Italian Cinema Archive

  • The historical record of the assassination of the Emperor Domitian being a combination of mundane palace intrigue and anti-Domitian bias clearly wasn’t the stuff of a sword and sandal fetish...2May 22, 2011

    Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)

    The historical record of the assassination of the Emperor Domitian being a combination of mundane palace intrigue and anti-Domitian bias clearly wasn’t the stuff of a sword and sandal fetish…

  • The Italian sword and sandal flicks of the early 1960s got in a lot of reps and built up an impressive quantity of work. It doesn’t take a student of...0April 26, 2011

    Taur the Mighty (1963)

    The Italian sword and sandal flicks of the early 1960s got in a lot of reps and built up an impressive quantity of work. It doesn’t take a student of…

  • No one dares go to Snakes Island! No one that is but an evil Kali-worshipping Thuggee cult. And the British military guy who is seeking vengeance for the kidnapping of...0April 15, 2011

    The Mystery of Thug Island (1965)

    No one dares go to Snakes Island! No one that is but an evil Kali-worshipping Thuggee cult. And the British military guy who is seeking vengeance for the kidnapping of…

  • Karate Warrior’s girlfriend kidnapped and held for ransom! One of Karate Warrior’s closest friends and newly inducted member of the legendary Extra Large Club of America implicated! A monster of...0April 10, 2011

    Karate Warrior 5 (1992)

    Karate Warrior’s girlfriend kidnapped and held for ransom! One of Karate Warrior’s closest friends and newly inducted member of the legendary Extra Large Club of America implicated! A monster of…

  • With no English-friendly version of this fourth film in a series of six Italian Karate Kid rip offs, it was left to an Italian language (with Greek subtitles!) DVD to...0March 30, 2011

    Karate Warrior 4 (1992)

    With no English-friendly version of this fourth film in a series of six Italian Karate Kid rip offs, it was left to an Italian language (with Greek subtitles!) DVD to…

  • From the opening strains of Yor’s insanely memorable and equally insanely indecipherable theme song where Yor is prancing around various penis-shaped rocks to the very end when he’s flying off...2February 11, 2011

    Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)

    From the opening strains of Yor’s insanely memorable and equally insanely indecipherable theme song where Yor is prancing around various penis-shaped rocks to the very end when he’s flying off…

  • If you were impressed by Hercules’ travel agent in Hercules Vs. The Sons Of The Sun where we saw gargantuan galoot hit the shores of South America in search of...0February 10, 2011

    The Witch’s Curse (1962)

    If you were impressed by Hercules’ travel agent in Hercules Vs. The Sons Of The Sun where we saw gargantuan galoot hit the shores of South America in search of…

  • This film address the ages-old question “which is the most powerful force in the universe, the supernatural or the Hoff?”0February 5, 2011

    Witchery (1988)

    This film address the ages-old question “which is the most powerful force in the universe, the supernatural or the Hoff?”

  • Despite the movie’s title, director and co-writer Rino Di Silvestro doesn’t seem to realize what his movie is supposed to be about, employing an ineffective kitchen sink approach that sees...0January 30, 2011

    Werewolf Woman (1976)

    Despite the movie’s title, director and co-writer Rino Di Silvestro doesn’t seem to realize what his movie is supposed to be about, employing an ineffective kitchen sink approach that sees…

  • Fernando Baldi, who spearheaded Italy’s efforts in the early 1980s revival of 3-D movies with Comin’ At Ya! and Treasure Of The Four Crowns, followed those films by taking up...0January 27, 2011

    Warbus (1985)

    Fernando Baldi, who spearheaded Italy’s efforts in the early 1980s revival of 3-D movies with Comin’ At Ya! and Treasure Of The Four Crowns, followed those films by taking up…

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