Här Kommer Bärsärkarna (1966)

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

The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)

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

The Mystery of Monster Island (1981)

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

Ator the Invincible (1984)

Original title: Ator L'invincibile 2

Fantasy. Italy. Starring Miles O'Keeffe, Lisa Foster, David Brandon, Charles Borromel & Salvatore Baccaro. Directed by Joe D'Amato.

VTC (UK). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

I like all the other Ator's so I should like this too, but I find it boring beyond words. Just writing about it now makes me sleepy. If only the film was as good as the cover... 1/5

When Women Played Ding Dong (1971)

Original title: Quando gli Uomini Armarono la Clava e... Con le Donne Fecero Din-Don

Sex comedy/Fantasy. Italy. Starring Antonio Sabato, Gisela Hahn, Nadia Cassini, Howard Ross, Lucretia Love & Aldo Giuffrè. Directed by Bruno Corbucci (who else?).

Miracle Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

This downright retarded stoneage slapstick sex comedy is like When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth on horse tranquilizers. Proceed with extreme caution! The stoneage rock band and Antonio Sabata's Iron Maiden-wig has got to be seen though... 1/5

Mystery of Thug Island (1965)

Original title: I Misteri della Giungla Nera

Exotic adventure. Italy/Monaco/West Germany. Starring Guy Madison, Ingeborg Schöner & Giacomo Rossi-Stuart. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

Original Video (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Veeery dull bengal adventure. 1/5

Coriolanus: Hero Without a Country (1964)

Original title: Coriolano: Eroe Senza Patria

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Gordon Scott, Alberto Lupo, Lilla Brignone, Philippe Hersent, Rosalba Neri & Pierre Cressoy. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

VCI (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Deadly dull peplum. Just a lot of talk, talk, talk in the roman senate. And it's not even good drama. Recommended to insomniacs. 1/5

Cleopatra's Daughter (1960)

Original title: Il Sepolcro dei Re

Peplum/Romance. Italy/France. Starring Debra Paget, Ettore Manni, Corrado Pani, Erno Crisa & Rosalba Neri. Directed by Fernando Cerchio.

PZ Video Films (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Worthless peplum melodrama. 1/5

Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964)

Original title: Ercole Contro i Figli del Sole

Peplum. Italy/Spain. Starring Mark Forest, Anna Maria Panaro, Giuliano Gemma, Andrea Scotti & Ángela Rhu. Directed by Osvaldo Civirani.

Pirate Video (UK). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly).

Hercules travels to South America in this Grade Z peplum. So bad it's... just bad. 1/5

Black Devils of Kali (1954)

Original title: La Vendetta dei Tughs

Exotic adventure. Italy. Starring Lex Barker, Franco Balducci, Fiorella Mari & Paul Muller. Directed by Gian Paolo Callegari & Ralph Murphy.

EKO (UK). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Boring crap. Reminded me most of best forgotten american "B" adventure movies, completely lacking the energy, spirit and pulp poetry of the 1960s italian adventure film. Great cover though! 1/5

The Black Tulip (1964)

Original title: Le Tulipe Noire

Sword. France/Italy/Spain. Starring Alain Delon & Virna Lisi. Directed by Christian-Jaque.

VLC (UK). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Seriously annoying Zorro-type film set during the french revolution. Watch the 1975 Zorro instead if you want Delon in swashbuckling mode. 1/5

Crazy Jungle Adventure (1982)

Original title: Im Dschungel ist der Teufel Los

Comedy/Jungle adventure. Germany. Starring James Mitchum & Werner Pochath. Directed by Harald Reinl.

God-awful jungle slapstick comedy in the Bud Spencer tradition. See Devil Hunter instead if you want to see Werner Pochath in the jungle! This is thankfully not longer in my collection. 1/5

Strogoff (1970)

Adventure. Italy/France/Germany/Bulgary. Starring John Phillip Law & Mimsy Farmer. Directed by Eriprando Visconti.

Carrey Video (Greece). French language with greek subtitles. Fullscreen.

Deadly dull adaption of Jules Verne's great novel Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar. The french language and the bad print on the greek tape I have didn't help either... 1/5

Mark of Zorro (1976)

Original title: Ah Sì? E io lo Dico a Zzzzorro!

Zorro/Comedy. Italy/Spain. Starring George Hilton & Lionel Stander. Directed by Franco Lo Cascio.

Barium Video (Finland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Painfully unfunny Zorro slapstick comedy. After 45 minutes I felt like banging my head against the wall and had to press "eject" for the sake of my sanity. I'm not surprised the director went on to direct porn... 1/5

The Triumph of Robin Hood (1962)

Original title: Il Trionfo di Robin Hood

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

Pyrsos Video (Greece). English dubbed. 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

The Mongols (1961)

Original title: I Mongoli

Peplum/Historical. Italy/France. Starring Jack Palance & Anita Ekberg. Directed by André De Toth, Leopoldo Savona & Riccardo Freda.

Continental Video (Sweden). English dubbed. Fullscreen. Terrible pan-and-scanned print.

Boring "raiding mongolians" peplum. 1/5