Author Archive: Retro

A jungle boy, raised by lions, grows up to be a muscular Tarzan clone, leading his lions against the barbarians. Hamilan, a cruel and ambitious general, murders his king and places himself on the throne with the former king’s evil niece as his queen. He then wages war against his peaceful neighbors, killing their women and enslaving their men. A hero named Ursus appears at a tournament to challenge Hamilan’s authority. Though victorious at the tournament, Ursus is arrested and forced to turn a grist-mill under an overseer’s lash. Meanwhile, the former king’s virtuous daughter, Diana, is tormented by her evil cousin, the new queen. Sentenced to a slow and tortuous execution, Ursus breaks free and a revolt breaks out. Ursus throws Hamilan to his death in a fiery pit and then Ursus and Diana enjoy the cheers of a grateful populace.

Adventure film about female pirate Mary Read.

A masked avenger fights tyranny in medieval Italy.

A mad doctor revives a mummy and a werewolf in a wax museum.

Remake of Mädchen in Uniform, about love in a girls’ boarding school.

With a sub-barrel bottomed budget, this Mexican horror outing features wicked old Dr. Krupp, the crazed experimenter who caused trouble in this film’s two predecessors The Aztec Mummy and Curse of the Aztec Mummy (both 1957), up to his old tricks. As in the former features, he is again trying to trick the Aztec mummy Popoca into leaving his crypt so the bad doctor can get at the treasure within. This time his scheme entails the invention of the title tin man (complete with incandescent light bulb ears), a device he equips with a human brain. A horrific battle ensues when the two monsters collide. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi