I'm taking a break next week. I always take a break every two months (or I'll go crazy!) and will come back for more weeks before...

Iloosh Khoshabe and Gia Sandri in THE INVINCIBLE BROTHERS MACISTE (1964) Sandri's character in this film is difficult to define. ...

Edmund Purdom, as Ibrahim Pascià, in SULEIMAN THE CONQUEROR (1961) How many people have seen this film? It is obscure. It reminds me of...

Kids converge around Steve Reeves during the filming of HERCULES (1958)

Reg Park turns into a monster in HERCULES, PRISONER OF EVIL (1964) This is such an odd entry in the PEPLUM genre. The original title wa...

Can you identify this movie from this screenshot? Steven got it : it's from GLADIATORS 7

Karin Dor, as Brunhild, in WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY (1966) The beautiful Karin passed away on November 6. She was 79 years old. ...

Original Italian poster for what became GOLIATH & THE DRAGON (1960) In the original version, there's NO dragon. US distributors...

The three Mongol brothers, played by Howard Ross, Ken Clark and Nadir Moratti, confront Hercules (Mark Forest ; Maciste in the original ve...

Isa Barzizza and Erminio Macario in ADAM & EVE (1949) A battle of the sexes comedy seen through many famous (or infamous) parts o...

Steve Reeves arrives in Athens to film SANDOKAN - PIRATE OF MALAYSIA (1964). That's Dakar on the far left.

Willian Shatner as Alexander in ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1963) This was a TV pilot which was never picked up. It had a great cast so obviou...

Last Tuesday, Brad Harris died at the age of 84. He was one of the 'muscular' PEPLUM stars that came from the US who made a series o...

Massimo Serato and Chelo Alonso in THE PIRATE AND THE SLAVE GIRL (1959) This is one of the rare instances in which Massimo plays a go...

Australian poster of CARTHAGE IN FLAMES (1960) Good, colourful artwork. This is one film I can't upload on Youtube. It's bloc...

Brad in FURY OF HERCULES (1962) PEPLUM actor Brad Harris died yesterday at the age of 84. He made several PEPLUM films before moving...

Tulia (Susy Andersen) and Aderbad (John Drew Barrymore) hypnotized Rhama (Ida Galli) into their cult in ROME AGAINST ROME (1964) Another...

Here's my first batch of reviews of recent purchases I've made and wrote about it here . I'll be reviewing 3 DVDs. They are al...

Hercules (Steve Reeves), Ulysses (Gabriele Antonini) and Orpheus (Aldo Fiorelli) plot a way to get their fellow Argos from the Amazons in ...

Luisa  Mattioni , Giorgia Moll and Dada Galeotti are Sabine women in ROMULUS & THE SABINES (1961) Plenty of cheesecake in this ...

Pascale Petit enjoys a meal on a break of filming A QUEEN FOR CAESAR (1962)

Hercules (Alan Steel) is cornered by Moon Men in HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN (1964) There aren't that many spooky or scary PEPLUM...

Halloween costumes based on clothes worn during Antiquity are always popular during Halloween. The films themselves are often known mainly t...