Robin Wood, a film critic, suggests that in most cases, there is only a thin veneer between individualism and fascism; he also said that Conan is the only film in that era to dispense with the disguise, openly celebrating its fascist ideals in a manner that would delight Riefenstahl.
Robin Wood, un crítico de cinema, suxeriu que na maioría dos casos, só hai unha delgada liña entre o individualismo e o fascismo; tamén dixo que Conan é o único filme desa era que prescindiu do disfrace, celebrando abertamente os seus ideais fascistas de tal xeito que faría as delicias de Riefenstahl.