THE VIKING QUEEN (1967) is one of Hammer's last forays into period adventure movies and that's no real bad thing, because it turns out to be quite awful. It's one of the most historically inaccurate movies I've seen, a bargain basement oddity with no Vikings at all; rather we get a Celtic uprising loosely based on the story of Boudicca of the Iceni and her battle against the Roman occupiers. Here, characters swoon around in love and talk about going "on honeymoon" while the druids worship Zeus (!), so I can only imagine that the writers skipped history lessons at school.
The film lacks budget and decent cast members; Lee was offered a role but wisely declined, so that leaves us stuck with interesting character actors like Patrick Troughton, Niall MacGinnis and Andrew Keir in supporting roles. Finnish actress Carita tries for haughty grandeur as the titular character, like Ursula Andress in SHE, but the effect isn't really the same, although she is very beautiful. There isn't much violence and there's only one battle towards the end, but Hammer throw in as much female flesh as they dare get away with. I thought the whole thing was quite silly and sadly just not very interesting.
The film lacks budget and decent cast members; Lee was offered a role but wisely declined, so that leaves us stuck with interesting character actors like Patrick Troughton, Niall MacGinnis and Andrew Keir in supporting roles. Finnish actress Carita tries for haughty grandeur as the titular character, like Ursula Andress in SHE, but the effect isn't really the same, although she is very beautiful. There isn't much violence and there's only one battle towards the end, but Hammer throw in as much female flesh as they dare get away with. I thought the whole thing was quite silly and sadly just not very interesting.