(at around 1h 5 mins) When Conan leaves the wizard to go to the mountain on the camel, he carries a bunch of purple flowers. By the time he reaches the mountain, the flowers are white.
(at around 1h 30 mins) During the battle at the orgy, the camouflage body paint on the three warriors keeps changing patterns and alternating between fresh and dull.
(at around 10 mins) Conan's mother is pointing the sword at the attackers' leader with both hands on the hilt. We cuts to a shot of Conan standing beside her holding her hand, then back to her with both hands on the hilt.
When the trio prepares to invade Doom's mountain, they camouflage themselves with 'war paint' (but Rexor recognizes Conan anyway), with black 'slashes' across their faces and torsos. Subotai adds cream-colored paint between his black marks, and Valeria applies it under Conan's left eye. But once inside, no one has cream paint--only black slashes and natural flesh colors.
Strangely, it reappears later at 01:41:25, after Valeria has been shot with the snake arrow.
Strangely, it reappears later at 01:41:25, after Valeria has been shot with the snake arrow.
(at around 1h 50 mins) When the princess is chained to the rock, the clasps around her wrist keep changing shapes. Either way, she could easily slip her hands through them at any time.
At the intro to the film, Conan's sword is shown being cast. Swords and knives are always forged. A cast sword or knife, would have limited strength, be difficult to sharpen, and would crack or shatter easily.
This sword is being made from special Hyborian Age steel with special Hyborian Age techniques, both of which are lost to us due to antiquity and a being in a different universe.
This sword is being made from special Hyborian Age steel with special Hyborian Age techniques, both of which are lost to us due to antiquity and a being in a different universe.
At various points in the movie the sound of the common loon (a type of duck) is heard. It has a haunting, mystical sound. The movie takes place in arid, desert conditions, however the common loon is a waterfowl that only inhabits lakes and other bodies of water. Loons would not be heard in the kinds of settings depicted in the film.
It only sounds like a loon. It is really an Hyborian Age desert creature, long extinct.
It only sounds like a loon. It is really an Hyborian Age desert creature, long extinct.
In one of the takes in the deleted scene showing Thulsa Doom's henchmen killing King Osric, one of them stabs him in the back, but there was no blood. Reason is because the guard missed the blood pack.
Deleted scenes are not goofs anymore. That's why they were deleted.
Deleted scenes are not goofs anymore. That's why they were deleted.
(at around 3 mins) During the opening scene after Conan's father is finished forging his sword, Arnold Schwarzenegger's arms are shown sharpening the sword with a stone.
That's not a sequential scene. That's a flash forward (prolepsis).
That's not a sequential scene. That's a flash forward (prolepsis).
(at around 1h 35 mins) During the Orgy fight, one of the pillars has a crack visible before the warrior breaks it with his war-hammer. The pillar is initially cracked by the giant soup pot that Conan rolls down the steps.
(at around 49 mins) When Valeria reaches for the jewels after they first steal from the tower, her hand is faced downwards but when Conan grabs her and seductively moves the jewel over her, her hand is turned over so she can move her fingers towards the jewel.
She moved her hand. That's a normal thing to do and it's not a Goof.
She moved her hand. That's a normal thing to do and it's not a Goof.
(at around 1h 30 mins) During the fight at the orgy, Conan appears to strike a guard with the pommel (hilt) of his sword. The strike clearly misses, but the guard reacts as if it connected.
The number of movies with full contact fighting is not zero, but it's not lots, either. The number of movies with full contact sword-fighting is even lower. When a fight scene looks fakey, it's usually poor choreography or poor acting.
The number of movies with full contact fighting is not zero, but it's not lots, either. The number of movies with full contact sword-fighting is even lower. When a fight scene looks fakey, it's usually poor choreography or poor acting.
(at around 1h 30 mins) During the orgy battle, Conan slashes a priest across his belly. The actor can be seen pulling a cord to operate a blood pack visible beneath his clothing.
He's visible doing something. Suggesting that he's pulling a cord to operate a blood pack is speculative.
He's visible doing something. Suggesting that he's pulling a cord to operate a blood pack is speculative.
(at around 1h 30 mins) During the battle at the orgy, Conan slashes a guard across his chest. The actor, with his back to the camera, may be throwing fake blood on himself as he falls.
(at around 2h) A few of the devotees holding torches toward the back in the night scenes at the end of the movie are swinging and looping their torches. Obviously they are having fun with the flame while they should be morning the loss of their leader.
Obviously they are performing an intricate mourning flame ritual.
Obviously they are performing an intricate mourning flame ritual.
When escaping the temple (at about 1 hour 37 minutes and 57 sec.), Valeria's shadow on the left side of the cave is not in sync with her movements. Also, when the other characters run past this same spot, their shadows do not appear on the wall to the left as they run past. With the way the lighting is in the cave, a stand-in must have been positioned for Valeria near an unseen light to project this shadow.
During the escape at 1:36:50 -the camera is being jostled right and left.
When waiting for the final battle, Conan awaits Doom's army on a hilltop at 1:46:00. Just to the left of Conan on the horizon is a telephone pole in the distance, almost lost in the grain of the film. When he moves further left, you can see more poles appear to the left of his head when the camera moves.
If they are barely made out in the distance, identifying them as telephone poles is questionable. They may be dead trees or poles waiting for Doom to mount heads on.
If they are barely made out in the distance, identifying them as telephone poles is questionable. They may be dead trees or poles waiting for Doom to mount heads on.
At the end of the film the text crawl appears to be a transcript of what the Wizard / Chronicler is saying, but the last sentence of the text reads "but that is another story." although the he actually says "this story shall also be told".
Text crawl is added in post production and the film makers have nothing to do with it.
Text crawl is added in post production and the film makers have nothing to do with it.
(at around 29 mins) When Conan emerges from the crypt and cuts his leg irons, a hand can be seen reaching up to snatch the chain out of the way. (No hand can be seen on the R2 DVD special edition.)
When Valeria uses the guard as a counter-weight to pull her to the top of the tower on the rope, she has a black safety line attached to her body.
At around 1:55:08, you can see a director (maybe John Milius) standing right next to Thulsa Doom, waiving his right hand in direction to the actor walking up the stairs (priest).
It is unclear: just how does one "nock" a snake in order to shoot it as an arrow.