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

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

Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963)

Original title: Brenno il Nemico di Roma

Peplum. Italy. Starring Gordon Mitchell, Massimo Serato, Tony Kendall ,Ursula Davis, Carla Calò & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Giacomo Gentilomo.

Venus Video (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen. Nice print!

Wonderful peplum that really showcases Gordon Mitchell strenghts in roles like "ruthless warrior chief"! Very well made, very entertaining... and surprisingly violent and dark in tone for a sword and sandal flick (even the kid hero dies!). One of my personal favorites, highly recommended! 4/5

Goliath and the Vampires (1961)

Original title: Maciste contro il Vampiro

Peplum. Italy. Starring Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale & Jacques Sernas. Directed by Sergio Corbucci & Giacomo Gentilomo.

Mariann Video (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! Goliath gets my vote for the best ever peplum - and one of all-time favorites of any genre I might add. This film is the essance of everything that is fun and entertaining with the peplum - there's just no beating it! 5/5

The Last of the Vikings (1961)

Original title: L'ultimo dei Vikinghi

Peplum/Vikings. Italy/France. Starring Cameron Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, George Ardison, Andrea Aureli, Piero Lulli. Directed by Giacomo Gentilomo & Mario Bava.

U.S. Videomovies (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Very entertaining and nicely shot viking peplum with one of the sickliest and most pathetic screen villians ever - it took me half of the pictures running time to realise he was NOT a hunchback! Maybe not the most historically correct depictions of the life of the vikings, but who cares? 4/5