Barbarian Queen

 Nothing says lazy painting saturday afternoon as an 80s (semi) fantasy movie, and this time it was Barbarian Queen from 1985.

 

Which is full of exposure to boot, so best not watch it with young kids around...

 

The plot, for as far as these movies really had one bar "show nudity, do poorly co-ordinated swordfights with slow motion movements" is that a barbarian village prepares for the wedding of Queen Amethea and prince Argan.  But the forces of Lord Arrakur attack, including gang-raping the queen's younger sister Taramis, who together witht he prince is taken prisoner.

 

Together with two other survivors, Estrild and Tiniara, Amathea sets out on a quest for vengeance, and come in contact with an underground resistance to the evil overlord.  She reunites with Argan who serves in the gladiator pits, and even though captured and tortured (yes, she kills her torturer by squeezing her vagina so hard...) they escape and lead an uprising, killing lord Arrakur and freeing the lands.

 

So yeaaaaaah, you can see where that went.  And still, even with all the nudity, it was actually an enjoyable albeit short (it runs for an hour and a quarter) movie from the era, I definitly saw worse of these kind of flicks.  But it is what you can expect from these Roger Corman movies that where strife in the 80s, and the "thigh fu" scene has to be seen to be believed.

 

Good fun, but don't expect high acting quality from this B-movie fantasy story!