Barbarian Queen (1985)

Director:

Héctor Olivera

Writer:

Howard R. Cohen (screenplay)

Release Date:

December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

No man can touch her naked steel

Plot:

Set during the days of the Roman Empire. A simple village is raided by Roman troops, and most of the people are whisked off to be slaves or killed...

Plot Keywords:

Psychotronic | Gladiator | Sexual Torture | Rape | Female Nudity

Cast

Lana Clarkson	...	Amethea
Katt Shea	...	Estrild
Frank Zagarino	...	Argan
Dawn Dunlap	...	Taramis
Susana Traverso	...	Tiniara
Victor Bo	...	Strymon
Armando Capo	...	Arrakur (as Arman Chapman)
Andrea Barbieri	...	Zoraida (as Andrea Barbizon)
Tony Middleton	...	Zohar
Andrea Scriven	...	Dariac
Roberto Catarineu	...	Shibdiz (as Robert Carson)
Matilde Mur	...	Eunuco (as Matilda Muir)
Eddie Pequenino	...	Vendedor (as Eddie Little)
Patrick Duggan	...	Shaman
Lucy Tiller	...	Orellia

Also Known As:

Queen of the Naked Steel
Reina salvaje (Argentina)
Barbarian Queen (France) [fr]
Królowa barbarzynców (Poland) [pl]
La regina dei barbari (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA | Argentina

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | USA:R | Iceland:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Quotes:

Arrakur: You are much too beautiful a girl to let yourself be broken into food for the royal dogs.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)

Best reason to see this movie: Lana Clarkson on the rack

I was in college when this film was released and it really made an impression on me. Now, I'm not saying that it moved me to deep philosophical thinking. Rather, this movie is one that can be seen in fast-forward mode on your VCR and you won't miss a bit of the plot (which I'll give in a bit). The impression it made on me was one of Lana Clarkson, who plays the lead role, topless and tied to an upright rack while she's tortured with a needle by a smallish man with large glasses.

Now the reason she's there: Amathea (Lana Clarkson) was about to be married to the prince of her village when soldiers charge in and slaughter just about everyone. The prince is captured and Amathea escapes into the woods where she joins up with 3 other warriors. They plan to go to the city and rescue the prince. Along the way they manage to kill a few straggling soldiers, rescue a woman tied to fence who's topless and has been whipped, and make friends with rebels seeking to overthrow the local ruler. Amathea's sister allows herself to be captured by the ruler so that she can be his concubine and Amathea is captured while trying to rescue her. The king thinks Amathea is part of the rebel movement and orders her to be tortured until she identifies the rebel leaders. After the 5 minute torture scene, Amathea throws the torturer into a vat of acid and escapes, freeing the gladiators and the prince and creating a mediocre fight scene wherein the ruler is overthrown and the people are free.

Don't see this movie for the plot. Don't see it for the dialogue. You'll want to see it because the 4 main actresses in the film eventually have nude scenes in this order: rape, nipple play, wrestling, woman on the fence topless, rape, stripped topless, Lana's torture scene. The rape scenes are weak, the wrestling is short. I'm convinced that the only reason they made a sequel was to show Lana Clarkson on a rack again (see "Barbarian Queen II"). Unless you're into bad barbarian sword-and-sandle movies, mild rape, Lana Clarkson, and/or bondage, you can skip this movie. Me, I saw it for Lana Clarkson.