Devil's Cavaliers (1959)

Original title: I Cavalieri del Diavolo

Sword. Italy. Starring Frank Latimore, Gianna Maria Canale, Anthony Steffen & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Siro Marcellini.

Worldwide Video (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Very dated and stiff costume adventure with lots of jolly (read: annoying) song and dance numbers. 2/5

Queen of the Pirates (1961)

Original title: La Venere dei Pirati

Pirate yarn. Italy/West Germany. Starring Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Scilla Gabel, Livio Lorenzon, Paul Muller, Moira Orfei & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Mario Costa.

Original Video (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Gianna Maria Canale is great as the masked female pirate in this fun, colorful pirate swashbuckler. Another Costa winner. I don't know if it's healthy for an adult male to be so exited over this type of pulp adventure film for kids, but I don't care! 4/5

Son of Spartacus (1962)

Original title: Il Figlio di Spartacus

Peplum. Italy. Starring Steve Reeves, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale & Ombretta Colli. Directed by Sergio Corbucci.

Video Alsen (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Solid peplum with Steve Reeves (a class act as usual). Enjoyed this one quite a bit but I have a feeling it would improve a lot when seen in proper widescreen, unlike this pan-and-scanned and generally shitty greek print. 3/5

Hercules (1958)

Original title: Le Fatiche di Ercole

Peplum. Italy/Spain.

Starring Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Gianna Maria Canale, Arturo Dominici & Mimmo Palmara. Directed by Pietro Francisci.

DVD: Concorde (Germany). English and german language options. Widescreen. Nice quality. It's has a few seconds worth of insignificant cuts though, so the french disc is preferable for the peplum aficianado. But this disc also have the best version of Hercules Unchained, so both discs are needed.

The original muscleman epic! Not my all time favorite peplum but still, classic stuff. 4/5

Hercules (1958)

Original title: Le Fatiche di Ercole

Peplum. Italy/Spain. Starring Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Gianna Maria Canale, Arturo Dominici & Mimmo Palmara. Directed by Pietro Francisci.

DVD: DVDY (France). English and french language options. Widescreen. Nice quality.

The original muscleman epic! Not my all time favorite peplum but still, classic stuff. 4/5

Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)

Original title: Teodora, Imperatrice di Bisanzio

Peplum/Historical. Italy/France. Starring Gianna Maria Canale, Georges Marchal & Irene Papas. Directed by Riccardo Freda.

Techno Alm (Holland). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Goliath and the Vampires (1961)

Original title: Maciste contro il Vampiro

Peplum. Italy. Starring Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale & Jacques Sernas. Directed by Sergio Corbucci & Giacomo Gentilomo.

Mariann Video (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! Goliath gets my vote for the best ever peplum - and one of all-time favorites of any genre I might add. This film is the essance of everything that is fun and entertaining with the peplum - there's just no beating it! 5/5

Lion of St. Mark (1963)

Original title: Il Leone di San Marco

Pirate yarn. Italy. Starring Gordon Scott, Gianna Maria Canale, Alberto Farnese & Rik Battaglia. Directed by Luigi Capuano.

King Video (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen. My copy has some sound problems.

Devil's Cavaliers (1959)

Original title: I Cavalieri del Diavolo

Sword. Italy. Starring Frank Latimore, Gianna Maria Canale, Anthony Steffen & Andrea Aureli. Directed by Siro Marcellini.

Video Alsen (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Very dated and stiff costume adventure with lots of jolly (read: annoying) song and dance numbers. 2/5

Pirate of the Half Moon (1957)

Original title: Il Corsaro della Mezzaluna

Pirate yarn. Italy. Starring John Derek, Gianna Maria Canale, Alberto Farnese, Ingeborg Schöner & Paul Muller. Directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese.

VCD (UK). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Pirate adventure, entertaining enough for a rainy afternoon. 3/5

Conqueror of Corinth (1961)

Original title: Il Conquistatore di Corinto

Peplum/Historical. Italy/France. Starring John Drew Barrymore, Geneviève Grad, Gianna Maria Canale, Gordon Mitchell & Jacques Sernas. Directed by Mario Costa.

VTC (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed. Very nice print!

Lots of talk and treason in the roman senate. Not one of adventure expert Mario Costa's more exciting films. 2/5