Maciste and Friends

Son of Zorro (1973)

2011-01-10T10:36:00.000-08:00

Original title: Il Figlio di Zorro

Zorro adventure. Italy/Spain. Starring Robert Widmark, William Berger, Fernando Sancho & Elisa Ramírez. Directed by Gianfranco Baldanello.

Filmex (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Very entertaining Zorro flick, one of the best of the genre! 4/5

Ulysses (1954)

2011-01-10T10:26:00.000-08:00

Original title: Ulisse

Peplum. Italy. Starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Rossana Podestà, Piero Lulli & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Mario Camerini & Mario Bava.

Alfa-Panorama Film & Video (Finland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Solid Cinecittà adaption of Homeros epic, with the manly Kirk Douglas as Ulysses. 3/5

Fatihin Fedaisi Kara Murat (1972)

2010-11-21T11:08:00.000-08:00

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Hale Soygazi, Turgut Özatay, Erol Tas & Bora Ayanoglu. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Yeni Minareci Video Casetleri (Germany). Letterboxed. Turkish language.

Another awesome Cüneyt Arkin flick. A gory and energetic adventure in which the hero Kara Murat is teamed up against the notorious tyrant, and original Dracula, Vlad "the impaler" Tepes - a folk hero for the romanians, obviously not so much for the turks... (the guy who plays Vlad is as good a villian as Cünyt is a hero!) In one unbelievable scene the young Kara Murat is forced to shop off the arms and legs of his father (Cüneyt in another Nietzsche-sized fake moustasche) who is so strong and manly he hardly moves an eyebrow! The young Kara Murat of course swors vengeance and returns to Vlad's castle some 15 years later, disguised as a christian monk... 4/5

Kara Murat Ölüm Emri (1974)

2010-11-21T11:02:00.000-08:00

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Yildirim Gencer, Atilla Ergün, Hüsein Zan & Melek Ayberk. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Katibim (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

Korkusuz Cengaver (1976)

2010-11-21T10:55:00.000-08:00

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Tarık Şimşe & Salih Kırmızı. Directed by Duygu Sağıroğlu.

Tele Star (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

Iki Esir (1971)

2010-11-21T10:38:00.001-08:00

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Filiz Akin, Kuzey Vargin, Hülya Babus & Atilla Ergün. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Nart Video (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

Atlihan (1973)

2010-11-21T10:18:00.000-08:00

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Aytekin Akkaya, Piraye Uzun, Abidin Görsev & Sema Yaprak. Directed by Naki Yurter.

Kalavan Video (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

Adsiz Cengaver (1970)

2010-11-21T07:49:00.000-08:00

Arabian fantasy/peplum. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Nebahat Çehre, Altan Günbay & Behçet Nacar. Directed by Halit Refig.

Kalkavan Video (Germany). Widescreen. Turkish language.

A simpy wonderful arabian fantasy which also borrows heavily from italian pepla like Hercules Unchained and others. Cüneyt is the perfect adventure hero and the film is nicely shot and full of wild action, fantasy and loose women. Loved it - tukish adventure films really are the shit! Turkish genre cinema obviously has a lot more to offer than the Grade Z-turkeys and ripp-off films they are known for. Another big plus is the stunning widescreen print, which reveals that the alleged "primitve" look of turkish cinema in many cases have more to do with battered, poorly stored prints badly transfered to VCD and DVD. Or bootleg copies which are many generations away from the original. 4/5

Malkoçoglu - Cem Sultan (1969)

2010-11-21T07:35:00.000-08:00

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Gülnaz Huri, Cihangir Gaffari & Behçet Nacar. Directed by Remzi Jöntürk.

Arsel-Istanbul-Film (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

This one is less peplum-y in tone than the other Malkoçoglu film, but still great fun all the way. Cüneyt plays dual roles, as both the boyish adventurer and the fatherly turkish hero (with a GIANT fake moustasche). Cüneyt x 2 team up against a gang of ruthless bandits who are in league with the evil christian crusaders. 4/5

Malkoçoglu - Akincilar Geliyor (1969)

2010-11-21T07:25:00.000-08:00

Peplum. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Esen Puskullu & Nermin Kuran. Directed by Süreyya Duru.

Arsel-Istanbul-film (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

Wild and highly entertaining historical adventure/peplum. Loved it! 4/5

Haci Murat (1967)

2010-11-20T06:07:00.000-08:00

Adventure. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin, Sevda Ferdag & Muzaffer Tema. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Kalkavan Video (Germany). Fullscreen. Turkish language.

Black and white historical adventure with a fresh-faced Cüneyt Arkin. Not the best of its kind but the energic fight scenes makes it pretty fun viewing. 3/5

Euro-adventure list

2010-11-13T05:29:00.000-08:00

For trading and overview purposes, all my european adventure / peplum / sword / fantasy films in one list:

