Dragonslayer is a 1981 American dark fantasy film directed by Matthew Robbins from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hal Barwood. It stars Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, and Caitlin Clarke. It was a co-production between Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions, where Paramount handled North American distribution and Disney handled international distribution through Buena Vista International. The story is set in a fictional medieval kingdom where a young wizard encounters challenges as he hunts a dragon, Vermithrax Pejorative.

Plot

Urland, a sixth-century kingdom near the River Ur, is being terrorized by Vermithrax Pejorative, a 400-year-old dragon. To appease Vermithrax, King Casiodorus offers it virgin girls selected by lottery twice a year. An expedition led by Valerian, a young man, seeks help from the last sorcerer, Ulrich of Cragganmore.