Robert E. Howard Archives

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Rating: ★★★½

May 31, 2001Sword and Sorcery

Adaptation of Robert E. Howard's pulp adventure stories and the film that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star. The script from Oliver Stone takes unevenly from Howard but director John Milius gives the film a brutal, primal majesty

Director: John Milius

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Mako, …

Category: Fantasy

31 May 200117 September 2025 by Roog

Red Sonja (1985)

Rating: ★

Nov 9, 2005Warrior Woman/Sword and Sorcery

A disappointing adaptation of Robert E. Howard's warrior woman character. This is beautifully designed but suffers from a non-acting Brigitte Nielsen in the title role and an insulting need to water the toughness of the character down

Director: Richard Fleischer

Actors: Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ernie Reyes Jr, Paul Smith, …

Category: Fantasy

9 November 200516 September 2025 by Roog

Kull the Conqueror (1997)

Rating: ★★

Jul 19, 1999Sword and Sorcery

Disappointing adaptation of Robert E. Howard's other barbarian hero. Cast with Kevin Sorbo, it comes out as Kull: The Legendary Journeys and the material is killed by the filmmakers taking an unserious approach

Director: John Nicolella

Actors: Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Karina Lombard, Thomas Ian Griffith, …

Category: Fantasy

19 July 199926 October 2020 by Roog

Solomon Kane (2009)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 21, 2010Puritan Era Sword and Sorcery/Robert E. Howard Adaptation

Reasonable adaptation of Robert E. Howard's stories about a Puritan warrior, an entry in the 00s sword-and-sorcery fad that comes with a welcomely dark edge

Director: M.J. Bassett

Actors: James Purefoy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pete Postlethwaite, Mackenzie Crook, …

Category: Fantasy

21 July 201016 September 2025 by Roog

Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Rating: ★

Sep 9, 2011Sword and Sorcery

This revival of Conan the Barbarian is a dismal effort that gets little of what made the character work, while Jason Momoa gives little impression he is taking proceedings seriously

Director: Marcus Nispel

Actors: Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang, Rachel Nichols, Ron Perlman, …

Category: Fantasy

9 September 201126 November 2024 by Roog

Red Sonja, Queen of Plagues (2016)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 6, 2021Warrior Woman/Sword and Sorcery

Surprisingly good animated revival of Robert E. Howard’s warrior woman with a script by comic-book writer Gail Simone that gets the character just right

Actors: Misty Lee, Becca Strom, Shannon Kingston, Tyler Nicol, …

Category: Fantasy

6 April 202117 September 2025 by Roog

Red Sonja (2025)

Rating: ★★

Sep 19, 2025Warrior Woman/Sword and Sorcery

Following the disastrous Brigitte Nielsen film, a new version of Robert E. Howard’s Amazonian warrior woman has been promised since the late 2000s. It finally emerges here from the same people behind the revivals of Hellboy and the Jason Momoa starring Conan

Director: M.J. Bassett

Actors: Matilda Lutz, Robert Sheehan, Luca Pasqualino, Rhona Mitra, …

Category: Fantasy

19 September 202511 November 2025 by Roog