Borrowing Blockbusters: Barbarian Movies and Conansploitation

What is best in life? Fraud and forgery! This episode takes a deep dive into the 1980s barbarian craze, regardless of whether it was all just a rip-off of Conan. I'm on Patreon, where you'll find a longer version of this and other videos: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=71028840 If you’re watching this you might be interested in one of my critically acclaimed books. Available from all good, bad and so bad they’re good retailers. 'The A to Z of Superhero Movies: From Abar to Zsazsa Via the MCU’ USA - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1527244849 UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1527244849 'The Bad Movie Bible: The Ultimate Modern Guide to Movies So Bad They’re Good' USA - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0993240771 UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993240771 Check out @BMovieBible on Twitter 00:00 Intro 06:28 Italy 14:55 International 20:14 Background & Rules 24:27 Roger Corman 34:00 Cannon 42:03 Sequels 50:48 Troma 54:50 Outro