79 A.D. VHS: Lightline NL
79 A.D. VHS: Preview UK (long version)
Adsiz Cengaver VHS: Kalkavan GER (ws, turkish dub)
Adventures of Hercules, The DVD: MGM US
Africa Express VHS: Hemvideo Film SW (ws)
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (66) VHS: Frekvensia SW (lbx)
Alone Against Rome DVD: Odeon GR
Amazons, The (73) DVD: Cinefilm Imagico JP
Amazons, The (73) DVD: Retromedia US (butchered version with shitty quality)
Amazons, The (73) VHS: Pony JP
Amazons and Supermen DVD: Cinefilm Imagico JP
Amazons and Supermen VHS: Videotower FI (ws)
Amazons for Two Adventurers VHS: Mr. Video GR (lbx)
Angelique VHS: Wahlters (french dub)
Angelique: The Road to Versailles VHS: Wahlters (french dub)
Angelique and the Sultan VHS: Wahlters SW (french dub)
Arena, The DVD: New Concorde US (fs)
Ark of the Sun God DVD: Pulp IT
At the Earth's Core DVD: MGM US
Atlas VHS: Video For Pleasure NL (lbx)
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops DVD: Retromedia US (fs)
Atlihan VHS: Kalkavan GER (turkish dub)
Ator the Fighting Eagle VHS: Thorn-Emi SW
Ator the Fighting Eagle DVD: Hollywood UK
Ator the Invincible VHS: VTC UK
Attack of the Normans VHS: Inter-Ocean UK (lbx)
Attila VHS: Video For Pleasure
Attila BETA: Video For Pleasure NL (different cover)
Avenger of the Seven Seas (The Executioner of the Seas) VHS: Techno Alm SW (lbx)
Aventures Galantes de Zorro, Les (Red Hot Zorro) VHS: SHV FR (lbx, french dub)
Barbarian, The (60) VHS: GeBe SW
Barbarians, The (53) DVD: Wellspring US
Barbarians, The (87) VHS: Tower Vision SW
Barabbas VHS: Video Trade SW
Battle of the Amazons VHS: Baroness SW
Battle of the Amazons VHS: Metronome DK (ws)
Behind the Mask of Zorro VHS: PM Video Galaxy GR (lbx)
Black Devils of Kali (Dawn of the Pirates) VHS: EKO UK
Black Duke, The (Cesare Borgia) VHS: Video Cronos GR (german dub)
Black Pirate, The (76) VHS: Hemvideo Film SW (ws)
Black Tulip, The VHS: VCL UK
Blackie the Pirate VHS: VDC SW
Brennus, Enemy of Rome VHS: Venus GR (ws)
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West VHS: Salut DK
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West DVD: Carat DK (VHS quality)
Caesar the Conqueror VHS: Fine KO
Caesar the Conqueror VHS: Megastar NL
Caesar the Conqueror DVD: Historical Cinema Collection GR
Capitán de Quince Años, Un (A Captain of 15 Years) VHS: VML NL (french dub)
Carthage in Flames DVD: Sunfilm Entertainment GER
Carthage in Flames VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Catherine of Russia (Catherina the Great) VHS: Worldwide NL (ws)
Cavalier in Devil's Castle VHS: Video For Pleasure NL (ws)
Cervantes VHS: Wahlters SW (lbx)
Challenge to White Fang VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Cleopatra's Daughter VHS: PZ Video Films GR
Colonel Wolodyjowski VHS: Hemvideo Film SW (lbx, polish dub)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen DVD: Retromedia US (fs)
Colossus and the Headhunters VHS: NS TA
Colossus and the Headhunters VHS: VEP GR
Colossus and the Headhunters DVD: Filmax SP
Colossus of Rhodes, The DVD: Warner US
Conqueror of Atlantis DVD: Something Weird US (fs)
Conqueror of Corinth VHS: VTC SW (ws)
Conqueror of Maracaibo VHS: Breien SW
Conquest DVD: Blue Underground US
Convoy of Women VHS: Herzog GER (lbx, german dub)
Coriolanus: Hero Without a Country VHS: VCI GR
Cormack of the Mounties (Red Coates) VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Corsairs, The VHS: Videce SW (lbx)
Crazy Jungle Adventure VHS: Videofilm AB SW (lbx)
Devil-Ship Pirates, The DVD: Sony US
Devil's Cavaliers VHS: Worldwide NL
Devil's Cavaliers VHS: Video Alsen GR
Devil's Crude VHS: Trans World US
Devils of Spartivento, The VHS: Harley FI (lbx)
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro DVD: Shriek Show US
Duel at the Rio Grande VHS: Star FI (lbx)
Duel of the Champions VHS: EVC NL (lbx)
Duel of the Champions BETA: EVC NL (lbx, different cover)
Duel of the Titans (Romulus & Remus) DVD: Koch Media GER
Duel of the Titans (Romulus & Remus) VHS: Spectrum NL
Erik the Conqueror DVD: Anchor Bay US
Erik the Conqueror VHS: All World GR
Erik the Viking (65) VHS: Unicorn US
Erik the Viking (65) VHS: Parade IT (italian dub)
Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra VHS: Jezebel UK (ws)
Esclava Blanca, La VHS: Video Fantasia SP (spanish dub)
Esther and the King VHS: Spectrum DK
Executioner of Venice VHS: Force US
Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth DVD: Code Red US
Falcon, The VHS: Video Communication SW
Falcon, The VHS: Delta NL
Fall of Rome DVD: Odeon GR
Fifth Musketeer, The DVD: Bakker NL
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules VHS: Pepikahs GR
Fire Over Rome VHS: Draaipleizer NL (lbx)
Fury of Achilles, The VHS: DVS SW (ws)
Get Mean VHS: VCL SW
Giant of Marathon, The VHS: VTC SW (ws)
Giant of Marathon, The DVD: Retromedia US
Giant of Metropolis, The DVD: Retromedia US
Giants of Rome DVD: Retromedia US (fs)
Gladiators Seven DVD: VCI US
Gladiators Seven VHS: NS TW
Gladiators Seven VHS: Worldwide NL
Golden Temple Amazons DVD: Shriek Show US
Golden Temple Amazons VHS: Screen Entertainment DK
Goliath Against the Giants DVD: RHV IT
Goliath and the Barbarians VHS: Wahlters SW
Goliath and the Dragon DVD: Something Weird (US version)
Goliath and the Dragon VHS: Videoscope NL (euro version)
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon DVD: Retromedia US
Goliath and the Vampires VHS: Mariann SW (lbx)
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (Goliath Against the Arabs) VHS: EVC NL
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (Goliath Against the Arabs) VHS: EVC NL (different cover)
Gordon, the Black Pirate VHS: Standard NL (lbx)
Gungala, the Naked Panther VHS: Video Art GR
Gungala, Virgin of the Jungle VHS: Video Show VZ
Gungala, Virgin of the Jungle VHS: Toshiba/Herald Videogram JP (lbx, italian dub)
Gwendoline DVD: Severin US (unrated director's cut)
Haci Murat VHS: Kalkavan GER (turkish dub)
Hakanlar Çarpişiyor VCD: Fanatik TU (turkish dub)
Hannibal DVD: VCI US
Hannibal DVD: Minerva GR (fs)
Hannibal VHS: Standard NL (lbx)
Harald Handfaste DVD: Zenith SW (swedish dub)
Hawk of the Carribean VHS: EKO UK
Hawk the Slayer VHS: Sonet SW
Hearts and Armour VHS: Warner UK
Helen of Troy (73) VHS: Key GR
Hercules DVD: Concorde GER
Hercules DVD: DVDY FR
Hercules (83) DVD: MGM US
Hercules Against Moloch (Hercules' Challenge) VHS: Mariann SW (lbx)
Hercules Against Moloch (Hercules' Challenge) VHS: Sunrise Tapes NL (lbx)
Hercules Against Rome VHS: Spectrum NL (italian dub)
Hercules Against the Moon Men DVD: Something Weird US
Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun VHS: Pirate (lbx)
Hercules and the Black Pirate DVD: Retromedia US (fs)
Hercules and the Masked Rider VHS: VTC SW (ws)
Hercules and the Captive Women (Hercules Conquers Atlantis) VHS: Videoform UK (ws)
Hercules and the Captive Women (Hercules Conquers Atlantis) DVD: Retromedia US
Hercules and the Princess of Troy DVD: Retromedia US
Hercules in the Haunted World DVD: Fantoma US
Hercules in the Haunted World VHS: EVC NL (lbx)
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil DVD: Retromedia US (fs)
Hercules the Avenger DVD: Retromedia US
Hercules the Invincible VTC SW (ws)
Hercules Unchained DVD: Concorde GER
Hercules Unchained VHS: Standard NL
Hero of Babylon VHS: Collection Video Films GR
Hero of Rome (Arm of Fire) DVD: New Entertainment GER
Hero of Rome (Arm of Fire) VHS: King Movies NL (lbx)
Herod the Great VHS: Video King DK (ws)
Hot Nights of Caligula VHS: United FI (lbx)
Hundra DVD: Subversive Cinema US
Hundra VHS: Thorn-Emi SW
Hunters of the Golden Cobra VHS: Hemvideo Film SW (ws)
Här Kommer Bärsärkarna VHS: Arena SW (ws, swedish dub)
Iguana DVD: Anchor Bay US
Iki Esir VHS: Nart TU (turkish dub)
In the Shadow of the Eagles DVD: Minerva GR
Indian Tomb, The DVD: Fantoma US
Invaders of the Lost Gold (Horror Safari) VHS: Breien SW
Invincible Barbarian VHS: Magnum FI (ws)
Invincible Brothers Maciste, The VHS: Force US
Invincible Gladiator, The VHS: Worldwide NL
Invincible Gladiator, The VHS: Videoklubben SW
Invincible Masked Rider, The DVD: KSM GER (german dub)
Iron Warrior VHS: Orion GR (lbx)
Ironmaster VHS: Medusa UK (lbx)
Island of the Fishmen DVD: NoShame IT
Ivanhoe, The Norman Swordsman VHS: VCI GR
Jaguar, Le (El Llanero) VHS: Go FR (french dub)
Jane and the Lost City DVD: Anchor Bay US
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon DVD: Momentum UK
Kara Murat Denizler Hakimi VHS: Sanver GER (turkish dub)
Kara Murat: Fatihin Fermani VHS: YEni Minareci TU (turkish dub)
Kara Murat Ölüm Emri VHS: Katibim GER (turkish dub)
Karzan: Master of the Jungle VHS: Trix SW (lbx)
Kerim, Son of the Sheik VHS: Video Alsen GR
Kerim, Son of the Sheik VHS: Western FI
Kilma, Queen of the Amazons VHS: Videofilm AB SW
Kilma, Queen of the Jungle VHS: Mariann SW
Kindar the Invulnerable VHS: Baroness SW (ws)
Kindar the Invulnerable VHS: EVC NL (ws)
King of Kong Island VHS: Mariann SW (lbx, poor playback on my tape)
King Solomon's Treasure VHS: Master SW
Kings of France, The VHS: EKO UK
Kizil Tug - Cengiz Han DVVD: Onar Films GR (fs)
Kizilmaske - VCD: Fanatik TU (turkish dub)
Knights of Terror (Riders of Terror) VHS: EVC NL (lbx)
Knives of the Avenger DVD: Anchor Bay US
Knives of the Avenger VHS: Magna Filmi Oy FI
Korkusuz Cengaver VHS: Telestar GER (turkish dub)
Kublai Khan VHS: VCL UK
Kuningas Jolla ei Ollut Sydäntä (The King Without a Heart) DVD: SF FI
Land That Time Forgot, The DVD: MGM US
Land That Time Forgot, The VHS: Thorn-Emi SW (lbx)
