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Kull the Conqueror (1997)
Kull reigns. Kull rules. Kull rocks.
A barbarian warrior becomes a king when he defeats a king in armed combat and the king’s heir conspire to overthrow him and reclaim the throne by resurrecting an evil sorceress.
Kull the Conqueror is a 1997 fantasy film about the Robert E. Howard character Kull starring Kevin Sorbo. It is a film adaptation of Howard’s Conan novel The Hour of the Dragon, with the protagonist changed to the author’s other barbarian hero Kull. The storyline also bears similarities to two other Howard stories, the Kull story “By This Axe I Rule!” and the Conan story “The Phoenix on the Sword“, which was a rewritten version of “By This Axe I Rule!”
The film was originally intended to be the third Conan film, Conan the Conqueror. The protagonist was changed due to Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s refusal to reprise his role as Conan and Sorbo’s reluctance to redo a character already played. Screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue has stated that he was extremely displeased with this film, feeling that his script was ruined by studio interference.
