Two Gladiators (1964)

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

Sandokan Fights Back (1964)

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 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

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

Temple of the White Elephant (1964)

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.

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

Rome Against Rome (1964)

Original title: Roma contro Roma

Peplum. Italy. Starring John Drew Barrymore, Susy Andersen, Ettore Manni, Ida Galli & Philippe Hersent. Directed by Giuseppe Vari.

Jef Films (UK). English dubbed. Fullscreen. OK quality.

Very good peplum with lots of horror overtones. They even throw in an army of zombies! Deserves a better DVD than this (the image is pretty clear and the colors are good but the fullscreen was a downer. Also it's the shortened version. The shitheads at Jef Films strike again...). 4/5

Maciste, Gladiator of Sparta (1964)

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

Angélique (1964)

Original title: Angélique, Marquise des Anges

Romance/Adventure. France/West Germany/Italy. Starring Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein,
Jean Rochefort, Giuliano Gemma & Claude Giraud. Directed by Bernard Borderie.

Wahlters/Romantic (Sweden). Selltape. Fullscreen. French with swedish subtitles.

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

Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)

Original title: La Rivolta dei Pretoriani

Peplum. Italy. Starring Richard Harrison, Moira Orfei, Piero Lulli & Giuliano Gemma. Directed by Alfonso Brescia.

A*G*M Home Video (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen. My tape has bad playback.

Three Sergeants of Bengal (1964)

Original title: I Tre Sergenti del Bengala

Exotic adventure. Spain/Italy. Starring Richard Harrison, Wandisa Guida, Ugo Sasso, Andrea Bosic, Aldo Sambrell & Dakar. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Stiff, but pretty good exotic adventure from Mr. Lenzi. 3/5

Sinbad and the 7 Saracens (1964)

Original title: Sinbad Contro i Sette Saraceni

Arabian fantasy. Italy. Starring Gordon Mitchell, Bruno Piergentili, Bella Cortez, Carla Calò, Maria Pia Conte & Luigi Tosi. Directed by Emimmo Salvi.

Rex Films (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Hercules and the Black Pirate (1964)

Original title: Sansone Contro il Corsaro Nero

Peplum/Pirate yarn. Italy. Starring Alan Steel, Rosalba Neri, Piero Lulli & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

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

Fun mixture of sword and sandal and pirate film. 3/5

Arm of Fire (1964)

Original title: Il Colosso di Roma

Peplum. Italy. Starring Gordon Scott, Massimo Serato, Gabriella Pallotta, Maria Pia Conte & Philippe Hersent. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

King Movies (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Well made, if pretty standard, peplum. Ferroni knows his craft. 3/5

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

The Magnificent Gladiator (1964)

Original title: Il Magnifico Gladiatore

Peplum. Starring Mark Forest & Marilù Tolo. Directed by Alfonso Brescia.

Delta Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Another one of those not worthless, but unremarkable peplas you have to sit through to discover the hidden jewels. But look at the homoerotic cover art! Amazing! 2/5

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964)

Original title: Gli Invincibili Dieci Gladiatori

Peplum. Italy. Starring Dan Vadis, Helga Liné, Alfredo Varelli, Sal Borgese, Jeff Cameron. Directed by Nick Nostro.

Worldwide Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

A bunch of really gay gladiators who all look like Chippendales-dancers and refuse to use shirts team up with Spartacus to overthrow and evil king. Cheezy but fun peplum that must be one of Dan Vadis' best. 3/5

The Lion of Thebes (1964)

Original title: Leone di Tebe

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Mark Forrest, Yvonne Furneaux, Massimo Serato, Pierre Cressoy, Alberto Lupo, Rosalba Neri & Carlo Tamberlani. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

King Movies (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Fine peplum. 3/5

Knights of Terror (1964)

Sword. Italy/France/Spain. Starring Tony Russell, Yves Vincent, Scilla Gabel, Carla Calò & Pilar Clemens. Directed by Mario Costa.

EVC (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Superior gothic swashbuckler. Recommended! 4/5