Last Days of Pompeii, The (1913) DVD: Marketing GER (no subs)
Last Days of Pompeii, The (1959) DVD: Marketing GER
Last of the Vikings, The VHS: US Videomovies SW
Last Roman, The VHS: VCL NL
Legend of Sea Wolf VHS: Hemvideo Film SW (lbx)
Legions of Cleopatra, The VHS: GMV NL (ws, french dub)
Legions of Cleopatra, The VHS: NS KO (poor transfer)
Light at the Edge of the World DVD: Image US
Lion of St. Mark VHS: King GR (poor sound on my tape)
Lion of Thebes, The VHS: King Movies NL (lbx)
Lionman VHS: Video 49 NL (lbx)
Lionman II: The Witchqueen VHS: Alexandros GR
Lions of St. Petersburg VHS: Wahlters SW (ws)
Lost Continent, The DVD: Anchor Bay US
Lover of the Great Bear VHS: Wahlters SW (lbx)
Loves of Hercules, The VHS: Eagle 6 NL (lbx)
Luana, the Girl Tarzan VHS: Trix SW
Lumikuningatar (The Snow Queen) DVD: SF FI
Maciste, Gladiator of Sparta VHS: EVC NL (ws)
Maciste, Gladiator of Sparta VHS: EVC NL (ws, different cover)
Maciste Contre la Reine des Amazones VHS: VML NL (lbx, french dub)
Maciste Contre la Reine des Amazones VHS: Vídéo Box FR (ws, french dub)
Maciste il Vendicatore dei Mayas VHS: AVO Film IT (italian dub)
Magnificent Gladiator, The VHS: Delta NL
Malkoçoglu - Akincilar Geliyor VHS: Arsel-Istanbul-Film GER (turkish dub)
Malkoçoglu - Cem Sultan VHS: Arsel-Istanbul-Film GER (turkish dub)
Mark of Zorro (76) VHS: Barium FI (lbx)
Masked Man Against the Pirates VHS: Cartoon SW (lbx)
Massacre in the Black Forest VHS: Sunrise Tapes NL (lbx)
Master of the World VHS: SPO JP (ws)
Merry Musketeers VHS: Scand SW (lbx)
Messalina DVD: EMS GER
Messalina, Messalina! VHS: VCI GR (ws)
Mines of Kilimanjaro, The VHS: Tower Vision/Scanbox SW
Mistress of the World VHS: EK GR
Mongols, The VHS: Continental SW
Münchhausen DVD: Eureka UK
Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo, The DVD: X-Rated GER
Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo, The VHS: Select Video/Starbox SW
Mysterious Swordsman, The VHS: Video Art GR
Mystery of Monster Island, The VHS: CBS Fox Video UK
Mystery of Thug Island VHS: Original GR
Nibelungen, Die: Siegfried DVD: Kino US
Nibelungen, Die: Kriemhild's Revenge DVD: Kino US
Nibelungen Part 1: Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy VHS: Video Alsen GR (ws)
Old Testament, The VHS: Videoklubben SW
Old Testament, The VHS: World Home Centre NL (bad sound on my tape)
People That Time Forgot, The DVD: MGM US
People That Time Forgot, The DVD: MGM SW
Pirate of the Half Moon VHS: VCD UK
Pirates of Blood Island VHS: Sunrise GR
Pirates of Blood River DVD: Sony US
Pirates of Capri, The DVD: Allday Entertainment US
Pirates of Malaysia, The VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Pontius Pilate VHS: Manhattan GR
Prehistoric Women DVD: Anchor Bay US
Prisoner of the Iron Mask, The VHS: Cine Video Distribution BEL (lbx, french dub)
Prisoners of the Lost Universe VHS: IP SW
Queen for Ceasar, A VHS: Sunrise Tapes (ws)
Queen of the Pirates VHS: Original GR
Queen of the Tartars VHS: Delta NL (lbx)
Quest for the Mighty Sword VHS: RCA UK
Race to Danger VHS: Tower Vision/Scanbox SW
Raiders of the Magic Ivory VHS: HMV Movies JP (lbx)
Rampage of Evil (61) VHS: Broadway Video NL
Rather Kiss a Cobra VHS: Toshiba JP (lbx)
Rather Kiss a Cobra VHS: Tower Vison/Scanbox SW
Revenge of the Barbarians (60) VHS: Inter-Ocean UK (lbx)
Revolt of the Praetorians VHS: A*G*M Home Video GR (bad playback)
Robin Hood Never Dies VHS: Mariann SW
Robin Hood, Arrows, Beans and Karate VHS: VTC SW (ws)
Rome Against Rome DVD: Jef Films UK (fs, shortened version)
Salamandra del Deserto, La (Onan und Tamara) VHS: UFA GER (german dub)
Samson DVD: RHV IT
Samson Against the Pirates VHS: Worldwide NL
Samson and the Mighty Challange VHS: Key GR
Sandokan (1976 series) DVD: Soul Media SW
Sandokan 1 (76) VHS: Wahlters SW (lbx)
Sandokan 2 (76) VHS: Wahlters SW
Sandokan Fights Back VHS: Elephant UK
Sandokan the Great VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Sandokan the Great DVD: Impulso Records & Films SP
Scalawag Bunch, The (Long Live Robin Hood) VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Scourge of the Barbarians, The (Re Manfredi) VHS: Pepikahs GR
Sea Devils VHS: Video Trade SW (lbx)
Secret Seven, The VHS: Delta NL (ws)
Secret Seven, The VHS: Movie Centre SA (lbx)
Sergeant Klems (Man of Legend) VHS: Wahlters/Cinehollywood SW (ws)
Seven Magnificent Gladiators, The VHS: Syme Video Gold AU (ws)
Seven Tasks of Ali Baba, The VHS: VCI GR
Sinbad and the 7 Saracens VHS: Rex Films GR
Sinbad and the Caliph of Bagdad VHS: Premium NL
Sinbad and the Caliph of Bagdad VHS: Rex Films GR
Sinbad of the Seven Seas DVD: MGM US
Siren of Atlantis (L'Atlantide ) VHS: EVC NL (lbx, french dub)
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass VHS: Videofilm AB SW (lbx)
Slave of Rome DVD: Odeon GR
Slave of Rome VHS: VPD UK (lbx)
Sodom and Gomorrah VHS: Wahlters SW (lbx)
Son of El Cid (100 Horsemen) VHS: Azzura IT (italian dub)
Son of Spartacus VHS: Video Alsen GR
Son of the Red Pirate, The VHS: NK GR
Son of Zorro VHS: Filmlab DK (lbx)
Son of Zorro VHS: Filmex SW (lbx)
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators VHS: Worldwide NL
Stranglers of Bombay, The DVD: Sony US
Strogoff VHS: Carrey GR (french dub)
Surcouf, The Tiger of the 7 Seas VHS: Xphema Video Ltd GR (french dub)
Sword of Damascus VHS: Cartoon SW (lbx)
Sword of El Cid, The VHS: Videotechnics SP (lbx, spanish dub)
Sword of Islam, The (Wa Islamah) VHS: EVC NL (ws, italian dub)
Sword of Sherwood Forest DVD: Sony UK
Sword of the Barbarians VHS: Video For Pleasure NL (ws)
Sword of the Barbarians VHS: VTC SW (cut)
Sword of the Valiant DVD: MGM US
Tarkan versus the Vikings DVD: Mondo Macabro US
Tarzak Against the Leopard Men VHS: Video Screen Play GR
Tarzan and the Brown Prince VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Tarzan and the Jungle Mystery VHS: VTC SW
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold VHS: Silver Video Productions GR (lbx, worn print)
Tarzan in King Salomon's Mines VHS: Videodepoten SW
Tarzan in King Salomon's Mines VHS: Videofilm AB SW
Tarzan Istanbul'da DVD: Onar GR
Temple of a Thousand Lights (Sandok) VHS: Videoklubben SW
Temple of the White Elephant VHS: René Chateau FR (french dub)
Ten Gladiators VHS: MV GR
Terror of the Tongs, The DVD: Sony US
Tex and the Lords of the Deep VHS: Hi-Tech GR
Tharus, Son of Attila VHS: Video Alsen GR
Theodora, Slave Empress VHS: Techno Alm NL
They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four VHS: Videoklubben SW
Thief of Bagdad, The (61) VHS: Videosonic/Embassy GR
Thief of Bagdad, The (78) VHS: Video Gems US
Thor the Conqueror VHS: VTC SW
Three Giants for Rome (Return of the Gladiator) VHS: Empire NL (first minutes taped over)
Three Sergeants of Bengal VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Three Supermen in the Jungle VHS: Derann (lbx)
Three Wishes for Cinderella DVD: Facets US
Throne of Fire, The VHS: VTC SW
Tiger of Eschnapur, The DVD: Fantoma US
Top Line VHS: SHV JP (lbx)
Tor: Mighty Warrior (Taur the Mighty) VHS: Replay BEL (ws, french dub, bad print)
Tor: Mighty Warrior (Taur the Mighty) VHS: VPD UK (lbx)
Treasure Island (71) VHS: Scand SW
Treasure Island (72) VHS: Guild UK
Treasure of Bengal, The VHS: EKO UK
Triumph of Hercules, The VHS: Global/Videce SW (lbx)
Triumph of Robin Hood, The VHS: VML NL (french dub)
Triumph of Robin Hood, The VHS: Pyrsos GR
Trojan War, The VHS: Sunrise Tapes NL (lbx)
Trojan War, The DVD: New Entertainment GER
Trojan War, The DVD: Retromedia US
Trojan War, The VHS: Epic Home Video SA (ws, bootleg?)
Prince and the Pauper, The (77) DVD: Anchor Bay
War Gods of Babylon DVD: Retromedia US
War of the Trojans DVD: Retromedia US
White Fang and the Gold Diggers DVD: KSM GER
White Warrior, The DVD: Platinum CA
Tuareg VHS: Viking SW (lbx)
Two Gladiators, The VHS: ERA Home Video TW
Two Gladiators, The VHS: PVP GR
Ulysses Against Hercules VHS: Star FI (US TV version)
Untamable Angelique VHS: Wahlters SW (french dub)
Uomi Forti (peplum doc) DVD: Istituto Luce IT
Ursus VHS: PM Video Galaxy GR (horrible transfer!)
Ursus and the Tartar Princess VHS: Via NL (ws)
Ursus in the Land of Fire VHS: Video Art GR
Ursus in the Valley of the Lions VHS: Breien DK
Vengeance of She, The DVD: Anchor Bay US
Vengeance of Ursus VHS: VTC (ws)
Viking Queen DVD: Anchor Bay US
Vulcan, Son of Jupiter VHS: Eagle 6 NL
War Gods of the Deep DVD: MGM US
Warlords of Atlantis VHS: Thorn-Emi SW
When Women Played Ding Dong VHS: Miracle NL
White Fang (73) VHS: Viking SW (lbx)
White Fang and the Gold Diggers DVD: KSM GER
Witch's Curse, The (Maciste in Hell) VHS: EVC NL (lbx)
Witch's Curse, The (Maciste in Hell) DVD: Retromedia US (fs)
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood VHS: S.T.V.P Video DK
Women Gladiators VHS: Inter-Ocean UK (lbx)
Women of Devil's Island VHS: Techno Alm SW (lbx)
X-312 - Flight to Hell DVD: Image US (fs, german dub)
X-312 - Flight to Hell VHS: AVE GR (lbx, english dub)
Yor, the Hunter from the Future VHS: Vestron SW
Zambo, King of the Jungle VHS: Wahlters DK (lbx)
Zambo, King of the Jungle VHS: VCI GR
Zan, King of the Jungle VHS: VTC SW (lbx)
Zenabel VHS: Video F Films GR
Zorro (75) VHS: Eion JP (ws)
Zorro (La Marque de Zorro) VHS: Nm. International SW
Zorro (La Marque de Zorro) VHS: Westcon SW
Zorro and the Three Musketeers VHS: Wahlters/Cinehollywood SW (lbx)
Zorro at the Spanish Court VHS: Wahlters/Cinehollywood SW (lbx)
Zorro the Fox VHS: Cinehollywood GR (lbx, selltape?)
Zorro, the Navarra Marquis BETA: Video Screen (lbx, italian dub)
Zorro the Rebel VHS: VTC (lbx)

