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The Sons of Hercules: Land of Darkness (1963)

Also known as Hercules the Invincible

1963 · Feature film · 80 min · dir. Alvaro Mancori

  • Fantasy
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Synopsis

Argolese saves Telca, daughter of King Tedaeo, from a marauding lion. In gratitude the King offers Telca's hand in marriage to Argolese but only if the strongman can slay a dragon which has been laying waste to part of his kingdom. Argolese kills the monster but when he returns he finds that Tedaeo has been overthrown and imprisoned, along with Telca, by a warlike people known as "the Demulus" who rule from a city inside a mountain. Argolese infiltrates this city but is captured and sentenced by Queen Ella to be pulled apart by elephants. Argolese survives this ordeal and Ella suggests an alliance between them. Argolese remains true to Telca but then Ella is killed by the jealous Melissia who becomes the new queen of the Demulus. With the aid of a diminutive ally named Barbar, Argolese frees the followers of King Tedaeo and then releases a lava flow into the city. Both King Tedaeo and the usurper Queen Melissia die in the turmoil but Argolese, Telca, and others escape out of the mountain to begin new lives.

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Details

Director
Alvaro Mancori
Writer
Kirk Mayer
Composer
Francesco De Masi
Cinematography
Claude Haroy
Studio
Metheus Film
Released
1964-03-19
Original title
Ercole l'invincibile
Running time
80 minutes
Language
Italian
Collection
Feature Films

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Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · this film is good enough but... · RohamBilly · 2009-04-13

i'm looking for another sword and sandal film. let me write about the story a bit. a soldier comes home from war, and defend some poor guy in a tavern against same Roman soldiers and he goes to jail, become gladiator... when he fight first he does not kill any of them, although he had 6 type of enemy (swordman, pikeman, ect ect) thatwhy these gladiators were defending him against other soldiers... they all were punished and tortured, but a midget in the jail helps them to go free... they getting friends outside, coming back and break down the kingship sry for my english, i hope u saw it…

★★★★ · men in skirts! · candiflip · 2007-03-07

"..but how will we get back?!!" "THROUGH THE SECRET PASSAGE!" arf, wonderful stuff. sure the dialouge wasn't THAT bad in it's original language. this film is recommended for people with sciatica and slipped discs. when the pain killers don't work, thank your gods for the sons of hercules.

★★★ · Pre Steve Reeves · jimelena · 2007-06-05

Big muscles, gorgeous babes, weak story line, bad production quality, curious dubbing; in short, it's great.

★★ · Engrossing · b11761500s · 2007-03-07

What can you say. Another one so bad that it actually was fun to watch. I'm going to send it to my grandkids for their viewing pleasure. It would be hard to watch it a second time, but maybe in a year or two I will. Not much to recommend it although it is hard not to watch Hercules in action. He has mastered the acting technique described as "stiff."