The Barbarians (1987)

Fantasy. Italy/USA. Starring Peter Paul, David Paul, Richard Lynch, Eva La Rue & Michael Berryman. Directed by Ruggero Deodato.

DVD: Stormovie (Italy). English or italian language. Widescreen. A very dissapointing DVD release, looks like it was sourced from VHS. Well, at least we can finally see it in full widescreen...

Without the darling bodybuilder twins Peter and David Paul (the barbarian brothers!) this movie would have been pure shit, but since they're in most scenes and steals all of them, I really like it! Still, hardly one of Deodato's most inspired moments as a director. 3/5

The Barbarians (1987)

Fantasy. Italy/USA. Starring Peter Paul, David Paul, Richard Lynch, Eva La Rue & Michael Berryman. Directed by Ruggero Deodato.

Tower Vision/Scanbox (Sweden). English language. Fullscreen.

Without the darling bodybuilder twins Peter and David Paul (the barbarian brothers!) this movie would have been pure shit, but since they're in most scenes and steals all of them, I really like it! Still, hardly one of Deodato's most inspired moments as a director. 3/5

Gungala, the Naked Panther (1968)

Original title: Gungala la Pantera Nuda

Jungle adventure. Italy. Starring Kitty Swan. Directed by Ruggero Deodato.

Video Art (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Compared to the first Gungala this is a pretty weak and charmfree film. But it's got jungle gal numero uno, Kitty Swan, semi-naked in the jungle and of course that makes up for a lot of its shortcomings. 3/5

Zenabel (1969)

Sexy sword. Italy/France. Starring Lucretia Love. Directed by Ruggero Deodato.

Video F Films (Greece). English dubbed. Fullscreen.

Sexy swashbuckler, based on a Fumetti comicstrip. Fencing, tits and lowbrow humour is what you're getting served here... not really my cup of tea, like many films by Deodato it feels cold, like his heart wasn't in it. 2/5