★ 6 / 10
Sword and Witchery Italian/Spanish/Mexican co-production , concerning two warriors against an evil sorceress who seeks world dominion
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Sword and sorcery tale of two powerful hunters from a future World trapped in prehistoric times , confronting a nasty witch : Sabrina Siani bent on taking the…
Sword and sorcery tale of two powerful hunters from a future World trapped in prehistoric times , confronting a nasty witch : Sabrina Siani bent on taking the fantastic bow for evil . In a place beyond time, comes a terrifying challenge beyond imagination .At the beginning a young hunk , Andrea Occhipinti, with a magic bow sets out into searching for a villain sorceress . On his trip he meets another mighty warrior : George Rivero , and both of whom join forces to battle horrible creatures , creepy zombies , weird apes and anything else. He is the only hope for a dying race , he is the beginning which will destroy all but the boldest warrior !.
A nice sword and sorcery tale about a terrifying odyssey into the unreal , featuring brutality , strange production design , ethereal ambience by means of a foggy photography and attractive musical score. A camp fun with fights , violent confrontation , lots of blood and gore , beheading and somewhat silly finale . Being a Spain/Italy/Mexico coproduction , here appears Italian actors : Andrea Occhipinti , Gioia Sscola , Sabrina Siani , Spanish : Conrado San Martín, Violeta Cela, Jose Gras and Mexican player : Jorge Rivero . Special mention for the dark but colorful and foggy cinematography by cameraman Alejandro Ulloa who used peculiar filters , soft focus as well as a fog machine . This splendid cinematographer Alejandro Ulloa had a long international career including films as House of Garibaldi Street , Manaos , The Amazons , California , Pancho Villa and Horror Express . A rare but very atmospheric musical score composed by Claudio Simonetti by means of synthesizer , he is the composer of the soundtrack of several Dario Argento's pics , besides being a music composer and keyboard player of the Italian rock bands Goblin and Daemonia.The motion picture was uneven but professionally directed by Lucio Fulci in his usual style , including some regular tics and ordinary marks. Fulci was deemed to be the godfather of the gore , making decent films as Zombie Flesh Eaters or Zombie 2 , City of the Living Dead , The Beyond , The House by the cemetery , The Black Cat, New York Ripper and many others .
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★ 5 / 10
Fulci's Conquest Of The Sword And Sorcery Genre
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Sword and Sorcery flicks had their heyday in the early 80s, with "Conan The Barbarian" as the absolute highlight of the sub-genre, and tons of mostly immensely…
Sword and Sorcery flicks had their heyday in the early 80s, with "Conan The Barbarian" as the absolute highlight of the sub-genre, and tons of mostly immensely crappy low-budget flicks to follow. These films were so popular then, that even the godfather of gore himself, Lucio Fulci, decided to dabble in Fantasy's trashiest, and most entertaining sub-genre. Fulci's take on the Sword And Sorcery genre, namely this "Conquest" of 1983 is definitely not one of Fulci's masterpieces (more precisely, it is probably his dumbest movie), but it nonetheless outshines most other contemporary low-budget films of the kind. The storyline is extremely silly, and in spite of its flatness it is often confusing and makes little sense. People shouldn't watch Sword'n'Sorcery flicks and expect logic, however, and "Conquest" certainly has its qualities too. The film is atmospheric, and often quite bizarre, even more so than most other films of the genre, which is a quality in my book. I also liked the (quite strange) characters. The main villain is a nearly naked woman wearing a bizarre golden mask, who commands an army of beasts who are something in-between bears, wolves and men. While one of the heroes, Ilias (played by Andrea Occhipinti) looks like a total wuss, the other main character, Mace (played by Jorge Rivero) is basically a trashier version of Conan the Barbarian. Director Fulci also implicates the trade-mark gore, among other things heads are being crushed and people are torn into pieces.
What especially makes this film watch-worthy, however, is the ingenious score by Claudio Simonetti, known to Horror buffs and Progressive Rock fans as the creative head of "Goblin", the ingenious band responsible for some of the greatest Horror film scores ever, most prominently those to Dario Argento's masterpieces. Simonetti always stands for brilliant film scores, and the progressive Rock score fits in with Sword and Sorcery better than one might expect. I would even go further, and say that the score to "Conquest" may very well be the single coolest soundtrack to any film of the genre. All things considered, "Conquest" is well worth watching. Fans of trashy 80s flicks, especially lovers of Sword And Sorcery should definitely give it a try!
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★ 6 / 10
Vivid Fulci-fantasy!
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"Conquest" represents Italian director Lucio Fulci's quick cash-in on the Sword & Sorcery film; an adventure movie sub genre that got hugely popular in the…
"Conquest" represents Italian director Lucio Fulci's quick cash-in on the Sword & Sorcery film; an adventure movie sub genre that got hugely popular in the early 80's thanks to such films as "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Beastmaster". The action in this type of films usually exists of rough macho fights and swashbuckling, but considering it's Lucio Fulci we're talking about here, you may also prepare yourself to see quite a lot of close-up gore and chopped off heads. The young and courageous adventurer Ilias leaves his safe home to go on a quest through the evil lands reigned by self-acclaimed Goddess Ocron, who pretends to own and operate the sun. Ilias' magical bow quickly attracts the attention of all Ocron's mythical servants. We've got wolf men, demons, big walking cobwebs and of course zombies! It wouldn't be a Fulci flick if zombies weren't involved, would it? Helped by the charismatic and experienced warrior Mace, Ilias tries to reach Ocron's hideout in order to destroy her for good. "Conquest" isn't nearly as good as any of Fulci's contemporary horror movies, but still an immensely entertaining and exhilarating little film. The screenplay written by all together FOUR people (!) often gets incredibly silly, like during the underwater dolphin rescue mission! The costumes and scenery are quite nifty, but the picture quality is poor and many sequences are over-lit. You can also easily look past the lousy dialogues and bad acting performances as long as you focus on the trashy gore (smashed open skulls!) and sleaze.
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5.2/10
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Wao yo ví esa película en VHS, gracias, así puedo volverla a disfrutarla.