Alfio Caltabiano (left) and Andre Lawrence (center) in SEVEN FROM THEBES A very rare film that's more serious than the standard I...

A company called Go Hero has created an elaborate series of collectible figures based on HERCULES (1958) starring Steve Reeves. Very cool...

Walter Talun is Goliath in DAVID & BATHSHEBA This film came out the same year as QUO VADIS but several months before the MGM epic...

Photo of the triumphal march of Marcus Vinicius from QUO VADIS. Taken from this angle, the photo shows how the production set in the backg...

Consuelo (Gianna Maria Canale) is the daughter of the Tiger (Carlo Ninchi) in TIGER OF THE SEVEN SEAS That's John Kitzmiller behind ...

The PEPLUM genre is often associated with bodybuilders like Steve Reeves and Mark Forest but the genre also has a direct connection with ano...

Goliath (Mark Forest) readies himself to win the hand of Regia (José Greci) in GOLIATH & THE SINS OF BABYLON This scene sets up a fu...

Original Italian poster for KING OF THE VIKINGS (1960) This is a Spanish Viking film. Very rare film. I haven't seen it yet. Fantas...

Zorro (Pierre Brice) confronts Samson (Alan Steel ; Maciste in the original) in SAMSON & THE SLAVE QUEEN You know who's the hero...

(originally posted on April 14, 2011 ) Manuel Conde was the first to play Genghis Khan (according to IMDb). Manuel was born in the Phi...

Rossano Brazzi, as Archimedes, meets Tina Louise for the first time in SIEGE OF SYRACUSE Archimedes is holding what's left of Dia...

Cool scene from HERCULES & THE CAPTIVE WOMEN with that famous gong!

Joe Robinson and Cameron Mitchell in ERIK THE CONQUEROR Film directed by Mario Bava. Like almost all of Bava's color films, the col...

Rik Battaglia looks over the script of ROLAND THE MIGHTY. Rik played the main role.

Giulio Donnini, Gianna Maria Canale and Paul Muller star in CONQUEROR OF THE ORIENT Gianna probably shot her scenes ruing a weekend. ...

Can you identify this PEPLUM film? It's from the Samson & Delilah story in GREAT LEADERS OF THE BIBLE...or I Grandi Condotti...

Charlton Heston as EL CID El Cid was a leader who gained fame by taking the city of Valencia from the Spanish Muslims back in da day....

Italian poster of CAESAR & CLEOPATRA Beautiful artwork. I like tis film even though everyone seems to hate it. One of the few PEPLU...

Sybil Danning, Lou Ferrigno and Brad Harris in THE SEVEN MAGNIFICENT GLADIATORS A PEPLUM version of the THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, which wa...

(originally posted on March 15, 2011 ) The debacle that was CLEOPATRA started out with a completely different director and cast. The bril...

Mickey Hargitay, as Hercules, is made to go through a test (with Jayne standing as prop) in THE LOVES OF HERCULES One of the better scen...

Scene from THE LOVES OF HERCULES starring Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay. Who needs 3D?

Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) spins a web of deceit around Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in CONAN THE DESTROYER The best thing about thi...

John Huston directs Ava Gardner in THE BIBLE : THE BEGINNING...

Gloria Milland and Brad harris are in love / lust in GOLIATH AGAINST THE GIANTS I like these two together and I like Gloria Milland eve...