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Fire Monsters Against The Son of Hercules

Also known as Colossus of the Stone Age

Feature film · 82 min · dir. Guido Malatesta

  • Fantasy
  • monster film
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Synopsis

Wandering strongman Maxxus comes upon two warring tribes, the Sun worshipers and the Moon worshipers. He saves the leader of the Sun tribe from a sea monster, then later on when the Moon tribe attacks and kidnaps the Sun tribe's women, they call upon Maxxus for help.

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Details

Director
Guido Malatesta
Writer
Arpad De Riso
Composer
Gian Stellari
Cinematography
Giuseppe La Torre
Studio
Caserbib, Euro International Films
Released
1963-06-14
Original title
Maciste contro i mostri
Running time
82 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · More fun that it appears at first · Victor Von Psychotron · 2013-02-14

I first thought this movie was going to be boring after the first monster sequence, but it turned out to be a fun, goofy ride. Carlo Rambaldi, the visual effects guy on this, ended up winning Oscars for Best Visual Effects for "Alien" and "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial."

★ · oogah, boogah · anonymoose and squirrel · 2013-02-19

this movie is so bad that I recommend that you watch anything other than this movie, but it did have one benefit - I went to sleep very quickly and I was able to use this movie five times to go to sleep. The 1960s big hair was funny and so were the "cavemen and women's" hairdos and clean-shaven looks. The clubs some of the cavemen used were so stupid that I can't believe the directors thought they would have an impact other than provoking laughter. On the other hand this movie would be great at a party where everybody was stoned and not really keeping keeping track of the "plot" - there is no…

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