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''Conquest'' (1983) is a Spanish-Italian-Mexican SurrealHorror and [[DarkFantasy Dark]] HeroicFantasy ExploitationFilm by Creator/LucioFulci with music by ex-Music/{{Goblin}} member Claudio Simonetti. If that sounds absolutely insane to you, it's because it is.
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* AGodAmI: Ocron, to the extent that she creates a cult centered around herself.
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* EvilSorcerer: Ocron is an evil sorceress so powerful that she has created centered around herself; despite worshipping the spirit Zora herself.
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* NominalHero: Mace. He only joins Ilias because he is interested in his bow, and only starts to care about him when he considers him his friend.
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''Conquest'' is a Spanish-Italian-Mexican SurrealHorror and [[DarkFantasy Dark]] HeroicFantasy ExploitationFilm by Creator/LucioFulci with music by ex-Goblin member Claudio Simonetti. If that sounds absolutely insane to you, it’s because it is.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Spanish release had the more descriptive title of The Conquest of the Lost Lands (La conquista de la tierra perdida) and in Finnland it is called by the absolutely different title Gods of the Arrows (Jumalten nuolet). Mexico meanwhile got the more generic The Barbarian (El Bárbaro), while Greece got the weird Elkan, the Atsalenian Warrior (Ελκαν, ο ατσαλενιος πολεμιστής).
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Possibly the most interesting and overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster. The film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for its less than stellar special effects and cheesy English dub.
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As part of his RiteOfPassage the young Illias is sent from his [[CrapsackWorld relatively]] idyllic and civilized homeland to a desolate barbarian marchland. On this quest he is armed only with his AncestralWeapon, a bow said to be able to [[EnergyBow shoot arrows of pure sunlight]]. Illias is eventually joined by the misanthropic warrior Mace, who only has eyes for Illias’ bow. Meanwhile [[BigBad Ocron]], the cruel sorceress ruling the lands, have a vision of [[TheFaceless a faceless man]] killing her with the very same bow. This sets the gears in motion that will lead to their unavoidable confrontation.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster. The film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s less than stellar special effects and cheesy English dub.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster. The film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s less than stellar special effects and cheesy English dub.
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As part of his RiteOfPassage the young Illias is sent from his [[CrapsackWorld relatively]] idyllic and civilized homeland to a desolate barbarian marchland. On this quest he is armed only with his AncestralWeapon, a bow said to be able to [[EnergyBow shoot arrows of pure sunlight]]. Illias is eventually joined by the misanthropic warrior Mace, who only has eyes for Illias’ bow. Meanwhile [[BigBad Ocron]], the cruel sorceress ruling the lands, have has a vision of [[TheFaceless a faceless man]] killing her with the very same bow. This sets the gears in motion that will lead to their unavoidable confrontation.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly Possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster. The film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s its less than stellar special effects and cheesy English dub.
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As part of his RiteOfPassage the young Illias is sent from his [[CrapsackWorld relatively]] idyllic and civilized homeland to a desolate barbarian marchland. On this quest he is armed only with his AncestralWeapon, a bow said to be able to [[EnergyBow shoot arrows of pure sunlight]].
Illias is eventually joined by the misanthropic warrior Mace, who only has eyes for Illias’ bow.
Meanwhile [[BigBad Ocron]], the cruel sorceress ruling the lands, have a vision of [[TheFaceless a faceless man]] killing her with the very same bow. This sets the gears in motion that will lead to their unavoidable confrontation.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster.
And the film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s less than stellar special effect and cheesy English dub.
Illias is eventually joined by the misanthropic warrior Mace, who only has eyes for Illias’ bow.
Meanwhile [[BigBad Ocron]], the cruel sorceress ruling the lands, have a vision of [[TheFaceless a faceless man]] killing her with the very same bow. This sets the gears in motion that will lead to their unavoidable confrontation.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster.
And the film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s less than stellar special effect and cheesy English dub.
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bow. Meanwhile [[BigBad Ocron]], the cruel sorceress ruling the lands, have a vision of [[TheFaceless a faceless man]] killing her with the very same bow. This sets the gears in motion that will lead to their unavoidable confrontation.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster. \nAnd the The film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s less than stellar special effect effects and cheesy English dub.
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'''Conquest''' is a Spanish-Italian-Mexican SurrealHorror and [[DarkFantasy Dark]] HeroicFantasy ExploitationFilm by LucioFulci with music by ex-Goblin member Claudio Simonetti. If that sounds absolutely insane to you, it’s because it is.
As part of his RiteOfPassage the young Illias is sent from his [[CrapsackWorld relatively]] idyllic and civilized homeland to a desolate barbarian marchland. On this quest he is armed only with his AncestralWeapon, a bow said to be able to [[EnergyBow shoot arrows of pure sunlight]].
Illias is eventually joined by the misanthropic warrior Mace, who only has eyes for Illias’ bow.
Meanwhile [[BigBad Ocron]], the cruel sorceress ruling the lands, have a vision of [[TheFaceless a faceless man]] killing her with the very same bow. This sets the gears in motion that will lead to their unavoidable confrontation.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster.
And the film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s less than stellar special effect and cheesy English dub.
Compare and contrast Mario Bava’s Hercules in the Haunted World and Alfonso Brescia’s Iron Warrior.
