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Conan the Barbarian
Film
FilmPG1984
Conan the Destroyer
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Conan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagoth. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities of his sidekicks: the… From TMDB
170 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works
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Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 adventure fantasy action film, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones and Wilt Chamberlain.
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60 of 170 · most liked firstWatching Conan the Destroyer and remembering why I love this movie.
positive · AI labelView post →⭐⭐⭐ Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player and movie actor in Conan The Destroyer with @schwarzenegger.bsky.social 7 feet 1 inch tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association for 14 seasons. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilt_Ch...
neutral · AI labelView post →The most fictitious thing about the fantasy movie Conan the Destroyer is Wilt Chamberlain playing a character charged with protecting a woman’s virginity.
neutral · AI labelView post →Conan the Destroyer feels like the made for tv movie that gets made as a season finale event for some Y7 daytime tv fantasy series
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight I watched the new Red Sonja film. Then I went back and watched the 1985 Red Sonja for the first time. Then I realised I had never watched Conan The Destroyer, so I watched that too. Quite an evening of bad to mediocre films, I'm sure you will agree. 😅
negative · AI labelView post →Conan the Destroyer (1984). The original is one of my favorite movies, but I cannot harden my heart against the very silly sequel, because any movie with Grace Jones killing people with a fighting staff is a friend of mine.
positive · AI labelView post →The best He-Man movie is Conan the Destroyer (1984), anyway.
positive · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 05.14 | A musical artist who has also acted in a film Grace Jones played Zulu in Conan the Destroyer, May Day in A View to a Kill, etc. "Love is the Drug" by Grace Jones ("Warm Leatherette", 1980; original by Roxy Music, 1975) #NewWave #PostPunk
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally caved and watched Conan the Destroyer and yeah, it's laughably bad and an affront to impeccable vibes of the first film, but my biggest question is what does this movie have against foreheads?
negative · AI labelView post →Are Blu-rays the new vinyl? Physical Media will be different - but better - in 2024. Are Blu-rays the new vinyl? Physical Media will be different - but better - in 2024 =================================================================================== Chris Bumbray * * * * * While studios seem to have given up on physical media, niche indie labels are having huge success with loving restorations of cult titles. Something interesting happened the other day. I reached out to Arrow Video to…
neutral · AI labelView post →this is my new favorite piece of film trivia (from CONAN THE DESTROYER)
neutral · AI labelView post →425.) Conan the Destroyer (1985) Watched with Red (@fm-synth.bsky.social) & friends. No idea why people unfairly malign this movie. Sure, it's a more light-hearted sequel but the scale and spirit of a good sword-and-sorcery story shines through. Grace Jones as an amazon is pitch perfect casting.
positive · AI labelView post →Started in on my once-every-couple-of-years watch of “Conan the Destroyer”. A favorite since I was a kid, when it was standard fare for my local TV station’s Saturday matinee. And what a cast alongside a newly-known Arnold: Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, and Mako among others.
positive · AI labelView post →They'll never top the Maoist International Movement's review of CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984), and should really stop trying www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/etex...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hot take: @tmdean.bsky.social grew up insisting that Conan the Destroyer was the better of the two Conan movies–it's definitely a sillier take (odd for a movie driven by Conan's grief), with fun performances by Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, and a very sexy statue!
positive · AI labelView post →I've had this argument with myself, and part of me wants the answer to be Blade Runner, but it just *is* Conan. It can't be otherwise. If you listen to the soundtrack to Conan: The Barbarian and Conan: The Destroyer back to back, you can hear that the second movie was PG-13. HOW!?!?
neutral · AI labelView post →CONAN THE DESTROYER has everything you want from a movie and then some.
positive · AI labelView post →Sequels that didn’t. - Conan the Destroyer - Halloween II - Friday the 13th ad nauseam - All the Sherlock Holmes sequels - 28 Weeks Later - Aliens - Another 48 Hours - the Beverly Hills Cop flicks - Rambo 2 and 3 - Crocodile Dundee 2 - Death Wish 1 through 5 - The Dirty Harry Sequels I argue that most sequels don’t retcon
neutral · AI labelView post →Drunk on our viewing of the slightly ponderous and worthy Conan the Barbarian, we watched Conan the Destroyer last night. Look, I know it’s a ridiculous film, but it was markedly more enjoyable than the first movie. Both movies highlight just how good the script for the recent Dungeons & Dragons is.
