Line #24 Film/Conquest


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6	[[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/conquest_filmposter.png]]
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8	''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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10	As part of his RiteOfPassage the young Illias is sent from his [[CrapsackWorld relatively]] idyllic and civilized homeland to a desolate barbarian marshland. 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, 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.
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12	Compare and contrast Creator/MarioBava’s ''Hercules in the Haunted World'' and Alfonso Brescia’s ''Iron Warrior''.
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15	!!This film provides examples of:
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17	* AchillesInHisTent: [[spoiler: Illias eventually takes Mace’s advice and leaves, but overcomes his fear of dying and returns to save Mace.]]
18	%%* AncestralWeapon: Illias’ bow.
19	* ArchEnemy: Illias and Mace have Ocron, a mad queen who believes they're destined to kill her.
20	* BigBad: Ocron the evil sorceress.
21	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ocron is defeated, but Illias is dead.]]
22	* TheBlank: The archer in Ocron’s vision has no face. [[spoiler:This is important - she assumes Ilias is the one destined to kill her because he's carrying the bow, but in killing him, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy she motivates]] ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy Mace]]'' [[SelfFulfillingProphecy to pick up the bow and finish the job]].]]
23	* ButterFace: Ocron proudly shows off her naked body, but there's a good reason why she is always wearing her golden mask. [[spoiler: At the climax, Mace breaks Ocron's mask, revealing a hideous zombie-like face.]]
24	* CallBack: When asked why he lives apart from other people, Mace gestures to the mark branded into his forehead. This film doesn't explain the mark, but Fulci's earlier film ''Film/TheBeyond'' describes it as the Mark of Eibon, a sign associated with the gates of Hell, indicating that Mace is considered cursed somehow.
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26	* DecoyProtagonist: Illias checks the boxes of every HighFantasy Hero trope, which lets the viewer assume he's going to be the one to kill Ocron. Unfortunately [[spoiler:he never even gets the chance to as he is killed during the third act of the film. Then the focus shifts to the AntiHero Mace, who sets out to avenge Illias's death.]]
27	* EnergyBow: Those who master the use of Ilias's bow can fire arrows of pure light from it.
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29	* 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.
30	* EvilSorcerer: Ocron is an evil sorceress so powerful that she has created a cult centered around herself, despite worshipping the spirit Zora herself.
31	* TheFaceless: Zora's face is always hidden behind the same armor-plates that cover the rest of his body.
32	%%* FacelessGoons: Ocron’s followers.
33	%%* FanDisservice: Maskless Ocron.
34	* AGodAmI: Ocron, to the extent that she creates a cult centered around herself.
35	%%* HumanoidAbomination: Zora.
36	* HypercompetentSidekick: Mace. [[spoiler: Around the middle of the movie he stops being the sidekick.]]
37	* TheManBehindTheMonsters: Ocron in contrast to her BeastMan minions.
38	* 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.
39	%%* MsFanservice: Ocron, [[spoiler: [[NightmareFace until she loses her mask at least]]]].
40	* NatureHero: Mace somewhat deconstructs this. He apparently refuses to hunt animals himself, feeling more akin to them than to other humans, but he has no qualms about killing a human hunter to steal his prey nor with letting Illias hunt for him.
41	* NominalHero: Mace. He only joins Illias because he is interested in his bow, and only starts to care about him when he considers him his friend.
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43	* PaperTiger: After much buildup, Zora turns out to be an ineffectual coward.
44	* ReligionOfEvil: Ocron has created a religion centered around herself, while she herself seems to worship Zora.
45	* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Illias’ love interest, as usual, dies to motivate the hero. More shockingly, ''Ilias'' soon follows suit, inspiring Mace to pick up the quest.]]
46	* TheTimeOfMyths: The film is shot in a hazy, unclear fashion to emphasize that this is before any recorded history we've ever heard of.
47	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Mace’s lover. About two minutes after we meet her, she and everyone else in her cave are dead.]]
48	* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Ocron's minions catch up with Ilias and ''decapitate him''. Mace then picks up his bow and becomes the actual hero of the story.]]

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