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* AchillesInHisTent: [[spoiler: Ilias eventually takes Mace’s advice and leaves, but overcomes his fear of dying and returns to save Mace.]]
* AGodAmI: Ocron, to the extent that she creates a cult centered around herself.
* AncestralWeapon: Ilias’ bow.
* BigBad: Ocron.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ocron is defeated, but Ilias is dead.]]
* TheBlank: The archer in Ocron’s vision.
* CrapsackWorld
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Spanish release had the more descriptive title of The Conquest of the Lost Lands (La conquista de la tierra perdida) and in Finnland it is called by the absolutely different title Gods of the Arrows (Jumalten nuolet). Mexico meanwhile got the more generic The Barbarian (El Bárbaro), while Greece got the weird Elkan, the Atsalenian Warrior (Ελκαν, ο ατσαλενιος πολεμιστής).
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist:]] Ilias.
* EnergyBow
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: There are zombies in the bog. Whether they are a natural part of the environment or a product of Zora’s influence is never explained.
* TheFaceless: Zora's face is allays hidden behind in the same armor-plates that covers the rest of his body.
* FacelessGoons: Ocron’s followers.
* HumanoidAbomination: Zora.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Mace. [[spoiler: Around the middle of the movie he stops being the sidekick.]]
* TheManBehindTheMonsters: Ocron in contrast to her BeastMan minions.
* MindScrew: Similar to the visuals the plot unfolds in an almost dream-like manner. This leaves a lot of things vague, unexplained or just plain weird.
* MsFanservice: Ocron, [[spoiler: [[NightmareFace until she loses her mask at-least]]]].
* NatureHero: Mace somewhat deconstructs this. He apparently refuses to hunt animals himself, feeling more akin to them than to other humans, but he have no qualms with killing a human hunter to steal his prey nor with letting Ilias hunt for him.
* NominalHero: Mace. He only joins Ilias because he is interested in his bow, and only starts to care about him when he considers him his friend.
* ReligionOfEvil: Ocron has created a religion centered around her, while she herself seems to worship Zora.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Ilias’ love interest.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Ocron or Okhren? Ilias or Ilius?
* TheTimeOfMyths
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Mace’s lover.]]
As part of his RiteOfPassage the young Illias is sent from his [[CrapsackWorld relatively]] idyllic and civilized homeland to a desolate barbarian marchland. On this quest he is armed only with his AncestralWeapon, a bow said to be able to [[EnergyBow shoot arrows of pure sunlight]].
Illias is eventually joined by the misanthropic warrior Mace, who only has eyes for Illias’ bow.
Meanwhile [[BigBad Ocron]], the cruel sorceress ruling the lands, have a vision of [[TheFaceless a faceless man]] killing her with the very same bow. This sets the gears in motion that will lead to their unavoidable confrontation.
It holds the dubious honor of being possibly the most interesting and the most overlooked of the many Sword and Sorcery flicks that came out during the 80s following Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 and Film/TheBeastmaster.
And the film can either be enjoyed genuinely for its intensely dreamlike atmosphere, its unique visuals and its subversion of TheHerosJourney, or in a SoBadItsGood way for it’s less than stellar special effect and cheesy English dub.
Compare and contrast Mario Bava’s Hercules in the Haunted World and Alfonso Brescia’s Iron Warrior.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AchillesInHisTent: [[spoiler: Ilias eventually takes Mace’s advice and leaves, but overcomes his fear of dying and returns to save Mace.]]
* AGodAmI: Ocron, to the extent that she creates a cult centered around herself.
* AncestralWeapon: Ilias’ bow.
* BigBad: Ocron.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ocron is defeated, but Ilias is dead.]]
* TheBlank: The archer in Ocron’s vision.
* CrapsackWorld
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Spanish release had the more descriptive title of The Conquest of the Lost Lands (La conquista de la tierra perdida) and in Finnland it is called by the absolutely different title Gods of the Arrows (Jumalten nuolet). Mexico meanwhile got the more generic The Barbarian (El Bárbaro), while Greece got the weird Elkan, the Atsalenian Warrior (Ελκαν, ο ατσαλενιος πολεμιστής).
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist:]] Ilias.
* EnergyBow
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: There are zombies in the bog. Whether they are a natural part of the environment or a product of Zora’s influence is never explained.
* TheFaceless: Zora's face is allays hidden behind in the same armor-plates that covers the rest of his body.
* FacelessGoons: Ocron’s followers.
* HumanoidAbomination: Zora.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Mace. [[spoiler: Around the middle of the movie he stops being the sidekick.]]
* TheManBehindTheMonsters: Ocron in contrast to her BeastMan minions.
* MindScrew: Similar to the visuals the plot unfolds in an almost dream-like manner. This leaves a lot of things vague, unexplained or just plain weird.
* MsFanservice: Ocron, [[spoiler: [[NightmareFace until she loses her mask at-least]]]].
* NatureHero: Mace somewhat deconstructs this. He apparently refuses to hunt animals himself, feeling more akin to them than to other humans, but he have no qualms with killing a human hunter to steal his prey nor with letting Ilias hunt for him.
* NominalHero: Mace. He only joins Ilias because he is interested in his bow, and only starts to care about him when he considers him his friend.
* ReligionOfEvil: Ocron has created a religion centered around her, while she herself seems to worship Zora.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Ilias’ love interest.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Ocron or Okhren? Ilias or Ilius?
* TheTimeOfMyths
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Mace’s lover.]]