The Secret Seven (1963)

2010-10-29T08:27:00.000-07:00

Original title: Gli Invincibili Sette

Peplum. Spain/Italy. Starring Tony Russell, Helga Liné, Massimo Serato, Gérard Tichy, Livio Lorenzon & Cris Huerta. Directed by Alberto De Martino.

Delta Video (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly).

A simple but entertaining boys' adventure with lots of charm. Watch seven men defeat an whole army! 3/5

Erik the Viking (1965)

2010-10-29T08:24:00.001-07:00

Original title: Erik, Il Vichingo

Peplum/Vikings. Italy. Starring Giuliano Gemma, Gordon Mitchell, Eleonora Bianchi, Eduardo Fajardo & Carla Calò. Directed by Mario Caiano.

Parade (Italy). Italian language. Fullscreen.

This is what happened when the vikings first discovered America according to the folks at Cinecittà. Their guess is as good as anybody's I guess... If you can accept Gemma as a viking chieftain (I have no objections!) this is a fun, minor viking peplum. Gordon Mitchell clearly enjoys himself in another villanois role. One of few italian viking films NOT to star Cameron Mitchell. 3/5

The Legions of Cleopatra (1960)

2010-10-29T08:16:00.001-07:00

Original title: Le Legioni di Cleopatra

Peplum/Historical. Italy/France/Spain. Starring Linda Cristal, Ettore Manni, Daniela Rocca & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.

NS (Korea). English dubbed. Fullscreen. Poor print - but at least it's in english, unlike the great-looking but french dubbed dutch tape. If I were more technical i'd try to make a composite...

Caesar the Conqueror (1962)

2010-10-29T08:08:00.000-07:00

Original title: Giulio Cesare, il Conquistatore delle Gallie

Peplum/Historical. Italy. Starring Cameron Mitchell, Rik Battaglia, Dominique Wilms, Carlo Tamberlani, Carla Calò & Bruno Tocci. Directed by Tanio Boccia.

Fine (Korea). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

I'm obviously better at buying new copies of this film than at actually sitting down and watching it...

Two Gladiators (1964)

2010-10-29T07:49:00.000-07:00

Original title: I Due Gladiatori

Peplum. Italy. Starring Richard Harrison, Piero Lulli, Moira Orfei, Mimmo Palmara & Giuliano Gemma. Directed by Mario Caiano.

ERA Home Video (Taiwan). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Mediocre gladiator flick which left no permanent place in my memory. 2/5

Gladiators Seven (1962)

2010-10-29T07:46:00.000-07:00

Original title: I Sette Gladiatori

Peplum. Italy/Spain. Starring Richard Harrison, Livio Lorenzon, Loredana Nusciak & Gérard Tichy. Directed by Pedro Lazaga.

NS (Taiwan). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Above average gladiator flick, quite fun! 3/5

Hannibal (1960)

2010-10-27T02:25:00.000-07:00

Original title: Annibale

Peplum/Historical. Italy. Starring Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti, Milly Vitale, Rik Battaglia, Terence Hill, Andrea Aureli, Bud Spencer. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer & Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

DVD: Minerva (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Bigscale historical epic on medium budget (somewhere between Cottafavi and Ben Hur). Pretty good film - even though the unnecessary love story drags a lot and the film cheats us out of the stampeding war elephants.! Actor Victor Mature looks like a beefed-up Björn Ranelid, right down to the lips... (only funny for swedes) 3/5

Alone Against Rome (1962)

2010-10-27T02:16:00.000-07:00

Original title: Solo contro Roma

Peplum. Italy. Starring Lang Jeffries, Rossana Podestà, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Tinti & Luciana Angiolillo. Directed by Luciano Ricci.

DVD: Odeon (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen. Good quality.

Fall of Rome (1963)

2010-10-27T02:04:00.000-07:00

Original title: Il Crollo di Roma

Peplum. Italy. Starring Carl Möhner, Ida Galli, Andrea Aureli, Loredana Nusciak, Nando Tamberlani & Jim Dolen. Directed by Antonio Margheriti.

DVD: Odeon (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen. Good quality.

Reasonable entertaining "meet and potatoes" peplum that gets the job without overachieving. Margheriti of course can't help to bring his modelkit along, and thank God for that! 3/5

Rather Kiss a Cobra (1986)

2010-10-27T01:48:00.000-07:00

Original title: Meglio Baciare un Cobra

Indiana Jones-copy. Italy. Starring Andy J. Forest, Milly D'Abbraccio & Paul Muller. Directed by Massimo Pirri.

Toshiba (Japan). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Even though it's supposed to be a Indy-rippoff this film plays like a dirty prison movie for the most part. Passable entertainment. 2/5

Sandokan Fights Back (1964)

2010-09-28T22:18:00.000-07:00

Original title: Sandokan Alla Riscossa

Pirate/Exotic adventure. Italy/West Germany. Starring Ray Danton, Guy Madison, Mario Petri, Alberto Farnese & Raf Baldassarre. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

Elephant Video (UK). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

I love the Sandokan adventures but this one didn't do much for me. Also, Ray Danton is a lame Sandokan compared with Kabir Bedi, or even Steve Reeves. 2/5

The Norman Swordsman (1972)

2010-09-28T22:07:00.000-07:00

Original title: La Spada Normanna

Sword. Italy/Spain/France. Starring Mark Damon & Krista Nell. Directed by Roberto Mauri.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Tarzan in King Salomon's Mines (1973)

2010-09-21T04:28:00.000-07:00

Original title: Tarzán en las minas del rey Salomón

Jungle adventure. Spain. Starring David Carpenter & Paul Naschy. Directed by José Luis Merino.

Videofilm AB (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

As far as euro-Tarzan ripp offs are conserned, this is the absolute bottom-of-the-barrell! But it's not without a certain Grade Z-charm. Z-Tarzan David Carpenter acts and looks brain-damaged (not surprised he never acted again) and spanish horror legend Paul Naschy plays the villian. 2/5

Colossus and the Headhunters (1963)

2010-09-21T03:54:00.001-07:00

Original title: Maciste Contro i Cacciatori di Teste

Peplum. Italy. Starring Kirk Morris. Directed by Guido Malatesta.

NS (Taiwan). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

As many other films starring the ever expressionless (the Michael Myers of the pepla?) Kirk Morris it's cheap, illogical and badly made - but with a certain wild and bizarre quality that has its fascination! 2/5

Devil's Cavaliers (1959)

2010-09-03T10:24:00.000-07:00

Original title: I Cavalieri del Diavolo

Sword. Italy. Starring Frank Latimore, Gianna Maria Canale, Anthony Steffen & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Siro Marcellini.

Worldwide Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Very dated and stiff costume adventure with lots of jolly (read: annoying) song and dance numbers. 2/5

The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964)

2010-09-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

Original title: Gli Invincibili Fratelli Maciste

Peplum. Italy. Starring Richard Lloyd, Tony Freeman, Claudie Lange, Anthony Steffen & Ursula Davis. Directed by Roberto Mauri.

