Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983)
What happens when Bruno Mattei and Claudio Fragrasso ripoff — remake — The Magnificent Seven/The Seven Samurai with gladiators and barbarians instead of cowboys and, well, samurai? This was originally going to be Hercules, according to Variety, but Luigi Cozzi took over that one and supposedly was brought in to save this one. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x582jf6 The plot here — […]
Ten 80’s sword and sorcery films
Following the success of 1982’s Conan the Barbarian, filmmakers the world over suddenly saw the opportunity to rip off — make their own — versions of that film and make some money. It came easy to the Italians, who had their own peblum crazy of Hercules films in the 1950’s and 60’s. To quote Joe Bob […]
The Adventures of Hercules (1985)
Luigi Cozzi decided to bring back Lou Ferrigno to be Hercules one more time. Now, Hercules must search for the seven thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods. There was only one trouble: he only had three weeks to film this one, so plenty of the story is padded out by showing scenes […]
Hercules (1983)
I love Hercules movies. From Steve Reeves to the Bava helmed Hercules in the Haunted World, some of the most entertaining films I’ve watched have been about the adventures of the son of Zeus and Alcmene. I’ve probably already related how much I love the movies of Luigi Cozzi, too. From Starcrash to Contamination, his movies never let you down. […]
WATCH THE SERIES: Beastmaster
If you had HBO (Hey, Beastmaster’s On) or TBS (The Beastmaster Station) in the 1990’s, then you’re probably excited to read this. The Beastmaster series of three films ran pretty much non-stop on those channels, even if the first movie wasn’t a success. Just like Phantasm, Beastmaster came from the mind of Don Coscarelli. While he was only involved […]
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