Conquest (1983)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Gino Capone (screenplay)
Giovanni Di Clemente (story)
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Release Date:

6 April 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

In a place beyond time, comes a terrifying challenge beyond imagination! [USA theatrical]

Plot:

A young man, armed with a magical bow and arrows, embarks on a mystical journey through a mystical land to rid it of all evil and joins forces with an outlaw to take down an evil witch bent on claiming the magic bow for evil.

Plot Keywords:

Arrow | Sword | Sword And Sorcery | Warrior | Witch

Cast

Jorge Rivero	...	Mace (as George Rivero)
Andrea Occhipinti	...	Ilias
Conrado San Martín	...	Zora
Violeta Cela	...	Sacrificial Victim
José Gras	...	Fado (as Josè Gras Palau)
Gioia Scola	...	Girl Ilias Saves from Snake (as Maria Escola)
Sabrina Siani	...	Ocron (as Sabrina Sellers)

Directed by
Lucio Fulci

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gino Capone		screenplay
José Antonio de la Loma		screenplay
Giovanni Di Clemente		story
Carlos Vasallo		screenplay

Produced by
Giovanni Di Clemente	....	producer

Original Music by
Claudio Simonetti

Cinematography by
Alejandro Ulloa		(as Alejandro Alonso García)

Film Editing by
Emilio Rodriguez Oses

Art Direction by
Massimo Lentini

Set Decoration by
Mariangela Capuano

Makeup Department
Carboni	....	wig maker
Luigi Contini	....	hair stylist
Mauro Menconi	....	assistant makeup artist (as Mauro Meniconi)
Rocchetti	....	wig maker
Franco Rufini	....	makeup artist

Production Management
José Antonio de la Loma	....	production manager: Spain
Pietro Innocenzi	....	production manager
Domenico Lo Zito	....	unit manager
Vincenzo Santangelo	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
José Antonio de la Loma	....	assistant director
Filiberto Fiaschi	....	assistant director
Roberto Tatti	....	assistant director

Art Department
Rodolfo Ruzza	....	props

Sound Department
Eros Giustini	....	sound
Maurizio Guarini	....	sound effects: voices
Ettore Mancini	....	boom operator
Romano Pampaloni	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Mario Bagnato	....	assistant camera
Piero Caputi	....	still photographer
Gaetano Coniglio	....	chief electrician
Federico Del Zoppo	....	camera operator
Matt Giordano	....	key grip (as Matteo Giordano)
Claudio Morabito	....	camera operator
Roberto Pizzi	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alvaro Grassi	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Rita Antonelli	....	assistant editor
Patricia Innocenzi	....	assistant editor (as Patrizia Innocenzi)
Giancarlo Tiburzi	....	assistant editor
Vincenzo Tomassi	....	supervising editor

Other crew
Francesco Anniballi	....	production secretary
Costantino Di Clemente	....	administrator
Walter Marconi	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Clemi Cinematografica
• Clesi Cinematografica
• Conquest Productions
• Esme
• Golden Sun

Distributors

• United Film Distribution Company (UFDC) (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Blue Underground (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• Media Home Entertainment (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• VCL Communications (1984) (West Germany) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Bárbaro, la conquista de la tierra perdida (Mexico)
La conquista de la tierra perdida (Spain)
Mace the Outcast (International: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | Mexico

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 (1992) | Finland:K-18 (cut version) | UK:18 (cut) (1983) | Italy:VM14 | Spain:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Canada:G (Quebec)

Company:

Clemi Cinematografica

Quotes:

Ilias: What's your name?
Mace: My enemies call me Mace.
Ilias: And your friends?
Mace: I don't have any friends.

Only Bad If You're Dumb Enough To Take It Seriously

Adults deserve to have their fairy tales & fantasies too, and I'd say Lucio Fulci cooked up a pretty potent adult pulp fairy tale here. I'll leave it to others to describe the plot: My first indication that this wasn't going to be your average CONAN ripoff when the four guys dressed up like Smokey the Bear rip a cave girl babe into quarters, snort drugs with a nude sorceress witch babe with a body from hell who then copulates (R-Rated style) with her companion python while having a vision of someone shooting her with TRON's bow & arrow. Talk about weird!

The film is an interesting combination of opposites that aims right at the atavistic, adventure-loving 14 year old with a desire to see bared breasts in all of us. While the narrative is somewhat confusing in your typical Fulcian kind of way the visuals are just as striking, with costume design by Mad Max and Larry Flynt, including oddball touches such as the Dog Men, the Gauze Men, Ape Guys and that far-out sorceress. She really is the focus of the film: The two guys out gallivanting around saving each other from imminent doom are more sort of there to give the film an excuse to have such an outrageously sexy harlot as it's force of evil, complete with a bestial contingent of half men half animals to do her evil bidding.

But seriously, if you go into this expecting anything other than complete dreck the movie *WILL* annoy you. For fans of be-headings, clever escapes, back-flips, fights to the death, mystical snake babes, ferocious howler guys, Atari era computer graphics, ridiculous cornball dialog and equal amounts of beefcake and cheesecake, this movie should be your priority rental next time you're in the mood for something other than a Global Warming movie. CONQUEST may not change the world, win any elections or even be that good, but I'd rather be confused by something that knows it's garbage & has fun with the idea than snookered by ideology disguised as entertainment.

7/10, even if it doesn't make much sense ...