actually the devils work and banned me.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Crystal is a christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →🎞70MM Film Frames from THE DARK CRYSTAL🎞 Jim Henson & Frank Oz's magical fantasy (and technical marvel) screens in 70MM for 2 Shows Only - This Thursday at 6:30pm & Sunday at 11am! Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
neutral · AI labelView post →I genuinely like the one on the right better and it clicked when my friend said she's channeling "Live action character in a puppet movie" i.e. The Dark Crystal (1982)
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to see it made into an all-puppet movie like the Dark Crystal
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DARK CRYSTAL is a family film that could’ve possibly only happened in the ‘80s. Ravishingly beautiful and strikingly dark. Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s craft and fidelity to Brian Froud’s visual ideas remains astonishing.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m so tired of what “Tangled” did to animated film titles- I want! to know!! what the film is about!!! I want it to make sense in a verbal sentence without saying “Have you seen THE MOVIE tangled??” Ffs if The Dark Crystal came out today it would be called “Cracked” or something RELEASE US
neutral · AI labelView post →I accidentally started extremely the wrong movie and so am about five minutes behind It was like a cross between Mad Max and The Dark Crystal The Lost Warrior I think, or something close to that #Dread #FrightClub
neutral · AI labelView post →So the positive responses to this might drive me to finally write that long-overdue essay about why The Dark Crystal is my favorite movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Shout Factory just uploaded this wonderful 1983 PBS documentary about the making of The Dark Crystal. 58 minutes of practical puppetry bliss.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think about The Dark Crystal movie + series all the time and how it deserved better My favorite fantasy story + setting ever
positive · AI labelView post →these are also a substantial portion of the film! which is great! sincerely! it is the first Star Wars movie where I've entirely enjoyed the parts that are about weird alien puppets! watch it with the mindset you would "The Dark Crystal"!
neutral · AI labelView post →20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you - one film per day, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just screenshots. 9/20 The Dark Crystal.
neutral · AI labelView post →Film? If we're only talking stuff Henson directed, I love love love The Great Muppet Caper, but The Dark Crystal is an incredible cinematic accomplishment. Show? It's *gotta* be The Muppet Show! Fraggle Rock and The Storyteller were something special, though. Character: It's always been Rowlf!
positive · AI labelView post →Loads of shout-outs to the films that inspired specific scenes and shots in the film, including lots of '80s movies like "Top Gun," "The Dark Crystal," "Ghostbusters," "The Blues Brothers," "Blade Runner," and the list goes on.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Crystal Jim Henson/Frank Oz (1982) What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of this film?
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