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Gorgia (Enrico Maria Salerno) teases Diana (Tina Louise) in SIEGE OF SYRACUSE Both actors would appear in another film directed by Pi...

Italian poster for REVOLT OF THE BARBARIANS Nice. I like this film. A real PEPLUM and a good cast. Roland Carey and Gabriele Antonin...

I uploaded this 'Feat of Strength' from Maciste in the Land of the Cyclops starring Gordon Mitchell, Paul Wynter and Dante DiPaol...

Moira Orfei's fate in THE LOVES OF HERCULES (aka Hercules vs the Hydra) This brief scene is cut from the US version. Why or why? ...

The poster for MORGAN THE PIRATE, with Steve Reeves right in the middle, used for THE ADVENTURER OF TORTUGA for this VHS cover. They kept ...

This spectacular location in THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES was filmed at the Marina de Laredo in Laredo, Spain. You can view it at Google Maps :...

The blog has a Google+ profile. Google has merged all their services under one account and because this blog and my old PEPLUM Youtube ch...

María Teresa Orsini and Mark Damon are lovers in THE TYRANT OF CASTILLE A good production with some of the usual PEPLUM deficiencies,...

This unlikely story, of US marines ending up in Ancient Rome, was touted years ago as a new film project inspired by a REDDIT thread ( li...

New trailer for NOAH starring Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins and Jennifer Connelly.

Will Sasso plays Awesomest Maximus (in blue paint) in THE LEGEND OF AWESOMEST MAXIMUS A National Lampoon production, this crude comedy...

New address for blog! As you might have noticed by now, the blog has a new address. From now on when you simply type PEPLUMTV.COM in a bro...

Here's a sample of Italian film studios which distributed PEPLUM films during their reign.

Hercules (Reg Park) is dwarfed by the Atlantean surroundings in HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN Brilliant production design and composit...

Behind-the-scenes action during the filming of O.K. NERO (1951). The location is Museo Della Civilta Romana, which I profiled last week: l...

Same statue, different films. What's interesting here is that both films were made around the same time. GOLIATH AND THE DRAGON was rele...

Marjina (L. Vijayalakshmi) showcasing her dancing talents in ALIBABA AND 40 THIEVES (1966; India) She's not cleaning the floor here...

French poster for SAMSON AND THE 7 MIRACLES OF THE WORLD Colorful and sorta cute.

An arial view of Tor Caldara. Practically every PEPLUM film shot a scene in that often dried up riverbed. Most of the cast from...

A dried-up artificial lake was used as location for several PEPLUM films. I couldn't find a photo of the lake sans water but the imag...

The "Museo Della Civilta Romana" in Rome was often used as exterior set in many PEPLUM flicks. So many in fact that it's h...

This location was used in many PEPLUM productions, including THE TEN GLADIATORS. The opening shot from APHRODITE - GO...