Two 1980s-era PG-rated films that explored dark adult themes in the context of high fantasy are getting the back-to-back screening treatment. Jim Henson and Frank Oz collab The Dark Crystal (1982) was marketed as a family film, but its disturbing turns, and themes of imprisonment and genocide, were definitely more for adults. It still looks good, maybe because so few people continued the tradition of puppetry and animatronics following Henson’s passing, and none (in my opinion) with quite so much creative flair and attention to detail. The darker Legend (1985) stars a youthfully beautiful, long-haired Tom Cruise playing the romantic lead opposite Mia Sara, with Tim Curry taking on the role of a delightfully terrible villain/devil (the Lord of Darkness). There are unicorns! There are ogres and swamp hags and fairies and dwarves! And a frightening castle, where things are tortured and killed! It’s supposed to reflect the originally sinister nature of fairy tales, before they were all fluffed up. by Leilani Polk