A giant mirror weapon is being set-up in preparation for a battle in SIEGE OF SYRACUSE Epic battle scene at climax of this long but mos...

Director Robert Aldrich chitchats with Rossana Podestà and Stanley Baker during the filming of SODOM & GOMORRA

Alain Saury and Belinda Lee in MARIE OF THE ISLES I have a copy of this film and I tried to watch it but it's in such poor qualit...

Here's future PEPLUM genre star Lou Degni aka Mark Forest showing how to train one's mid section. Below : Mark in GOLIATH & T...

Hans von Borsody and Antonella Lualdi in MASSACRE IN THE BLACK FOREST The fellow in the Roman uniform is supposed to be Cameron Mitchel...

Italian poster for the film version of the TV mini-series THE ODYSSEY Interesting take of the (overlong) mini-series. No cyclops or a...

Channing Tatum in THE EAGLE Of all the PEPLUM films released recently, this is probably the least offensive of them all. In fact, it...

Bekim Fehmiu and Irene Papas in THE ODYSSEY Bekim is Ulysses and Papas is Penelope. This was a mini-series on Italian TV but it was als...

Steve Reeves waits as they set-up a scene in HERCULES UNCHAINED

A behind-the-scenes view of the filming of a PEPLUM film in BOCCACCIO '70 BOCCACCIO '70 is not a PEPLUM film. It consists of 4 ...

Willy in HERCULES (1958) ; a recent appearance of Willy on Italian TV

Barry Jones and Susan Hayward are Claudius and Messalina in DEMETRIUS & THE GLADIATORS I didn't much care for Susan Hayward...

Spanish poster of REVOLT OF THE SLAVES Pretty good. Covers everything in the film. It's funny that they put Dario Moreno and Rafael...

Ruth Roman and Akim Tamiroff in THE SINNER (aka Desert Desperadoes) There's no trailer or clips anywhere of this 1959 Italian-mad...

(originally posted November 2011 ) Posters for Italian-made PEPLUM films have a tendency of focusing on something...needless to say, many...

Mel Welles, Luciana Gilli and Channing Pollock in THE RED SHEIK A very odd PEPLUM movie (and that's saying something considering th...

Thrilling gladiatorial action from GLADIATORS SEVEN starring Richard Harrison

Sylvia Syms (in blue) and other women ride horses through a river in AMAZONS OF ROME This scene must have been difficult to film. 20 or...

Sergio Leone gives some direction to Rory Calhoun during the filming of COLOSSUS OF RHODES

Jerzy Zellik as Ramses XIII in PHARAOH A film set entirely in Ancient Egypt and filmed entirely in...Poland, of all places. Director...

I've found this interview with veteran PEPLUM star Pietro Torrisi on Youtube. It's in Italian but it's fun to watch. Includes...

 Carmen Sevilla and Ricardo Montalban in DESERT WARRIOR Great, old fashioned Arabian-style adventure, filmed on location. I did a Fan...

French poster of GOLIATH & THE BARBARIANS One of the best PEPLUM flicks ever. Good poster.

Nero (Alberto Sordi) sneaks up on Poppea (Brigitte Bardot) in NERO'S BIG WEEKEND (1956) A PEPLUM comedy with a stellar cast and e...

(originally posted January 2012 )  SLAVE QUEEN OF BABYLON LION OF THEBES A QUEEN FOR CAESAR TOTO VS CLEOPA...