ROME AGAINST ROME

a.k.a Roma contra Roma (original title); Night Star: Goddess of Electra (USA TV title); War of the Zombies (USA)

ITALY, 1964

Starring John Drew Barrymore, Susy Andersen & Ettore Manni

Directed by Giuseppe Vari

DVD: (UK); Fullscreen; English language; English language; No extras

Pretty good fullscreen print. Unfortunely it's the short 1h22m version. It's a really nice gothic peplum that deserves a better release.

HEROD THE GREAT

a.k.a Erode il Grande (original title)

Italy, 1959

Starring Edmund Purdom, Sylvia Lopez, Ettore Manni & Massimo Girotti

Directed by Viktor Tourjansky

DVD: Elstree Hill (UK); English language

THE MAGNIFICENT GLADIATOR

a.k.a Il Magnifico Gladiatore (original title)

Italy, 1964

Starring Mark Forest, Marilù Tolo & Paolo Gozlino

Directed by Alfonso Brescia

Delta Video (Holland); Fullscreen; English with dutch subtitles

This video has the best homoerotic cover art i've seen, but the film is nothing special.

BRENNUS, ENEMY OF ROME

a.k.a Brennio il Nemico di Roma (original title); Battle of the Valiant; Battle of the Spartans (UK)

Italy, 1963

Starring Gordon Mitchell, Ursula Davis, Tony Kendall, Massimo Serato & Andrea Aureli

Directed by Giacomo Gentilomo

Venus Video (Greece); Widescreen; English with greek subtitles

This peplum is just awesome! Worth tracking down only for Gordon Mitchell's electryfying portrayal of the ruthless gallic warlord of the title, but the rest is great too. More violent and darker in tone than any other pepla I can think of, even the kid hero dies. One of the best of its genre.

ATTACK OF THE NORMANS

a.k.a I Normanni (original title); Conquest of the Normans (USA)

Italy, 1962

Starring Cameron Mitchell, Geneviève Grad, Ettore Manni & Paul Muller

Directed by Giuseppe Vari

Inter-Ocean Video (UK); Letterboxed; English language

Not the best viking peplum but still pretty good. I wonder how Cameron Mitchell got typecast as a viking!?

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

a.k.a Il Ladro di Bagdad (original title)

Italy, 1961

Starring Steve Reeves, Arturo Dominici & Giorgia Moll

Directed by Arthur Lubin & Bruno Vailati

Embassy (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Good arabian fantasy. Reeves is perhaps not the most believable arab in the world, but his good as always. Plays a lot like a peplum, of course.

GOLIATH AND THE REBEL SLAVE

a.k.a Goliath e la Schiava Ribelle (original title); Godian the Glorious Avenger (Europe); The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules (USA)

Italy, 1963

Starring Gordon Scott, Ombretta Colli & Massimo Serato

Directed by Mario Caino

Lucifer Video Enterprises (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Nice Gordon Scott peplum. Videoprint is so-so (as often the case with greek tapes).

CONQUEROR OF CORINTH

a.k.a Il Conquistatore di Corinto (original title); The Centurion (USA); Erövrarna (Sweden video title)

Italy, 1962

Starring John Drew Barrymore, Gordon Mitchell, Geneviève Grad & Gianna Maria Canale

Directed by Mario Costa

VTC (Sweden); Widescreen; English language with swedish subtitles

CORIOLANUS: HERO WITHOUT A COUNTRY

a.k.a Coriolano: Eroe Senza Patria (original title); Thunder of Battle

Italy, 1964

Starring Gordon Scott, Alberto Lupe & Rosalba Neri

Directed by Girgoi Ferroni

VCI (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Extremely dull peplum. Just a lot of boring talk, talk, talk...

79 A.D

a.k.a Anno 79: La Distruzione di Ercolano (original titel); The Destruction of Heraculaneum (USA)

Italy, 1962

Starring Susan Paget, Brad Harris & Mara Lane

Directed by Gianfranco Parolini

Precision Video (UK); Fullscreen; English language

Long 131 min version.

CLEOPATRA'S DAUGHTER

a.k.a Il Sepolcro dei Re (original title); Faraos Förbannelse (Sweden video title)

Italy, 1960

Starring Debra Paget, Ettorio Manne & Erno Crisa

Directed by Fernando Cerchio

PZ Video Films (Greece); Fullscreen, English language with greek subtitles

GOLIATH AT THE CONQUEST OF DAMASCUS

a.k.a Golia alla Conquista di Bagdad (original title); Goliath and the Arabs (Holland video title)

Italy, 1964

Starring Rock Stevens, Mario Petri, Helga Liné & Daniele Vargas

Directed by Domenico Paolella

Neon Video, selltape (Holland); Fullscreen; English language with dutch subtitles

ATLAS

USA, 1961

Starring Michael Forest, Barbara Morris & Frank Wolff

Directed by Roger Corman

Video For Pleasure (Holland); Letterboxed; English language with dutch subtitles

Ultra-rare promo (?) release. No labels on tape but it should be an original. Only color+lbx print I know of this cheap, fun peplum (the only "real" US-made peplum).

HERCULES AGAINST THE SONS OF THE SUN

a.k.a Ercole Contra i Figli del Sole (original title); Den Vilde och Den Grymme (Sweden)

Italy, 1964

Starring Mark Forest, Giuliano Gemma, Ann-Maria Pace & Ángela Rhu

Directed by Osvaldo Civirani

Pirate Video (UK); Letterboxed; English language

Hercules visits South America (!) in this absurd bottom-of-the-barrel peplum. One to avoid.

HERCULES VS. MOLOCH

a.k.a Ercole Contra Molock (original title); Conquest of Mycene (USA); Hercules Challenge (UK video title); Hercules, Räddaren (Sweden video title)

Italy, 1963

Starring Gordon Scott, Allessandro Panaro, Gianna Maria Canale, Rosalba Neri, Michel Lemoine, Nello Pazzafini & Arturo Dominici

Directed by Giorgio Ferroni

Mariann Video (Sweden); Letterboxed; English language with swedish subtitles

Nice gothic pepla with Gordon Scott.

COLOSSUS AND THE HEADHUNTERS

a.k.a Maciste Contro i Cacciato (original title); Maciste (Greece video title)

Italy, 1960

Starring Kirk Morris, Laura Brown & Frank Leroy

Directed by Guido Malatesta

VEP (Greece); Fullscreen; English language with greek subtitles

Not what many would categorize as a good film, but as often with Kirk Morris cheapo-pepla it has it's bizzare charm. You've got to love the cover!

QUEEN OF THE TARTARS

a.k.a La Regina dei Tartari (original title); The Huns (USA)

Italy, 1961

Starring Chelo Alonso, Jaques Sernas, Mario Petri & Folco Lulli

Directed by Sergio Grieco

Delta Video (Holland); Widescreen; English language with dutch subtitles

Another highly entertaining peplum that hardly ever gets mentioned. In many ways this feels like a forerunner to the cycle of dumb sword and sorcery that ruled the 80s.