Fire Monsters Against The Son of Hercules (1962)
Also known as Colossus of the Stone Age
1962 · Feature film · 82 min · dir. Guido Malatesta
- Fantasy
- monster film
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.
Synopsis from OMDb
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
- Language
- Italian
- Collection
- Feature Films
Cast & crew
- Guido Malatesta Director
Luciano Marin
Nino Milano- Demeter Bitenc
- Reg Lewis
- Nando Angelini
Margaret Lee
Andrea Aureli
Nello Pazzafini
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…