Force Video (USA). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Very cheezy peplum with the dull Maciste brothers fighting an evil witchqueen and her henchmen in her underground dungeons. It works as 90 minutes of dumb/surreal entertainment for a lazy afternoon, I guess... 2/5

The Secret Seven (1963)

2010-08-26T10:22:00.000-07:00

Original title: Gli Invincibili Sette

Peplum. Spain/Italy. Starring Tony Russell, Helga Liné, Massimo Serato, Gérard Tichy, Livio Lorenzon & Cris Huerta. Directed by Alberto De Martino.

Delta Video (Holland). English dubbed. Widescreen.

This was a nice surprise - what I thought would be yet another copy of the Richard Harrison dud The Invincible Gladiator turned out to be the very rare The Secret Seven - and it's a good one too! A simple but entertaining boys' adventure with lots of charm. Watch seven men defeat an whole army! 3/5

Zorro, the Navarra Marquis (1969)

2010-08-17T06:20:00.000-07:00

Original title: Zorro Marchese di Navarra

Zorro adventure. Italy. Starring Nino Vingelli, Malisa Longo, Dada Gallotti, Daniele Vargas & Nadir Moretti. Directed by Franco Montemurro.

Video Screen (Holland). BETA. Italian language with dutch subtitles. Letterboxed.

Pretty dull, at least if you don't understand the language. Zorro's alter ego is a gay barberer in this one. 2/5

2010-08-17T06:10:00.000-07:00

Original title: Maciste, Gladiatore di Sparta

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Mark Forest, Marilù Tolo, Elisabetta Fanti, Claudio Undari & Jacques Stany. Directed by Mario Caiano.

EVC (Holland). English dubbed. Widescreen.

The gladiator Maciste, played by Mark Forest, fights a gorilla and saves some christians from the evil and cunning roman emperor. One of the more entertaining christians Vs. Praetorians flicks out there. 3/5

Här Kommer Bärsärkarna (1966)

2010-08-17T06:02:00.000-07:00

Adventure/Comedy. Sweden/Denmark/Yugoslavia. Starring Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Dirch Passer, Åke Söderblom & Loredana Nusciak. Directed by Arne Mattsson.

Arena (Sweden). Swedish language. Widescreen.

Beyond awful slapstick viking "comedy". Mattson at his worst. 1/5

Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)

2010-08-17T05:57:00.000-07:00

Robin Hood adventure. UK. Starring Richard Greene, Sarah Branch, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco & Oliver Reed. Directed by Terence Fisher.

DVD: Sony (UK). English language. Widescreen.

In the Shadow of the Eagles (1966)

2010-08-15T01:16:00.000-07:00

Original title: All'ombra delle Aquile

Peplum. Italy/West Germany/Yugoslavia. Starring Cameron Mitchell & Beba Loncar. Directed by Ferdinando Baldi.

DVD: Minerva (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen. Surprisingly good quality for a budget newsstand DVD.

La Salamandra del Deserto (1970)

2010-08-14T10:17:00.000-07:00

Biblical/erotic! Italy/Spain/Israel/West Germany. Starring Michael Maien, Claudia Wedekind & Ettore Manni. Directed by Riccardo Freda.

UFA (Germany). German dubbed.

Biblical erotic drama about everybody's favorite self-defiler Onan! Directed by Freda! This one has to be good...

Three Giants for Rome (1971)

2010-06-14T11:06:00.000-07:00

Original title: Il Ritorno del Gladiatore Più Forte del Mondo

Peplum. Italy. Starring Brad Harris, Massimo Serato, Raf Baldassarre, Michel Lemoine & Maria Pia Conte. Directed by Bitto Albertini.

Empire (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen. Unfortunely the first 5 minutes of this tape are taped over... anybody have a DVD-R? (or even better; a new tape?)

Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

2010-06-13T10:42:00.000-07:00

Original title: Ercole al Centro della Terra

Peplum. Italy. Starring Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson, Ida Galli, Rosalba Neri & Raf Baldassarre. Directed by Mario Bava & Franco Prosperi.

EVC (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly). By adjusting your TV settings you could get a pretty good widescreen.

Wonderful, trippy gothic-peplum! Bava demonstrates again his ability to create gold from nothing - this low budget film looks like a mega-budget epic and is hands down THE most visually imaginative peplas around. According to me and many others this is about as good as the genre gets! 5/5

Hercules Unchained (1959)

2010-06-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

Original title: Ercole e la Regina di Lidia

Peplum. Italy/France/Spain. Starring Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Patrizia Della Rovere, Mimmo Palmara & Daniele Varga. Directed by Pietro Francisci.

Standard Video )Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

The follow-up to Francisci's Hercules is even better than the first one. Essential viewing. 4/5

2010-06-13T10:31:00.000-07:00

Original title: La Guerra di Troia

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Steve Reeves, John Drew Barrymore, Edy Vessel, Arturo Dominici, Lidia Alfonsi, Mimmo Palmara & Carlo Tamberlani. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

Sunrise Tapes (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed. Dig the waltzing Reeves dental work on the (über-gay) cover.

Well-made, above average sword and sandal spectacle with Steve Reeves. 3/5

Hercules Against Moloch (1963)

2010-06-13T10:26:00.000-07:00

Original title: Ercole Contro Molock

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Gordon Scott, Alessandra Panaro, Rosalba Neri, Arturo Dominici, Michel Lemoine, Geneviève Grad & Jany Clair. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

Sunrise Tapes (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Good peplum with some nice gothic horror influences. 3/5

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1973)

2010-06-12T11:42:00.000-07:00

Robin Hood adventure. UK. Starring David Warbeck, Kenneth Gilbert, Ciaran Madden & Sheraton Blount. Directed by John Hough.

S.T.V.P Video (Denmark). English language. Fullscreen.

This is the obscure pilot episode of a Hammer produced Robin Hood TV-series that never happened. It unsuccesfully tried to add a bit more realism to the formula. Pretty dire stuff, mostly of interest because a young David Warbeck played Robin (it's not hom on the cover though). 2/5

The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)

2010-06-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

Original title: Il Trionfo di Robin Hood

Robin Hood adventure. Italy. Starring Don Burnett, Samson Burke, Arturo Dominici & Germano Longo. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

VML (Holland). French language with dutch subtitles. Fullscreen.

You could usually count on Umberto Lenzi to deliver a smashing good time in front of the TV (not counting his awful cannibal films) but this is a terrible Robin Hood film, ridden by inept performances, bland direction and brainmelting attempts at slapstick humour. Only of interest for sad euro-adventure collectors like me. Beware ye who enter here! 1/5

Sinbad and the Caliph of Bagdad (1973)

2010-06-02T04:01:00.000-07:00

Original title: Simbad e il Califfo di Bagdad

Arabian fantasy/Comedy (?). Italy. Starring Robert Malcolm, Sonia Wilson & Luigi Bonos. Directed by Pietro Francisci.

Premium Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Arabian fantasy flop from the director of the first two Hercules-films with Steve Reeves, gigantic hits at their time. It's a cheaply made and often boring film in which you're not always sure whether the comedy is intentional or not. This and the sci-fi flop Star Pilot (underrestimated in my opinion) effectively killed Francisci's career... 2/5

Get Mean (1976)

2010-06-02T03:52:00.000-07:00

Western /Adventure/Peplum (!!). Italy. Starring Tony Anthony, Raf Baldassarre, Diana Lorys & Lloyd Battista. Directed by Ferdinando Baldi.

VCL (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Mindboggling "western". You could write an essay about how dumb this film is but let me just conclude that the gunman Tony Anthony is hired to protect the princess of Spain (!) from vikings (!!) and a moorish warlord (!!!) with a Caligula complex and his hunchbacked sidekick! I wonder what they were smoking when they wrote this (admittedly fun) film? 3/5

Lionman (1975)

2010-06-02T03:48:00.000-07:00

Original title: Kiliç Aslan

Biblical bat-crazy adventure. Turkey/Greece. Starring Cüneyt Arkin. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Video 49 (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

One of those perfect trash movies that just has to be seen to believed. Nothing you hear or read will prepare you for the wonder that is Lionman! 5/5

Catherine of Russia (1963)

2010-04-22T06:00:00.000-07:00

Original title: Caterina di Russia

Historical/Drama. Italy/France. Starring Hildegard Knef, Sergio Fantoni, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart & Milly Vitale. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

Worldwide Video (Holland). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Not bad historical drama. 3/5

The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (1962)

2010-04-22T05:53:00.000-07:00

Original title: Le Sette Fatiche di Alì Babà

Arabian fantasy. Italy. Starring Rod Flash & Bella Cortez. Directed by Emimmo Salvi.

VCI (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Caesar the Conqueror (1962)

2010-04-22T05:42:00.000-07:00

Original title: Giulio Cesare, il Conquistatore delle Gallie

Peplum/Historical. Italy. Starring Cameron Mitchell, Rik Battaglia, Dominique Wilms, Carlo Tamberlani, Carla Calò & Bruno Tocci. Directed by Tanio Boccia.

