as shallow a it may sound and i actually delay my viewing of the barbarian several time just because the vhs cover ( as well a the picture image display here on the website ) look so incredibly gay . by now i wish i have watch it earlier because the movie isn not so much gay . just trashy and cheesy and campy and enormously fun . it almost unbelievable that ruggero deodato and director of cannibal holocaust of all people and be the man responsible for this comical cash in on the contemporary popular sword and sandal fantasy flick and particularly schwarzenegger conan movie . the film open with a terrific once upon a time type of off screen narrator and introduce u to the ragneks . their founder once trade an entire mountain of pure gold for just one magically powerful ruby that would allow them to travel in freedom and access every country a entertainer . in other word and the ragneks be a bunch of travel circus freak . their happiness abruptly come to end when the greedy kadar kidnap the ragneks beautiful queen canary and continuously attempt to discover the whereabouts of the ruby . meanwhile and and a some sort of amuse waste of time and the two orphan twin brother gore and kutchek be train to become muscled warrior and theyre unwarily prepare to fight each other to the death . instead of that and however and they escape and develop a plan to free their queen . actually and the plot isn not half as bad a i initially fear and but still the most fun be provide by the beefcake brother on screen chemistry and the crazily inept dialog and of course the utterly cheesy fantasy monster and like a dragon with adorably cute eye and some kind of werewolf creature and zombie that randomly appear to pop out of the swamp . the soundtrack and make up effect be great and our almighty director deodato maintain a terrifically fast pace . the barbarian brother act capacity be much good than i anticipate and apart from the fact that one of them constantly produce gross belch sound . the supportive cast be splendid as well . eva la rue never look more beautiful a the witty savage girl cara and virginia bryant be indeed bewitch like richard lynch state on several occasion and the lovely sheeba alahani make her first and only appearance on film a a vicious sorceress with a donut shape hair style ( i kid you not . ) . last but not least and the barbarian star everybody favorite eye in the hill creep michael berryman a the appropriately name dirtmaster . i know the displayed picture look gayer than a promotional campaign for the musical version about the rise and fall of the village people and but the barbarian really be a must see italian exploitation highlight .