Barbarian Queen (1985)
Barbarian Queen is a sword and sorcery movie from Argentine directed by Héctor Olivera and starring Lana Clarkson. Barbarian Queen also known as Queen of the Naked Steel is a 1985 was executive produced by Roger Corman. It had a sequel Barbarian Queen 2.
Plot Barbarian Queen
People in a village want to celebrate the wedding of Queen Amethea (Lana Clarkson) to Prince Argan.
During preparations for the wedding ceremony, Lord Arrakur attack the village. After gang-raping Amethea’s younger sister, Taramis , the attackers take Prince Argan and Taramis as prisoners, along with several others. The remaining villagers are slaughtered.
Queen Amethea, her handmaiden Estrild (Katt Shea) and the female warrior Tiniarabv vcc art survive the attack and set out for Arrakur’s city to rescue the prisoners and seek revenge for the destruction of their village.
Notable scenes
the dungeon sequence in which Lana Clark literally crushes the torturer’s penis with her pelvic muscles
The sequence of Amethea’s topless, BDSM torture / interrogation.
Making of Barbarian Queen
Barbarian Queen was filmed in Don Torcuato, Argentina by director Héctor Olivera as part of a nine-picture deal between Olivera’s Aires Productions and Roger Corman’s U.S.-based Concorde-New Horizons. Corman was looking to produce low-budget sword-and-sorcery films to capitalize on the success of Conan the Barbarian (1982), while Olivera sought to fund more personal film projects via the profits from his deal with Corman.[6] Lana Clarkson, who had appeared in a supporting role as an amazonian warrior in the previous Aires-Concorde coproduction Deathstalker, was cast in the lead as Amethea. Clarkson performed all of her own stunts in the picture.
The film was one of the first from Corman’s new company, Concorde.
Katt Shea’s (actress and future director) first lead role. She was sent to audition by her agent but they hired somebody else. Then that actress got a TV pilot, and Shea was the next in line so the offered it to her. She flew to Argentina where she said she “spent two and a half months wearing skimpy outfits or nothing at all.”
Our view on Barbarian Queen
Barbarian Queen is one of the sword and sandal flix, popular in the mid 80’s. The formula is simple: lots of sword fights and lots of semi naked girls. And this movie delivers, especially with the naked girls. Exploitflix recommendation!
Trailer
Where to buy Barbarian Queen
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Details
Genre: sword & sorcery
Released in: 1985
Era: eighties
Actors: Lana Clarkson, Katt Shea
Director: Hèctor Oliviera
Producer: Roger Corman
Poster artist: Boris Vallejo
Country: Argentina, USA
