Episode 156 - Red Sonja (1985) w/ Special Guest: Bryan Kristopowitz

What is best in life? Well, let's hope it's watching a bunch of failed franchise starters, because we're kicking off a brand new theme dedicated entirely to films based on the works of legendary pulp author Robert E. Howard. That's right, it's time to hear "The Lamentations of their Winter!" To kick it off, it's 1985's *Red Sonja*, the *first* attempt to forge a cinematic franchise out of the fiery red-headed warrior loosely based on a Howard character (but really more based on the comic book character inspired by Howard's character...we know, it's confusing). Serving as a sort of sequel, sort of spin-off to the Arnold Schwarzenegger *Conan* series, and even featuring Arnold himself in a supporting role, *Red Sonja* seemed perfectly poised to be a huge hit and possibly turn debuting star Brigitte Nielsen into a megastar just like *Conan the Barbarian* did for Arnold. Except, uh...that didn't happen. Why not? We're here to discuss. And since we're kicking off another series with an '80s action film, who better to help us than returning guest Bryan Kristopowitz, author of *Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s.* Our Twitter Our Facebook Our Instagram Our YouTube Trev's Letterboxd Chris' Letterboxd Buy Bryan's book HERE, titled: *Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s*