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horrorfilmx		#41	[-]
May 26 10 9:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mike Mariano wrote: Giacomo Gentilomo's DRAGON'S BLOOD is out on DVD in Europe, from Artus Films, under the title LE CHEVALIER BLANC. It definitely has a dragon--there were pics in a past Filmfax issue. It looks like there's a copy or two of the DVD available at Amazon France. Ah, that's right, it's Italian and not German. Maybe it's the Germanic subject matter that always confuses me. Lang's silent Siegfried, by the way, has a dragon sequence that blew me away when I first saw it. One of the great things about pre-CGI movies are those occasional "How the hell did they do that?" moments. One off-beat movie that might qualify as peplum is The Barbarians, with those rockin' twin Barbarian Brothers. It's really a comedy, and the humor is Stooge level if that, but it's pretty funny for what it is. And speaking of peplum comedies, Colossus and the Amazon Queen is an absolute hoot. Like a Road movie with muscles.
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BijouBob8mm		#42	[-]
May 26 10 4:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Wild East DVD of GOLIATH AND THE VAMPIRES is a scope print, but the color is actually a bit washed out, on the brownish/reddish side. Still, it's the only way to see a widescreen version of the film. There's a widescreen DVD-R of it available through Creepy Classics. The color's not bad...I'd be curious to compare it with the Wild East print. how does anyone feel about the Lou Ferrigno Hercules from ' 83? Having only caught part of it on cable, I took a chance and picked up the DVD double feature of both of Ferrigno's Hercules films. He was good in the role, but the mechanical critter that showed up at one point made me think of how many people howled at Bubo the Owl in CLASH OF THE TITANS. So many of those Canon and/or Golan/Globus things took good ideas and just seemed to repeatedly drop the ball. And WTF was up with using those animated outlines of 1933's King Kong in that second Herc flick? Also took a chance with Ferrigno's SINBAD. You know, if it weren't for the awful use of voice-over as the mother reads the story to her kid, this might have been halfway entertaining. Even for a children's film, the narration was just too dumbed-down.
Jobla.scarletstreet		#43	[-]
Jun 1 10 1:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bob, from what little I know about Creepy Classics, I would guess that their "master" is in fact a copy of Wild East's GOLIATH AND THE VAMPIRES. Call me a cynic, if you wish.
Squashpants	It's Time Again To Resurrect Older Threads	#44	[-]
Apr 3 11 6:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BoLorKay wrote:m in question I wo Are there any Steve Reeves fans, here ? Yeah, I loved him in "Jail Bait" (Edward D. Wood, Jr.). "Men, there's a drive-in movie full of juicy people! Wow! " - PIC Mosquito Coil Ad
Squashpants	It's Time Again To Resurrect Older Threads	#45	[-]
Apr 3 11 6:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	An anecdote about my childhood experience with peplum. My stepdad, a merchant seaman, wandered in one day when I was watching a Sons of Hercules pic on TV, and made the comment that he liked Italian "Hercules" movies because the actresses never wore bras. Well, I don't know what he was watching, coz the only one of these movies that I have seen that fit that bill was "Warrior Empress". Susy Anderson was gloriously untrussed. "Men, there's a drive-in movie full of juicy people! Wow! " - PIC Mosquito Coil Ad
Jobla.scarletstreet		#46	[-]
Apr 4 11 1:25 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The thing that alwasy kills me about Embassy Pictues' SONS OF HERCULES TV series is that no one ever found out who the singing group was who recorded that great theme song. I wonder if those musicians have any idea that some of the Sons of Hercules films are available on home video?
Squashpants		#47	[-]
Apr 6 11 12:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jobla wrote: The thing that alwasy kills me about Embassy Pictues' SONS OF HERCULES TV series is that no one ever found out who the singing group was who recorded that great theme song. I wonder if those musicians have any idea that some of the Sons of Hercules films are available on home video? Gee, Wally, do ya think any of those musicians are still alive? "Men, there's a drive-in movie full of juicy people! Wow! " - PIC Mosquito Coil Ad
gorgozilla		#48	[-]
Apr 6 11 8:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	horrorfilmx wrote: If big guys with muscles ain't throwing rocks and trees and columns around someone ain't doing something right. Exactly! Any successful sword-and-sandal flick has to have at least 1/2 of these ingredients, and the best ones have all of them: 1. Muscleman hero must pick up lots of impossibly heavy objects and throw them at bad guys. (Extra points if the boulders knock them off their horses.) 2. Monsters- the more, the better. 3. The heroine must be hot. 4. The evil queen must be hotter. 5. Half of the characters must be dubbed by the same deep-voiced guy. 6. Lots of kettle drum and French horn, and/or that "Mighty Sons of Hercules" song!
timothymayer		#49	[-]
Apr 6 11 9:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Last weekend I went with my wife and watched THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES at a local art theater. There weren't too many people- a number of parents brought their kids. But I can't think of a better way to enjoy a Sunday afternoon than watching a B&W flick from the 60's on a big screen. "It's alive!" Z7 Headquarters
Monsterpal		#50	[-]
Apr 6 11 9:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	gorgozilla wrote: horrorfilmx wrote: If big guys with muscles ain't throwing rocks and trees and columns around someone ain't doing something right. Exactly! Any successful sword-and-sandal flick has to have at least 1/2 of these ingredients, and the best ones have all of them: 1. Muscleman hero must pick up lots of impossibly heavy objects and throw them at bad guys. (Extra points if the boulders knock them off their horses.) 2. Monsters- the more, the better. 3. The heroine must be hot. 4. The evil queen must be hotter. 5. Half of the characters must be dubbed by the same deep-voiced guy. 6. Lots of kettle drum and French horn, and/or that "Mighty Sons of Hercules" song! Yes, those are the essentials. An optional ingredient is the hero tied to rearing horses who are unable to split him in half no matter how loudly they whinny.