Megastar Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

The Island of the Fishmen (1979)

2010-04-22T05:38:00.000-07:00

Original title: L'isola Degli Uomini Pesce

Adventure/Sci-Fi/Horror. Italy. Starring Richard Johnson, Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Joseph Cotten & Beryl Cunningham. Directed by Sergio Martino.

DVD: NoShame (Italy). English/italian language options. Widescreen. Nice quality.

Shipwrecked criminals, fishmen, mad scientist, sunken city with gold treasure, greedy sociopathic aristocrat, voodoo natives, jungle traps, volcanic eruption, Barbara Bach... what more could you possibly want? A wonderful adventure film! 4/5

The Barbarians (1987)

2010-04-22T04:21:00.000-07:00

Fantasy. Italy/USA. Starring Peter Paul, David Paul, Richard Lynch, Eva La Rue & Michael Berryman. Directed by Ruggero Deodato.

DVD: Stormovie (Italy). English or italian language. Widescreen. A very dissapointing DVD release, looks like it was sourced from VHS. Well, at least we can finally see it in full widescreen...

Without the darling bodybuilder twins Peter and David Paul (the barbarian brothers!) this movie would have been pure shit, but since they're in most scenes and steals all of them, I really like it! Still, hardly one of Deodato's most inspired moments as a director. 3/5

Jane and the Lost City (1987)

2010-04-22T04:16:00.000-07:00

Adventure. UK/USA. Starring Kirsten Hughes, Sam J. Jones, Maud Adams & Jasper Carrott. Directed by Terry Marcel.

DVD: Anchor Bay (USA). English language. Widescreen. Nice quality.

Duel of the Champions (1961)

2010-04-22T04:05:00.000-07:00

Original title: Orazi e Curiazi

Peplum. Italy. Starring Alan Ladd, Robert Keith, Luciano Marin, Andrea Aureli & Franca Bettoia. Directed by Ferdinando Baldi & Terence Young.

EVC (Holland). BETA. English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Fine, medium-budget peplum with fading american moviestar Alan Ladd (who looks way too old for the hero part). 3/5

Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

2010-04-22T03:45:00.000-07:00

Original title: Ercole al Centro della Terra

Peplum. Italy. Starring Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson, Ida Galli, Rosalba Neri & Raf Baldassarre. Directed by Mario Bava & Franco Prosperi.

DVD: Fantoma (USA). English dubbed. Widescreen. Excellent quality!

Wonderful, trippy gothic-peplum! Bava demonstrates again his ability to create gold from nothing - this low budget film looks like a mega-budget epic and is hands down THE most visually imaginative peplas around. According to me and many others this is about as good as the genre gets! 5/5

Ursus (1961)

2010-04-22T03:32:00.000-07:00

Peplum. Italy/Spain. Starring Ed Fury, Cristina Gaioni, Moira Orfei, Soledad Miranda & Cris Huerta. Directed by Carlo Campogalliani.

PM Video Galaxy (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

This has got to be one of the worst video transfers ever: the scratchy pan-and-scan is bad enough in itself, but the whole thing is also drenched in red and green color to the point that it's almost like watching a 2D movie with 3D-glasses on! It seems like a fun flick but I just couldn't get through it in this wretched form...

The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

2010-04-22T03:21:00.000-07:00

Original title: Il Colosso di Rodi

Peplum. Italy/Spain/France. Starring Rory Calhoun, Georges Marchal, Lea Massari, Mimmo Palmara, Ángel Aranda, Carlo Tamberlani & Nello Pazzafini. Directed by Sergio Leone.

DVD: Warner (USA). English dubbed. Widescreen. Excellent quality!

Leone's directional debut is a really good, intriguing peplum with excellent FX and productions values (I suspect that the film was a lot cheaper than it looks though). My only complaint: Calhoun, while a reasonably good lead, is not buff enough to make it as a Hercules-type hero. 4/5

Carthage in Flames (1960)

2010-04-22T02:47:00.000-07:00

Original title: Cartagine in Fiamme

Peplum/Historical. Italy/France. Starring Pierre Brasseur, Terence Hill, Daniel Gélin & Anne Heywood. Directed by Carmine Gallone.

DVD: Sunfilm Entertainment (Germany). English or german language options. Letterboxed. Good quality.

War and intrigue between Carthage and Rome. OK but not the most exiting peplum in the world. 2/5

Gordon, the Black Pirate (1961)

2010-04-22T02:44:00.000-07:00

Original title: Gordon, il Pirata Nero

Pirate yarn. Italy. Starring Ricardo Montalban, Vincent Price & Liana Orfei. Directed by Mario Costa. Standard Video (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly).

Italian pirate film that plays everything just the right way. And it has Vincent Price as the villian! 4/5

Ark of the Sun God (1983)

2010-04-22T01:56:00.000-07:00

Original title: I Sopravvissuti della Città Morta

Indiana Jones-ripp off. Italy/Turkey. Starring David Warbeck, John Steiner, Susie Sudlow & Alan Collins. Directed by Antonio Margheriti.

DVD: Pulp Video (Italy). English language options. Widescreen. Pretty good quality.

This Indiana Jones-copy is pretty slow and a little bit bit boring, but picks up considerable during the last half hour. Warbeck does his usual poor-mans-Bond thing. 2/5

The Amazons (1973)

2010-04-22T01:50:00.000-07:00

Amazons/Peplum. Italy. Starring Alena Johnston, Malisa Longo, Rosanna Yanni & Helga Liné. Directed by Terence Young.

DVD: Cinefilm Imagico (Japan). English dubbed. Widescreen. Excellent quality! (108 min version)

Lovely pulp amazon-peplum with cheezy dialouge, nude wrestling, dominant women etc... one for the guys. 4/5

The Prisoner of the Iron Mask (1961)

2010-04-01T01:09:00.000-07:00

Original title: La Vendetta della Maschera di Ferro

Sword. Italy/France. Starring Michel Lemoine, Wandisa Guida, Andrea Bosic, Jany Clair & Nando Tamberlani. Directed by Henri Decoin & Francesco De Feo.

Cine Video Distribution (Belgium). French language with dutch subtitles. Letterboxed.

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

2010-04-01T01:07:00.000-07:00

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure. UK. Starring Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Cyd Charisse, Shane Rimmer & John Ratzenberger. Directed by Kevin Connor.

Thorn-Emi (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

Entertaining brittish fantasy flick. 3/5

Top Line (1988)

2010-04-01T00:39:00.000-07:00

Sci-Fi/Indiana Jones-copy etc. Starring Franco Nero, Deborah Moore, William Berger, Mary Stavin & George Kennedy. Directed by Nello Rossati.

SHV (Japan). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Bizarre, but enjoyable hybrid film that throws in a little bit of everything: sci-fi, action, adventure, horror, fantasy, stolen ideas from Indiana Jones and even the goddamned Terminator! A fun 90 minutes. 3/5

Raiders of the Magic Ivory (1988)

2010-03-24T07:35:00.001-07:00

Original title: I Predatori della Pietra Magica

Action/Indiana Jones-rippoff. Italy. Starring Christopher Ahrens, James Mitchum & Clarissa Mendez. Directed by Tonino Ricci.

HMV Movies (Japan). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Curious mixture of Rambo-style shoot 'em up action and Indiana Jones shenanegans with a little bit of sci-fi/fantasy thrown in for good measure. Cheap but not badely made... quite entertaining actually! 3/5

Rather Kiss a Cobra (1986)

2010-03-24T07:22:00.000-07:00

Original title: Meglio Baciare un Cobra

Indiana Jones-copy. Italy. Starring Andy J. Forest, Milly D'Abbraccio & Paul Muller. Directed by Massimo Pirri.

Tower Vison/Scanbox (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Even though it's supposed to be a Indy-rippoff this film plays like a dirty prison movie for the most part. Passable entertainment. 2/5

King Solomon's Treasure (1977)

2010-03-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

Adventure. UK/Canada. Starring David McCallum, Patrick Macnee, Britt Ekland, Véronique Béliveau & John Colicos. Directed by Alvin Rakoff.

Master Video (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

Maciste Contre la Reine des Amazones (1973)

2010-03-23T04:02:00.000-07:00

Jungle adventure/Amazons/Erotica. France. Starring Val Davis, Lina Romay, Robert Woods, Kali Hansa & Alice Arno. Directed by Jesus Franco.

VML (Holland). French language. Letterboxed.

Sexy amazon cheapie by the king of euro-sleaze, Jess Franco. Silly fun. Don't be fooled by the Maciste-title though, it has nothing at all to do with the peplum series - in fact it's more a sleaze film than even an adventure film. 3/5

La Esclava Blanca (1985)

2010-03-23T03:25:00.000-07:00

Jungle adventure. Spain. Starring Lina Romay, Mabel Escaño, Conchita Montes & Agustín Gil. Directed by Jesus Franco.

Video Fantasia (Spain). Spanish language. Fullscreen.

