The Invincible Brothers Maciste (1964)

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

Erik the Viking (1965)

Original title: Erik, Il Vichingo

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

Unicorn Video (USA). English dubbed. 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 Thief of Baghdad (1978)

Arabian fantasy. UK/France. Starring Kabir Bedi, Roddy McDowall, Roddy McDowall, Terence Stamp, Frank Finlay & Marina Vlady. Directed by Clive Donner.

Video Gems (USA). English language. Fullscreen.

Colorful arabian fantasy - very entertaining and totally undeserving of its obscurity. Kabir Bedi plays the dashing hero and a fine job he does. 4/5

The Executioner of Venice (1963)

Original title: Il Boia di Venezia

Sword. Italy. Starring Lex Barker, Guy Madison, Alessandra Panaro ,Mario Petri, Alberto Farnese & Raf Baldassarre. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

Force Video (USA). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Quite good little costume adventure in which Barker and Madison are pitted against each other. 3/5

Devil's Crude (1971)

Adventure. Italy. Starring Franco Nero & Francisco Rabal. Directed by Tommaso Dazzi.

Trans World (USA). English dubbed. Fullscreen.