Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

Original title: Ercole al Centro della Terra

Peplum. Italy. Starring Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson, Ida Galli, Rosalba Neri & Raf Baldassarre. Directed by Mario Bava & Franco Prosperi.

EVC (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed (slightly). By adjusting your TV settings you could get a pretty good widescreen.

Wonderful, trippy gothic-peplum! Bava demonstrates again his ability to create gold from nothing - this low budget film looks like a mega-budget epic and is hands down THE most visually imaginative peplas around. According to me and many others this is about as good as the genre gets! 5/5

Hercules Against Moloch (1963)

Original title: Ercole Contro Molock

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Gordon Scott, Alessandra Panaro, Rosalba Neri, Arturo Dominici, Michel Lemoine, Geneviève Grad & Jany Clair. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

Sunrise Tapes (Holland). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Good peplum with some nice gothic horror influences. 3/5

Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

Original title: Ercole al Centro della Terra

Peplum. Italy. Starring Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson, Ida Galli, Rosalba Neri & Raf Baldassarre. Directed by Mario Bava & Franco Prosperi.

DVD: Fantoma (USA). English dubbed. Widescreen. Excellent quality!

Wonderful, trippy gothic-peplum! Bava demonstrates again his ability to create gold from nothing - this low budget film looks like a mega-budget epic and is hands down THE most visually imaginative peplas around. According to me and many others this is about as good as the genre gets! 5/5

Uomi Forti (2006)

a.k.a Iron Men

Peplum related documentary. Italy. Directed by Steve Dalla Casa.

DVD: Istituto Luce (Italy). Italian with english subtitles. Fullscreen.

Uomi Forti is a documentary chronicling the Italian peplum / sword and sandal genre from Hercules - Maciste - Samson - Goliath to Ursus. The film details the rise of the "strong man", the director and various actresses who would make the genre popular worldwide. Interviews with Carlo Verdone, Enrico Lucherini, Carlo Lizzani, Citto Maselli, Rosalba Neri & Mimmo Palmara. 3/5

Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965)

Original title: Merveilleuse Angélique

Romance/Adventure. France/West Germany/Italy. Starring Michèle Mercier, Claude Giraud, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort, Giuliano Gemma, Ernst Schröder & Rosalba Neri. 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

The Arena (1974)

Peplum/Exploitation. Italy/USA. Starring Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Lucretia Love, Paul Muller, Daniele Vargas, Maria Pia Conte & Rosalba Neri, Vassili Karis. Directed by Steve Carver & Joe D'Amato.

DVD: New Concorde (USA). English language. 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

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

Esther and the King (1960)

Biblical/Historical. Italy/USA. Starring Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'Dea, Rik Battaglia, Gabriele Tinti, Rosalba Neri & Daniela Rocca. Directed by Raoul Walsh & Mario Bava.

Spectrum (Denmark). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

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

Hercules Against Moloch (1963)

Original title: Ercole Contro Molock

Peplum. Italy/France. Starring Gordon Scott, Alessandra Panaro, Rosalba Neri, Arturo Dominici, Michel Lemoine, Geneviève Grad & Jany Clair. Directed by Giorgio Ferroni.

Marianne Video (Sweden). English dubbed. Letterboxed.

Good peplum with some nice gothic horror influences. 3/5

Kindar the Invulnerable (1964)

Original title: Kindar l'invulnerabile

Peplum/Arabian adventure. Italy/Egypt. Starring Mark Forest, Rosalba Neri, Mimmo Palmara & Howard Ross. Directed by Osvaldo Civirani.

EVC (Holland). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Very good arabian peplum with some always appriciated fantasy touches. The long scene with the two muscular brothers taking off their cloths and whipping each other out in the desert is pure gay S/M-pulp aesthetic! Mark Forest is a bundle of charm as always, you've got to love the guy! Recommended. 4/5

Kindar the Invulnerable (1964)

Original title: Kindar l'invulnerabile

Peplum/Arabian adventure. Italy/Egypt. Starring Mark Forest, Rosalba Neri, Mimmo Palmara & Howard Ross. Directed by Osvaldo Civirani.

Baroness Video (Sweden). English dubbed. Widescreen.

Very good arabian peplum with some always appriciated fantasy touches. The long scene with the two muscular brothers taking off their cloths and whipping each other out in the desert is pure gay S/M-pulp aesthetic! Mark Forest is a bundle of charm as always, you've got to love the guy! Recommended. 4/5