A couple of young newlyweds on honeymoon-safari are kidnapped by their guides and encounter savages, a gold treasure, a kung fu-kicking Lina Romay and much more... Very releaxed and entertaining no budget Franco flick, my favorite of his 1980s jungle adventures. 3/5

Gungala, Virgin of the Jungle (1967)

2010-03-23T03:11:00.000-07:00

Jungle Adventure. Italy. Starring Kitty Swan. Directed by Romano Ferrara.

Video Show (Venezuela). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Great "female Tarzan" flick with the lovely Kitty Swan, the queen of the jungle gals! 4/5

Messalina, Messalina! (1977)

2010-03-08T04:05:00.000-08:00

Sex comedy/Peplum. Italy. Starring Anneka Di Lorenzo, Tomas Milian, Vittorio Caprioli, Salvatore Borghese, Lori Wagner & Raf Luca. Directed by Bruno Corbucci.

VCI (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Lifeaffirming, playful, sensual comedy in toga and sandals from the acclaimed director of When Women Played Ding Dong and other subtle comic masterpieces that would make Jacques Tati green of envy... or maybe not. This lowbrow tits-'n-farts romp actually surprised me by being pretty funny (albeit in a retarded way) and fully watchable! Milian is great fun as always and the over-the-top Peter Jackson-style bloodbath near the end sure came as a nice surprise out of nowhere! If I didn't know better i'd say i've just given a Bruno Corbucci comedy a mild recommendation... you may kill me now. 3/5

The Mystery of Monster Island (1981)

2010-03-08T03:08:00.000-08:00

Original title: Misterio en la Isla de los Monstruos

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure. Spain/USA. Starring Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, David Hatton, Ian Sera, Blanca Estrada, Frank Braña, Paul Naschy, Gérard Tichy, Daniel Martín & Luis Barboo. Directed by Juan Piquer Simón.

CBS Fox Video (UK). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

I usually like J. P Simón's Jules Verne-films, but this is the exception: an abysmal film that doesn't work on any level. It will leave you irritated and annoyed at the poor level of filmmaking on display here. And Naschy fans needn't bother either: the lovable spanish bear is hardly in the film for a minute... 1/5

Hundra (1983)

2010-03-08T03:00:00.000-08:00

Fantasy/Amazons. Spain/USA. Starring Laurene Landon, Cihangir Gaffari, María Casal & Luis Lorenzo. Directed by Matt Cimber.

Thorn-Emi (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

Very cool and entertaining entry in the hot-amazon-warrior-kicking-male-butt genre, one of my sword and sorcery favorites. Another thing I liked: the film's "feminist message" feels a little less half-assed and more from the heart than in similiar b-films of the era, say something like Cirio H. Santiago's The Sisterhood or Corman's Barbarian Queen. 4/5

Hundra (1983)

2010-03-08T02:30:00.000-08:00

Fantasy/Amazons. Spain/USA. Starring Laurene Landon, Cihangir Gaffari, María Casal & Luis Lorenzo. Directed by Matt Cimber.

DVD: Subversive Cinema (USA). English language. Widescreen. Great quality. Disc includes the original Ennio Morricone soundtrack.

Very cool and entertaining entry in the hot-amazon-warrior-kicking-male-butt genre, one of my sword and sorcery favorites. Another thing I liked: the film's "feminist message" feels a little less half-assed and more from the heart than in similiar b-films of the era, say something like Cirio H. Santiago's The Sisterhood or Corman's Barbarian Queen. 4/5

Niebelungen Part 1: Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy (1966)

2010-03-08T01:59:00.000-08:00

Original title: Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried

Fantasy. West Germany/Yugoslavia. Starring Uwe Beyer, Rolf Henniger, Maria Marlow, Terence Hill, Hans von Borsody, Samson Burke & Fred Williams. Directed by Harald Reinl.

Video Alsen (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Visually imaginative and quite good Niebelungen adaption. But of course it's no match for the more poetic Fritz Lang silent version which, despite being made 40 years ealier, is better in every aspect, even in the special-FX department. Anyway, does anyone have part 2 of this thing? 3/5

Temple of the White Elephant (1964)

2010-03-08T01:11:00.000-08:00

Original title: Sandok, il Maciste Della Giungla

Exotic adventure. Italy/France. Starring Sean Flynn, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Alessandra Panaro, Mimmo Palmara, Arturo Dominici & Dakar. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

René Chateau Video (France). French dubbed. Widescreen. SECAM.

Hrafninn Flýgur (1984)

2010-03-07T04:23:00.001-08:00

a.k.a Revenge of the Barbarians

Vikings/Adventure. Iceland. Starring Egill Ólafsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Flosi Ólafsson, Gotti Sigurdarson & Helgi Skúlason. Directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.

Thorn-Emi (Sweden). Icelandic language with swedish subtitles. Fullscreen.

It must be 15 years since I saw this one... I remember it as quite good but really need to revisit it.

The Black Duke (1963)

2010-03-07T04:08:00.000-08:00

Original title: Il Duca Nero

Sword. Italy/Spain. Starring Cameron Mitchell, Conrado San Martín, Maria Grazia Spina, Gloria Milland, Robert Dean & Franco Fantasia. Directed by Pino Mercanti.

Video Cronos (Greece). German dubbed. Fullscreen.

Surcouf, L'eroe dei Sette Mari (1966)

2010-03-07T03:32:00.000-08:00

Pirate. Spain/Italy/France. Starring Gérard Barray, Antonella Lualdi, Terence Morgan, Gérard Tichy, Giani Esposito, Fernando Sancho, Aldo Sambrell & Luis Barboo. Directed by Sergio Bergonzelli & Roy Rowland.

Xphema Video Ltd. (Greece). French language with greek subtitles. Fullscreen.

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

2010-03-07T03:17:00.000-08:00

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure. UK. Starring Doug McClure, Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie & Thorley Walters. Directed by Kevin Connor.

DVD: MGM Midnite Movies (USA). English language. Widescreen. Very good quality.

In my opinion the weakest of all of Connor's victorian fantasy films. 2/5

The Land That Time Forgot (1975)

2010-03-07T02:20:00.001-08:00

Fantasy/Adventure. UK/USA. Starring Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon & Keith Barron. Directed by Kevin Connor.

DVD: MGM Midnite Movies (USA). English language. Widescreen. Great quality.

The first of many brittish boys' adventures with stop-motion dinosaurs that Kevin Connor cranked out like a one-man fantasy factory during the seventies. It was some time since I saw these but I remember liking them all (except the dull The People That Time Forgot). Doug McClure is the man. 3/5

At the Earth's Core (1976)

2010-03-07T00:35:00.000-08:00

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure. UK. Starring Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro & Sean Lynch. Directed by Kevin Connor.

MGM Midnite Movies (USA). Widescreen. English language. Very good quality.

What this movie lacks in big budget monsters and FX it more than makes up in charm. Another entertaining Kevin Connor flick that won't dissapoint fans of victorian fantasy adventures that ends with volcanic eruptions. 3/5

War Gods of the Deep (1965)

2010-03-07T00:21:00.000-08:00

a.k.a The City Under the Sea

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure. UK. Starring Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson & Susan Hart. Directed by Jacques Tourneur.

DVD: MGM Midnite Movies (USA). English language. Widescreen. Very good quality.

After an interesting first half this movie turns into another lame big studio moneyburner with too many boring underwater scenes. Tourneur's director skills was better suited for thrillers. 2/5

Fantastic Balloon Voyage (1975)

2010-03-07T00:19:00.000-08:00

Original title: Viaje Fantástico en Globo

Adventure. Mexico. Starring Hugo Stiglitz, Jeff Cooper, Carlos East, Carmen Vicarte & René Cardona. Directed by René Cardona Jr.

DVD: DistriMax Inc. (USA). Spanish language with english subtitles. Fullscreen. Watchable quality.

Wonderful Jules Verne adaption by the Cardona's - dry as dust, just the way you like 'em! 4/5

Un Pirata de Doce Años (1972)

2010-03-06T23:45:00.000-08:00

Pirate yarn. Mexico. Starring Hugo Stiglitz, René Cardona III & Christa Linder. Directed by René Cardona Jr.

DVD: DistriMax Inc. (USA). Spanish language with english subtitles. Fullscreen. Watchable quality.