positive · AI labelView post →Found some of William Stout's concept art for CONAN THE DESTROYER which suggests a weirder, hornier and...okay, a lot more problematic movie than we got.
neutral · AI labelView post →The one career decision Oliver Stone called a "mistake" [the sale of his Conan the Barbarian script]. > The movie had been in the works for quite some time when it was finally released in 1982. It took inspiration from the character of the same name created by Robert E. Howard, and it became an epic explosion of masculinity, fighting and getting the girl. It was pure indulgence, with Arnold Schwarzenegger bagging the leading role. John Millius, who’d written Dirty Harry, was given the job of…
neutral · AI labelView post →The problem with Conan The Destroyer (and Red Sonja) is that folks compare it to Conan The Barbarian. But if you compare it to virtually every fantasy movie that isn’t CTB, it holds up extremely well.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Conan the Destroyer last night as I wanted something cozy but also that I hadn't seen in ages and was surprised at how well it stands up. Of course it's not the original but it's also not the cheap shitty fantasy movie I remembered it being. I may have to add this to The List.
positive · AI labelView post →Conan: Hall of Volta (1984) | action | Apple II and other PC platforms | SE Software Coming out in the same year as the film, Conan the Destroyer, and borrowing Schwarzenegger's poster face for the box art, the game was very different featuring puzzle rooms and an arsenal of boomerang swords!
neutral · AI labelView post →i am watching “Conan The Destroyer” (1984) and it is so much worse than the first Conan film but with a lot of elements that are just a little shittier in subtle ways. so i looked it up, and yeah, entirely different people trying to do the same look and feel rather than allowed to do their own thing
negative · AI labelView post →Grace Jones' dominance during the 1980s wasn't limited to music: she also had significant roles in the films "Conan the Destroyer," "A View to a Kill," and "Siesta," among others... ...which brings me to "Boomerang." youtu.be/gCprWDW7bgA?... = IMO, she is the best part of this movie lmao!!!!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →3 Film scores I love: 1. There Will Be Blood 2. Starman 3. The Thing 3 Film scores I can’t stand: 1. JAWS 3 2. Conan The Destroyer 3. Prometheus #FilmSky
negative · AI labelView post →What's your favourite Arnie Action film from the 80's?? Predator Raw Deal Red Heat Terminator The Running Man Commando Conan The Barbarian Conan The Destroyer Red Sonja #filmsky #filmcommunity 🎥🎬📽
neutral · AI labelView post →If you could choose a film score to follow you around all day, what would it be? Conan the Destroyer. The movie and the score are both extremely underrated.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Conan the Destroyer (1984). Another unexpected delight, with highlights in this order: 1. Grace Jones. 2. The score. 3. Filming locations. 4. Just a generally solid party-of-adventurer-thieves fantasy movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Now *this* is why we loved Conan comics! In 1980, Roy Thomas (baby and bathwater) gave us a 75c Conan movie right here - battling wizards, resurrecting Belit, and Red Sonja. Spinner rack treasure And the 1984 Conan the Destroyer movie, that Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway wrote, pulls from it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t think I saw all of Conan the Destroyer all the way through until this week. It’s serviceable, but a definite step down from the original. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
neutral · AI labelView post →Conan the Destroyer is not a great film, but this costume of Sarah Douglass's is PEAK Can't beleive they only used it for ONE shot 😭
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to Edward R. Pressman, born today in 1943. An American film producer, he is known for just projects as Conan The Barbarian, Conan The Destroyer, Cherry 2000, The Crow film franchise, Judge Dredd, The Island Of Dr. Moreau, and Mutant Chronicles. #EdwardRPressman
neutral · AI labelView post →True strength is when Conan the Barbarian knocked out a horse by punching it in the face during the opening fight scene of the 1984 film "Conan the Destroyer"
neutral · AI labelView post →You know someone is going to photoshop Zohran's face onto an old 'Conan the Destroyer' movie poster, print that on t-shirts, and make a mint.
