Red Sonja (1985 film)

Red Sonja is a 1985 American sword-and-sorcery epic film directed by Richard Fleischer, and written by Clive Exton and George MacDonald Fraser. It is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, in-turn based on Red Sonya of Rogatino by Robert E. Howard.

The film introduces Brigitte Nielsen as the title character, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Paul Smith and Ronald Lacey in supporting roles. As in Howard's Conan, Red Sonja takes place in the Hyborian Age, a fictional prehistoric time previously depicted in the films Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984).

It was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 1985, by MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial failure, grossing $6.9 million under a budget of $17.9 million.