Very obscure pirate flick by René Carona Jr, one of my favorite directors when it comes to stiff genre cinema. A crew of goodhearted English pirates get their ship sunken by the evil spaniards. Their bad luck continues when they are washed ashore on an island used as a Spanish military training camp. Most of the crew are quickly killed off by the spaniards until only the pirates with clear character features remain: The heroic pirate leader (Cardona-favorite Hugo Stiglitz), the kid hero (René Cardona III - aaargh, it never ends!), the Indian (good at scouting and a good listener), the one-eyed brute (good at kicking Spanish asses) and a longhaired, bearded pirate who looks like a overweight middleage hippie (he - uhm- likes to spit a lot). When the pirates realise the spaniards are holding an English noble lady and her kids and chambermaid hostage they decide to go an a rescue mission and try to escape through the jungle. With the Spanish breathing down their neck they encounter cannibals, quicksand and dangerous animals on their way to freedom. I enjoyed this flick quite a lot. The film offers lots of dated swashbuckling fun to be had and there's never long between the swordsplay, crocodile attacks or cannibal ambushs. Fans of bad models will enjoy the sinking of the model ship, Antonio Margheriti would be proud. Add some crisp photography and good locations and you have 90 entertaining minutes. 4/5

Golden Temple Amazons (1986)

2010-03-06T02:41:00.000-08:00

Original title: Les Amazones du Temple D'or

Amazons/Jungle adventure. France. Starring Analía Ivars, William Berger, Antonio Mayans, Olivier Mathot, Eva León, Lina Romay, Alicia Príncipe & Emilio Linder. Directed by Alain Payet & Jesus Franco.

DVD: Shriek Show (USA). English dubbed. Widescreen. Good quality. The DVD cover has the credits confused with Franco's (better) Maciste Contre la Reine des Amazones!

Really, really dumb Eurociné cheapie that I believe was started by Franco and finished by pornographer Alain Payet. Pretty funny little film. 2/5

The Gorilla Kid (1977)

2010-03-06T02:37:00.001-08:00

Original title: El Rey de los Gorillas

Jungle adventure. Mexico. Starring Hugo Stiglitz. Directed by René Cardona Jr.

DistriMax Inc. (USA). Spanish with english subtitles. Fullscreen. Not the best quality but just the subtitles makes it a must!

An infant is raised by men in gorilla costumes and grows up to be Hugo Stiglitz, the mexican and slightly more romantic Tarzan! As you understand this is 100% classic. Films don't get much better than this! 5/5

The Trojan War (1961)

2010-03-06T02:32:00.000-08:00

Original title: La Guerra di Troia

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Steve Reeves, John Drew Barrymore, Edy Vessel, Arturo Dominici, Lidia Alfonsi, Mimmo Palmara & Carlo Tamberlani. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

DVD: New Entertainment (Germany)English/german language options. Widescreen. Nice quality.

Well-made, above average sword and sandal spectacle with Steve Reeves. 3/5

Goliath and the Dragon (1960) + Conqueror of Atlantis (1965)

2010-03-06T02:26:00.000-08:00

Original title: La Vendetta di Ercole

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Mark Forest, Wandisa Guida, Gaby André & Broderick Crawford. Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.

DVD: Something Weird (USA). English dubbed. Widescreen. Nice quality. Edited US version. This DVD also includes Alfonso Brescia's highly entertaining 1965 peplum Conqueror of Atlantis in which Kirk Morris romances a princess and fights a mad sorcerer, robot-men and a bunch of arabs! Conqueror is presented in a watchable fullscreen print. (4/5)

Good, clean Cottafavi fun with Mark Forest! 4/5

Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964) + The Witch's Curse (1962)

2010-03-06T01:37:00.000-08:00

Original title: Maciste e la Regina di Samar

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Alan Steel, Jany Clair & Anna Maria Polani. Directed by Giacomo Gentilomo.

DVD: Something Weird (USA). English dubbed. Widescreen. Good quality. This DVD also includes a low quality, fullscreen, shortened US version of Freda's fantastic horror-peplum The Witch's Curse.

Wonderful, mega-cheezy sci-fi/peplum classic! Leave all your pretentions at the door and enjoy the silly ride! (it would take almost 20 years before someone managed to top this one in good-natured, naive silly fun: that one being sci-fi-nerd-turned-director Luigi Cozzi and his adorable little films Starcrash and Hercules I & II) 4/5

Erik the Conqueror (1961)

2010-03-06T01:28:00.000-08:00

Original title: Gli Invasori

Peplum/Vikings. Italy/France. Cameron Mitchell, George Ardisson, Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler, Raf Baldassarre & Joe Robinson. Directed by Mario Bava.

DVD: Anchor Bay (USA). English dubbed. Widescreen. Excellent quality.

Excellent, beautifully shot viking epic! Looks much more expensive than it really was. One of Bava's best non-horror films. 4/5

Caesar the Conqueror (1962)

2010-03-06T01:22:00.000-08:00

Original title: Giulio Cesare, il Conquistatore delle Gallie

Peplum/Historical. Italy. Starring Cameron Mitchell, Rik Battaglia, Dominique Wilms, Carlo Tamberlani, Carla Calò & Bruno Tocci. Directed by Tanio Boccia.

DVD: Historical Cinema Collection (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen. OK quality.

The Barbarians (1953)

2010-03-05T06:52:00.000-08:00

Original title: Il Sacco di Roma

Sword. Italy. Starring Pierre Cressoy, Hélène Rémy, Luigi Tosi, Alfredo Varelli & Vittorio Sanipoli. Directed by Ferruccio Cerio.

DVD: Wellspring (USA). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)

2010-03-05T06:42:00.000-08:00

Original title: I Acciatori del Cobra D'oro

Indiana Jones-rippoff. Italy. Starring David Warbeck, Alan Collins, John Steiner & Almanta Suska. Directed by Antonio Margheriti.

Hemvideo Film (Sweden). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Fun, action-packed Indiana Jones-clone by Margheriti. 3/5

Uomi Forti (2006)

2010-03-05T06:06:00.000-08:00

a.k.a Iron Men

Peplum related documentary. Italy. Directed by Steve Dalla Casa.

DVD: Istituto Luce (Italy). Italian with english subtitles. Fullscreen.

Uomi Forti is a documentary chronicling the Italian peplum / sword and sandal genre from Hercules - Maciste - Samson - Goliath to Ursus. The film details the rise of the "strong man", the director and various actresses who would make the genre popular worldwide. Interviews with Carlo Verdone, Enrico Lucherini, Carlo Lizzani, Citto Maselli, Rosalba Neri & Mimmo Palmara. 3/5

Pontius Pilate (1962)

2010-03-05T05:59:00.000-08:00

Original title: Ponzio Pilato

Biblical/Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Jean Marais, Basil Rathbone, John Drew Barrymore,
Jeanne Crain, Massimo Serato, Livio Lorenzon, Gianni Garko & Paul Muller. Directed by Gian Paolo Callegari & Irving Rapper.

Manhattan Video (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (1983)

2010-02-28T23:26:00.000-08:00

Original title: El Tesoro de la Diosa Blanca

Jungle adventure. Spain/France. Starring Katja Bienert, Antonio Mayans, Aline Mess, Olivier Mathot, Daniel White, Lina Romay & Daniel Katz. Directed by Jesus Franco.

DVD: Shriek Show (USA). Widescreen. English dubbed. Good quality.

I was heavily intoxicated when I saw this (perhaps that's the proper way to watch it) but I remember quite liking it. Franco at his silliest. 3/5

Gwendoline (1984)

2010-02-28T23:09:00.000-08:00

Erotic Indiana Jones-ripp off. France. Starring Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman, Bernadette Lafont & Jean Rougerie. Directed by Just Jaeckin.

DVD: Severin (USA). Widescreen. English/french language options. Very good quality.

Emmanuelle-director Jacking clearly has no feel for the adventure genre. But at least he has the sense to throw in some S/M Amazons just when you're about to give up from boredom... 2/5

Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983)

2010-02-25T01:50:00.000-08:00

Fantasy. UK. Starring Richard Hatch, John Saxon, Kay Lenz, Peter O'Farrell & Kenneth Hendel. Directed by Terry Marcel.

IP (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

Marcel, the man behind Hawk the Slayer obviously picked up a thing or two since his first stab at directing because this is a much professional looking and entertaining film. Good fun. 3/5

The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) + Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei (1913)

2010-02-24T11:40:00.000-08:00

Original title: Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei

Peplum. Italy. Starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Fernando Rey, Mimmo Palmara & Carlo Tamberlani. Directed by Mario Bonnard & Sergio Leone.

Marketing Film (Germany). English/german/italian language options. Widescreen. Very good quality. This 2-disc edition also includes the 1913 silent Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei (sadly no english options there).

Well made, glossy peplum with impressive earthquake FX by Leone. 3/5

Goliath Against the Giants (1961)

2010-02-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

Original title: Goliath Contro i Giganti

Peplum. Italy/Spain. Starring Brad Harris, Gloria Milland, Fernando Rey & Nello Pazzafini. Directed by Guido Malatesta.

DVD: RHV (Italy). English/italian language options. Widescreen. Very good quality.

Silly Malatesta-fun with giants, seamonsters, amazons, an evil king etc. Entertaining! 3/5

Samson (1961)

2010-02-24T11:09:00.000-08:00

Original title: Sansone

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Brad Harris, Alan Steel, Serge Gainsbourg, Luisella Boni, Carlo Tamberlani & Mara Berni. Directed by Gianfranco Parolini.

RHV (Italy). English/italian language options. Widescreen. Very good quality.

Brad Harris hero has no connection to the longhaired biblical except for the name in this pretty entertaining peplum. Watch out for Serge Gainsbourg as the weasly villian! 3/5