Starring: Jorge Rivero, Andrea Occhipinti, Conrado San Martín

In 1983 the Italian director Lucio Fulci, having mastered the giallo, gifted the world his take on sword-and-sandal fantasy with Conquest, a gauzy, outrageous creation that features a laser bow and arrow, an oft-naked villainess with a head of gold, and beefy, long haired heroes. You need not try to follow the plot – just soak in the hallucinatory imagery that is equal parts violent as it is surreal, with tropes playing out like they’ve been shot into outer space and ricocheted back in a familiar yet uncanny form. Nonsensical and mystifying as it is, the artistry and imagination are undeniable – we struggle to think of a film that comes close to being this baffling and captivating.