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horrorfilmx		#51	[-]
Apr 7 11 6:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	timothymayer wrote: ... THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES at a local art theater. That's it --- my mind is officially boggled.
Rapfred		#52	[-]
Apr 7 11 5:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	gorgozilla wrote: Any successful sword-and-sandal flick has to have at least 1/2 of these ingredients, and the best ones have all of them: 1. Muscleman hero must pick up lots of impossibly heavy objects and throw them at bad guys. (Extra points if the boulders knock them off their horses.) 2. Monsters- the more, the better. 3. The heroine must be hot. 4. The evil queen must be hotter. 5. Half of the characters must be dubbed by the same deep-voiced guy. 6. Lots of kettle drum and French horn, and/or that "Mighty Sons of Hercules" song! I would also include a sexy dance sequence featuring a skimpily attired hottie with whiplash hips and a come-hither belly button (i.e., Chelo Alonso or Bella Cortez) backed by a chorus line of vestal virgins in diaphanous finery by Frederick's of Abruzzi. Last Edited By: Rapfred Apr 7 11 5:17 PM. Edited 1 times.
horrorfilmx		#53	[-]
Apr 7 11 6:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And don't forget "Footwear by Pompeii".
Squashpants		#54	[-]
Apr 7 11 7:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	timothymayer wrote: Last weekend I went with my wife and watched THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES at a local art theater. There weren't too many people- a number of parents brought their kids. But I can't think of a better way to enjoy a Sunday afternoon than watching a B&W flick from the 60's on a big screen. I can, but since this is a family board, let me just say that your activity is a mighty fine way to enjoy a Sunday afternoon. Yes, indeedy. "Men, there's a drive-in movie full of juicy people! Wow! " - PIC Mosquito Coil Ad
Monsterpal		#55	[-]
Apr 16 11 1:38 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	horrorfilmx wrote: And don't forget "Footwear by Pompeii". Yes, that credit seems to be in every one of them. Have we mentioned the comic relief sidekick midgets?
Grant		#56	[-]
Apr 16 11 7:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know I mention it a lot, but I think Conqueror of Atlantis has a lot going for it, and not just the "trippy" SF and mad scientist and zombies. SPOILERS It has two desert tribes who are fighting because outsiders are making sure they keep fighting, because it suits their own interests. (Hmm.) It surprises you by having a more violent than usual hero, with Herakles not only killing the mad scientist, but going all Mike Hammer on the evil queen and her female helpers. It has its own sort of "P---- Galore" character, although a minor one. Kirk Morris always seems stuck between a Peplum drama and a Peplum COMEDY (no wonder he was in one of the few actual comedy ones), but I mean that in a GOOD way. And as far as (relatively) small things, it tries to get kind of "Classical" by calling him Heracles / Herakles instead of Hercules (at least in the dubbed version).
Rick		#57	[-]
Apr 16 11 12:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My ex-cousin-in-law from Italy actually worked on several pepla and told me a wonderful story about one of them, but, unfortunately had no idea of the title. Matter of fact, he told me about numerous movies he'd worked on and said he'd never known any of the titles. I was able to identify one for him (CAST A GIANT SHADOW) simply because of the big name stars he remembered.
BijouBob8mm		#58	[-]
Apr 16 11 2:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The thing that alwasy kills me about Embassy Pictues' SONS OF HERCULES TV series is that no one ever found out who the singing group was who recorded that great theme song. Every time I hear that song, it gives me flashbacks to when my parents would take us to the drive-in when I was a kid in the Sixties. Before the first film would start, one local drive-in always had music blaring over the speakers before the lights above the screen would go out, and it was always music you'd never hear anywhere else. The "Sons of Hercules" theme may have not been one of the actual songs, but it sounds a lot like some of the tunes they would pipe in. Every so often, the music would be interrupted by announcements over the speaker about the concession stand, then the music would resume. Gee, Wally, do ya think any of those musicians are still alive? Steve and Eydie are still with us, so it's possible. (And then there's Mick & Keith, but I think they use preservatives.) Last Edited By: BijouBob8mm Apr 16 11 2:41 PM. Edited 1 times.
horrorfilmx		#59	[-]
Apr 16 11 2:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: My ex-cousin-in-law from Italy actually worked on several pepla and told me a wonderful story about one of them, but, unfortunately had no idea of the title. Yeah? So do we have to wait for your memoirs to hear the story????
Rick		#60	[-]
Apr 16 11 5:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I knew somebody was gonna ask that. The problem is that it's a story that deserves to be heard, not read, and one that played best in my cuz's broken (shattered!) English and thick Italian accent. But... He was a Roman (or something) guard atop a castle wall, carrying a spear, the whole deal. He had been told to simply walk back and forth along the wall, guard-like. But, being just a set and not actually a castle, he was walking along a platform or scaffold of some kind, which was only 8-10 feet long. So he'd march from one end of the platform to the other, turn around and etc. The director yelled up to him to walk all the way along the wall to the end, why was he marching such a short distance? and so on. My cousin tried to explain to the director, but the guy refused to let him get a word in. Herr Direktor was soon screaming and turning red, insisting that my cousin walk and keep walking. So cuz shrugged and walked right off the platform, dropping out of sight. The drop wasn't that high and he fell on a pile of soft sand. Everybody except the director burst into laughter, an assistant told cuz to just do what he had been doing. He never heard from the director again. Even better were the comments he had on the big American stars he'd worked with..."John-a Wayne...drunk-a.....Frank-a Sinatra...drunk-a.....Kirk-a Douglas-a....drunk-a.....Charla-tone-a Heston-a...eembahceel !"
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