Hercules and the Captive Women

Sorry about not posting earlier guys, it's been kind of a busy day. In a hurry at the moment so I'm going to make this quick. 1961 Peplum film starring Reg Park. It's featured on the Warriors 50 Movie Pack. Going to review it a little later tonight. Thanks guys for reading!

IMDb: Hercules and the Captive Women

Review:

Oh peplum. This is one of the most beautiful and cheesy genres to ever exist. For those who don't know what peplum is: Peplum- Mostly Italian, Sword and Sandal films generally dealing with a Historical or Biblical topic. One of the most popular topics for these films was Hercules. This film obviously falls into this category.

Pros:

Peplum: Peplum is one of my favorite genres of film. I could watch peplum films from sunrise to sundown everyday and I would be just fine with that. This film uses some of the best cliches of the genre. This is by far the biggest pro for me in this movie. I love this cheese, and this film delivers by the boatload.

Brainless Strongman?

Check. 

Evil Queen?

Check.

Damsel in Distress?

Check. 

Huge bad-looking monster suit?

 Check. 

ATROCIOUS dance scene?

Oh Hell Yes!

Set Design: One great thing about this movie is the set design. It's exceptional, it's spacious, and it's believable. I really enjoyed the sets in this film. A lot of peplum films were about Roman and Greek heros. The reason for this? Most of these movies were made in Italy, so they could easily film on location without traveling halfway across the world. Little to no sets needed. Just use monuments from that bygone era.

Cons:

Reg Park: My one complaint, Reg Park. He's boring, he's rather ugly, and he's rather stupid. See the picture above if you don't believe me. Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Mark Forest, and Alan Steel were all better Hercules than Reg Park. 

FINAL SCORE:

8/10

I'm highly biased. I am in love with peplum films. No matter how bad this film is, I still love it. There's no doubt about it. 8 of 10 is actually limiting myself. I'd really prefer to give it a 9. However, there are some serious laughable flaws in this film. So I minimalized.

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