King Solomon's Treasure (1977)

Adventure. UK/Canada. Starring David McCallum, Patrick Macnee, Britt Ekland, Véronique Béliveau & John Colicos. Directed by Alvin Rakoff.

Master Video (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

Messalina, Messalina! (1977)

Sex comedy/Peplum. Italy. Starring Anneka Di Lorenzo, Tomas Milian, Vittorio Caprioli, Salvatore Borghese, Lori Wagner & Raf Luca. Directed by Bruno Corbucci.

VCI (Greece). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Lifeaffirming, playful, sensual comedy in toga and sandals from the acclaimed director of When Women Played Ding Dong and other subtle comic masterpieces that would make Jacques Tati green of envy... or maybe not. This lowbrow tits-'n-farts romp actually surprised me by being pretty funny (albeit in a retarded way) and fully watchable! Milian is great fun as always and the over-the-top Peter Jackson-style bloodbath near the end sure came as a nice surprise out of nowhere! If I didn't know better i'd say i've just given a Bruno Corbucci comedy a mild recommendation... you may kill me now. 3/5

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Adventure. UK. Starring Doug McClure, Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie & Thorley Walters. Directed by Kevin Connor.

DVD: MGM Midnite Movies (USA). English language. Widescreen. Very good quality.

In my opinion the weakest of all of Connor's victorian fantasy films. 2/5

The Gorilla Kid (1977)

Original title: El Rey de los Gorillas

Jungle adventure. Mexico. Starring Hugo Stiglitz. Directed by René Cardona Jr.

DistriMax Inc. (USA). Spanish with english subtitles. Fullscreen. Not the best quality but just the subtitles makes it a must!

An infant is raised by men in gorilla costumes and grows up to be Hugo Stiglitz, the mexican and slightly more romantic Tarzan! As you understand this is 100% classic. Films don't get much better than this! 5/5

Hot Nights of Caligula (1977)

Original title: Le Calde Notti di Caligola

Sex comedy/Peplum. Italy. Starring Carlo Colombo, Gastone Pescucci & Patrizia Webley. Directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero.

United Films (Finland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

This silly sex comedy is a Caligula-ripp off in name only. The shrewd producers quickly changed the title when Tinto Brass' infamous (and very bad IMO) movie first started making trouble. As for the movie, I barely made it past the first 20 minutes, so don't expect any masterpieces here (as if!).

Hakanlar Çarpişiyor (1977)

Peplum. Starring Cüneyt Arkin. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

VCD: Fanatik (Turkey). Turkish language. Fullscreen.

Kara Murat Denizler Hakimi (1977)

Pirate yarn. Turkey. Starring Cüneyt Arkin. Directed by Natuk Baytan.

Sanver Video (Germany). Turkish language. Fullscreen.

Turkish pirate film by the director and star of Lionman. The hero Kara Murat infiltrates a group of bloodthirsty pirates who'se in cahoot with the ruthless spaniards, romances a cute pirate girl and defends Turkeys honour. 90 great, violent, hyper-energic minutes of pirate mayhem! Cüneyt is the coolest actor in the world in this. 4/5

The Gorilla Kid (1977)

Original title: El Rey de los Gorillas

Jungle adventure. Mexico. Starring Hugo Stiglitz. Directed by René Cardona Jr.

Phoenix Home Video (Holland). Spanish with dutch subtitles. Fullscreen.

An infant is raised by men in gorilla costumes and grows up to be Hugo Stiglitz, the mexican and slightly more romantic Tarzan! As you understand this is 100% classic. Films don't get much better than this! 5/5