I attempt to watch movies covering the entirety of human history in (sort of) chronological order.
Monday, July 6, 2015
The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules
L'eroe di Babilonia is not a very good movie. It does, however, hit all the beats of a peplum film. There's unnecessary dancing, women writhing around screaming while burly men carry them off to be sacrificed to something, and a scene where the male lead gets his top stripped off and is chained to something. Trying to evaluate it for historical accuracy is pretty much impossible. Interestingly, the dub tells us the hero is the son of Hercules, but in the Italian version he's the rightful heir to the throne. It's basically Hamlet.
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