neutral · AI labelView post →Also like CONAN THE DESTROYER not a great film (I’ll defend BARBARIAN to the death) but you’ve still got all these old Hollywood guys kicking around who could just do the fucking thing, cinematography here is by the same guy who did fucking BLACK NARCISSUS and THE AFRICAN QUEEN
neutral · AI labelView post →I have CONAN THE DESTROYER on while I draw and holy shit, Jack Cardiff shot this movie? THE RED SHOES, it ain’t.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching CONAN: THE DESTROYER. You can tell this was written by two comic book guys, because it's very episodic. By no means the worst thing I've ever seen, but it's such a BAFFLING step down in quality from the John Millius directed CONAN: THE BARBARIAN, which is a just INCREDIBLE film.
neutral · AI labelView post →watching: Conan the Destroyer (1984) for the umpteenth time it’s never been a particularly good movie but it aged gracefully like a bag of cheetos that’s been handled with care in a supermarket
negative · AI labelView post →Then I assembled my references, namely the movies: Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, and Red Sonja (if you mention the Momonan movie you are dead to me) and my Atlantean Swords. I pushed play and started painting Thread 4/10 🧵
neutral · AI labelView post →HEY Y'ALL!!! We are recording on Conan the Destroyer tomorrow! Tell us your memories of this movie to possibly have your response on air!
neutral · AI labelView post →Film #126 for 2025 is Conan the Destroyer (1984). Like the original, it's better than its reputation suggests - imaginative, with fun set-pieces. Arnie is a better performer this time. But it's just a little cheaper and shabbier than the original in every other way.
positive · AI labelView post →LOLOL Honestly, the second movie in this is better than Conan the Destroyer though #HorrorWatch
neutral · AI labelView post →Conan the Destroyer isn’t a great movie like the original, but the evil god creature design is pretty great.
neutral · AI labelView post →Conan the Destroyer was a good flick too. The scene where they're walking into town and Conan warns Malak not to steal and he's like, "I know when to steal (*swipes some jewelry*) and when not to." Is just a fantastic setup/punchline.
positive · AI labelView post →Conan the Destroyer was the most unintentionally funny movie I’ve ever seen.
negative · AI labelView post →Gerry Conway also co-wrote the story for Conan the Destroyer, which isn't the best sword and sorcery movie but may be *the most*.
neutral · AI labelView post →Continuing the 1980s #Conan movies arc by our contributor Ethan. This time it's Bombaata, the odiously tall bodyguard in the 1984 Conan the Destroyer flick. Photos, #TTRPG stats, skills, gear, characterisation, known biography, etc. - our towering usual.
neutral · AI labelView post →Crom is pleased. See you in a few for CONAN THE DESTROYER #FlicksForAll gang!
positive · AI labelView post →I’m watching Conan the Destroyer, the legendary fantasy epic starring Wilt Chamberlain. This was my favorite movie as a child, before VCRs when you just had to hope to catch it on TV, and it was awesome when you did. It’s brilliant and has aged very well.
positive · AI labelView post →Conan the Destroyer has many many problems as a movie, but it also has Grace Jones being a scary badass so it's impossible to say it's bad
neutral · AI labelView post →I loved the movie Conan the Barbarian since first seeing it as a child. I did not like Conan the Destroyer at all... I have not watched the latter in probably 35 years. Is it time to give it another chance? 🤔
negative · AI labelView post →A talented artist should combine Zohran Mamdani's campaign photo and the movie posters for "Conan the Destroyer" and "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" to produce a "Zohran the Destroyer" meme image.
neutral · AI labelView post →Why do you like it better than Conan The Destroyer? I mean, other than James Earl Jones being in Barbarian. Is Red Sonya considered a Conan movie?
neutral · AI labelView post →CONAN THE DESTROYER is a deeply goofy movie and a huge step down from CONAN THE BARBARIAN, but I can't say that I HATE it, because it still looks pretty good. The costuming and production design are still pretty great, even if everything else feels like a Roger Corman Sword&Sorcery movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →seriously love it, Conan the Destroyer is a legit banging film too but weirdly hard to find in the UK
positive · AI labelView post →I enjoy that movie. Conan the Destroyer isn't as good its predecessor, but still worth watching.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched #ConanTheDestroyer 🎬 Not as iconic as the first, but still a decent fantasy adventure, helped by some great sets, music, and characters. A good setup too for the upcoming, very late third entry, in which Arnold will play King Conan. #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Also, don1t sleep on the soundtrack of Conan the Destroyer. The movie itself is usually dismissed, but its soundtrack is still on par with the first movie.
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