Author Archive: Retro

Muscular hero fights an evil king and his treacherous beasts, including vicious bats, three-headed fire-breathing dogs and a dragon. English dubbed. Dir. Vittorio Cottafavi

Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta’s leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered–even though it was ruled a “suicide”–and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.

A young knight sets out on a quest to rescue a princess from an evil sorcerer, and must battle various mythical beings on the way. Written and Produced by Bert I. Gordon. Dir. Bert I. Gordon.

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.

Hercules’ son faces off with the fire breathing, multi-headed Hydra. Written by Guido Malatesta. English dubbed. Dir. Guido Malatesta

Zorro-esque nobleman is attacked by gypsy band, becoming their leader when he overcomes and befriends a strongman named Hercules. Written by Piero Pierotti. English dubbed. Dir. Piero Pierotti