Product Description

Blonde giants, thirsty for blood and eager for conquest! In the long-unseen classic from legendary director/cinematographer Mario Bava, Viking hordes
invade Britain in an orgy of violence, vengeance and
virgins. Cameron Mitchell (KNIVES OF THE AVENGER)
stars with Andrea Checchi (BLACK SUNDAY), George
Ardisson (HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD) and the luscious Kesslar Twins in this epic of ferocious color and design, bursting with more chained maidens and shocking violence than any other Viking movie of the era. ERIK THE CONQUEROR also known as FURY OF THEVIKINGS and THE INVADERS has been fully restored from original European vault materials and is now presented uncut and uncensored for the first time ever on DVD.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53490 in DVD
• Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2007-10-23
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Italian
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Erik The Great!
Erik the Conqueror is a great film in TWO languages.

`Erik the Conqueror', directed by Mario Brava, explores the destinies of two young Viking sons, Erik and Eron. Separated as young men during a British raid by the forces of Queen Anne, the brothers live in two different worlds. Queen Anne raises Erik as her own son, while Eron lives a bitter life. Growing to adulthood, the two men become enemies when Eron leads a Viking horde against the British commanded by Erik. Behind the scenes, a malevolent Sir Rutford, plots to take the throne via marriage, or villainy.

A great battle ensues as the Norsemen attack England, and one death strike short of victory, the two brothers discover each other and declare peace as Rutford plays his card. `Erik the Conqueror' is a stirring action film, filmed on rugged coasts, and executed splendidly in Italian and English!

Cameron Mitchell stars as Eron, while Alice and Ellen Kessler star as Daya and Rama, love interests for the two brothers. George Ardisson, Andrea Checchi and Francoise Christophe round out the well cast film adding realism and romance to this 1961 cult film.

The return of `Erik' to american audiences includes an audio interview with Cameron Mitchell, film trailers, and the option to watch the film in Italian or English. Try the Italian, and read the titles, you'll find the story tells itself.

Tim Lasiuta

Excellent transfer
The transfer from the original Italian master is great, the color and image is sharp and very clear. Be careful to set the language to English or you get the original Italian with sub titles. Is it a masterpiece, no, but it is a fine specimen of the early 1960's sword and sexy women epics.

"In death, I have but one companion: my sword."
Mario Bava's Erik the Conqueror (aka Fury of The Vikings aka The Invaders) uses the old Corsican Twins plot, with two separated brothers - one growing up as British royalty, the other a Viking king (Cameron Mitchell, dubbed in both the Italian and English language versions included here) - falling for twins and set against each other by a scheming English noble who wants to use them to gain the throne. Despite a mother and child being speared in the opening sequence, it's not especially violent hokum: not quite kid's stuff, but no thinking man's epic by any means. Realism isn't on the menus either (the sacrificial sword dance in a cave at the root of a giant tree look more like a floorshow in a Viking-themed nightclub), but with it's vivid use of color and striking composition if you're in an undemanding mood it's not a bad way to spend an hour-and-a-half even if there's no shortage of better ones.

The subtitles on Anchor Bay's Region 1 NTSC DVD have obviously been written by an Italian with a limited English vocabulary and who is particularly awkward at constructing an intelligible sentence, but since the script is nothing to write home about to begin with it's not that big a problem. Extras are an audio commentary by Tim Lucas, a bizarrely candid audio interview with Cameron Mitchell, stills and poster gallery, US and German trailers and a trailer for Bava's Black Sunday.