Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

rdoyle29 So there are these two guys, and they live in a land with constant fog. One guys littler, has a laser bow, and looks a lot like Hugh Jackman. The bigger guy likes animals. They take on a naked chick who wears a gold mask and has an army of dog men who rip humans in half. She enlists the help of a guy who looks like a walking statue and promises to help her in exchange for sex ... he has the best exit ever committed to film. Fulci's contribution to the Conan rip-off industry (with a huge "Quest for Fire" influence thrown into the mix) is a Goddamned classic. I love this film irrationally. Yeah, it makes no sense and seems to have gone overboard with the dry ice, but it's got naked chicks, dog men and explicit gore ... so there.

Scott LeBrun A studly young man named Ilias (Andrea Occhipinti) embarks on a quest to vanquish evil. He's soon joined in his travels by Mace (Jorge Rivero), a Conan type lone wolf who saves Ilias' ass at one point basically because he admires his weapon, a magical bow. Together they fight the minions of evil witch Ocron (Sabrina Siani), some of them looking like bargain basement versions of Chewbacca, among other creatures.There's barely a coherent story here, but people who just adore the trashiest and cheesiest of low budget fantasy features aren't going to mind very much. Celebrated Italian director Lucio Fulci puts his indelible stamp on this genre, completely saturating it with surrealism and atmosphere. Viewers will love all the details, especially the fact that Siani, although masked, plays her role almost completely nude, and sometimes has a snake slither over her body. Claudio Simonettis' score is simply perfect for this sort of entertainment. The soft focus photography by D.P. Alejandro Ulloa won't be to everybody's taste, but everything is filmed on some attractively exotic locations (Sardinia, Italy). The performances are appropriate to the occasion, with Rivero and Occhipinti as moderately engaging heroes, and sexy Ms. Siani, and Conrado San Martin as her equally diabolical associate Zora, functioning as amusing villains. The special effects are enjoyably laughable in their incredible tackiness. There's some wonderfully mean spirited gore here, supplied by Franco Rufini.There's a lot of buildup here to a finale that is over a little too quickly, but "Conquest" does deliver the sleazy goods for those that like their fantasy as R rated (or unrated, as the case is here) as possible.Fulci fans will recognize the mark between Maces' eyes.Seven out of 10.

haildevilman Signore Genius Fulci dips into the sword and sorcery genre for this bit of fun.Typical story of a young buck trying to save his people. He runs into your weathered, cynical veteran hero and gets him to help. Bring on the villains...we're ready.Lucio brings on zombies, ghosts, water creatures, and a lead witch with a golden face and no clothes. A lot of traveling is implied, but it looked as if it was filmed in a campground somewhere.The leads did OK. That's Anreas Occhipanti, the duck talking killer from "New York Ripper" playing the youngster.The sword play is done pretty well. And of course the make-up job was great. Worth a check for you Fulci-philes out there.

unbrokenmetal "Conquest" is a typical case of a "love it or hate it" movie. The crossover which Fulci tried was: take some of the barbarian hero stuff popular in the 80s (Conan, Beastmaster), combine it with the splatter horror the director is well known for, and give this a psychedelic edge with blurred, constantly foggy visuals and haunting synthesizer music. Surely not everybody's taste, not even for many fans of Fulci's other works. However, if you are in the right mood, "Conquest" is an experience that compares to no other fantasy horror movie...except maybe Bava's "Ercole al centro della terra"! The story can be given in a few lines: Ilias, a young man from a comparatively civilized country, travels to a barbarian land of many terrors. He meets the warrior Mace, and together they fight an evil sorceress who claims to be responsible for the rising of the sun, and is worshiped like a goddess by everyone who believes her (surprisingly many).Fulci doesn't give any explanations, but lets us dive in head first. Don't ask "why do those zombies exist in the swamp?", "why does Zora appear out of thin air?" or "how can Sabrina Siani be beamed from the mountain top into the cave without Scotty around?". This is not the point. What Fulci shows us is a dream where everything is possible. Meet the creatures that lurk in your nightmares, and when there are no more arrows for the bow, it shoots lightning beams. A dream does not require logic. Even death is not certain here. I perfectly understand when people don't like this movie, because it is opposed to what one normally expects from a movie. However, I don't see this as a dumb or sloppy script - to me it appears to be a purposeful experiment that did not succeed entirely, but is unusual and challenging. As I said at the beginning: love it or hate it.