This is a Turkish version of one of those 60's Italian swords and sandals movies. Being Turkish though it goes a bit more over-the-top with it's beheadings, monsters and general weirdness. The main character is a guy who's very proud of being a Turk and defeats armies of Vikings with his toughness and his pet dogs who are supposed to be wolves. These Vikings have their own pet though, a giant squid, that they sacrifice people to like he's King Kong or something. Now this squid looks more like an inflatable pool toy than a horrifying sea-monster but there's a lot of suspension of disbelief here. Unlike many of the Turkish films I'd seen before this one you actually get some female nudity here, especially during the Viking's raping and murdering orgy-party. Worth a look if you're into exploring the genre of weird world cinema or you just dig dumb Conan comic-book style adventures.
This is the third in a series of 5 Tarkan movies.
The others were:
TARKAN- 1969
TARKAN AND THE SILVER SADDLE -1970
TARKAN: THE GOLD MEDALLION- 1972
TARKAN AND THE ARMLESS HERO- 1973
This squid ain't fucking around!:
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