Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Genre: Animation, Family, Family, Adventure
Starring: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt
Directed & Produced by: Ron W. Miller, Elmer Bernstein, Chris Buck, James Melton, Ted Berman
Release date: 7/24/1985
Running time: 80 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10 by 663 users