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Plot Summary:
Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, serious, stylized, cult film
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Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961)
Plot Summary:
Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape. Maciste kills the ape and carries Saliura back to the aboveground world. The white-clad marauders can't follow them if it means being caught in the sunlight which instantly dissolves them. Maciste then returns to the underground city to save the other captives. Meanwhile, high priest Kahab informs his son, Katar, that their queen is not one of them but, unbeknownst to her, was kidnapped as a small child from the "world above." If Katar can marry her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, campy, cult film
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Alexandria Again and Forever (1962)
Plot Summary:
An evil king makes a bargain with a devil in order to get away with murdering his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, serious, stylized, epic, psychotronic
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The Giant of Metropolis (1961)
Plot Summary:
Obro the muscleman (Gordon Mitchell) goes to Atlantis and sinks a death-ray king (Bella Cortez) who knows the secret of immortality.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic, campy
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Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
Plot Summary:
The eternal Hercules in this film has gone way beyond his usual time and place in ancient Greece and is now helping Poland free itself of Mongol invaders in the 12th century. Mark Forest is the star of this peplum epic, Hercules Against The Barbarians.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, campy, cult film
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Samson (1961)
Plot Summary:
While traveling through the kingdom of Sulom, Samson is arrested and finds that the queen no longer reigns and that a power-mad warlord and his army of mercenaries now controls the kingdom. Samson teams up with some of his one-time adversaries to battle the usurper and restore the rightful queen to power.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Fantasy, Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, captivating, psychotronic
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Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules fights to free the people of Babylon from an evil sorceress.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, biblical, psychotronic, campy
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Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Plot Summary:
When strange atmospheric events occur in the disunited city states of Ancient Greece, a forum debates what action to take. As there is no agreement, Androcles King of Thebes seeks the assistance of his friend, the legendary Hercules. Hercules, now married to Deianira with a son named Hylas does not wish to leave the comfort of his family, though Hylas is keen for adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, serious, psychotronic, campy
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Ulysses Against Hercules (1962)
Plot Summary:
Ulysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, campy
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Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules is summoned to oppose the evil Queen Samara, who has allied herself with aliens and is sacrificing her own people in a bid to awaken a moon goddess.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, grindhouse, exciting, serious, stylized, psychotronic, weird, campy
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The Adventures of Hercules II (1985)
Plot Summary:
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, tense, fantasy adventure, retro, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, campy
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Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
Plot Summary:
Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the oracle Medea, Dianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara's guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, campy
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Ursus (1961)
Plot Summary:
Ursus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces much treachery and is forced to display much courage and strength as he and the blind girl Doreide embark upon a quest to retrieve Attea.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious
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Iron Warrior (1987)
Plot Summary:
The Fighting Eagle returns again, sans Thong, to the legendary realm of Dragor to do battle with Phaedra, an evil sorceress. Her main weapon is an unstoppable warrior, known as the Master of the Sword, who continuously battles Ator to a draw, until finally revealing his secret connection to the Blademaster.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy, Netherlands
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, serious
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Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules battles an evil sorceress who turns men into werewolves. The mythic duo returns in Prisoner of Evil, where a sorceress seduces Herc and transforms him into a mindless beast. Italian horror master Antonio Margheriti directed this installment of the Hercules legend, a blend of sword-and-sandal fantasy and horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, stylized, psychotronic, campy
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Samson and Delilah (1984)
Plot Summary:
Samson and Delilah tv movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: biblical, epic, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Red Reaper (2013)
Plot Summary:
For a thousand years, the Reapers guarded mankind from the demons that wait in the dark. Now, at the beginning of a new age, the Reapers are betrayed and slaughtered. Only one Reaper remains - Red, and she's out to exact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, slasher, dark fantasy
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Kingdom of Gladiators (2011)
Plot Summary:
A king makes a pact with an ancient demon and after years of ruling his kingdom in peace, the demon has come to collect. Now a group of rival gladiators must fight for the survival of the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, independent film
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Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965)
Plot Summary:
Hercules (Gordon Scott) sets out to save the city of Troy from a horrible sea monster. Meanwhile, the city is threatened by a different kind of monster--a smarmy politician who will stop at nothing to seize the throne.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, campy
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Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)
Plot Summary:
The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister/love interest from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult. Ator battles giant spiders, swordsmen cloaked in shadow, re-animated dead warriors, and horribly hideous witches.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure, cult classic, psychotronic, grindhouse, exciting, captivating, semi serious, cult film
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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994)
Plot Summary:
When all the earth's fire begins to go out, Hercules and Deianeira must go in search for fire to stop the world from cold. "Hercules and the Circle of Fire" is the third movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, dark fantasy, campy
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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the city. "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" is the second movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, suspense, campy
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Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera. "Hercules and the Amazon Women" is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, serious, campy, cult film
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Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days traveling around having exciting adventures. Then one day he is persuaded out of his farming "retirement" to help a distant village which is being attacked by an unseen monster. "Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur" is the fifth out of five made for TV movies that spawned the series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, light, entertaining, tense, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fantasy, campy, cult film
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Young Hercules (1998)
Plot Summary:
This film directed by T.J. Scott is a prequel to the popular television series. At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules (Ian Bohen) meets Jason, the next in line to rule Corinth. When Jason discovers that his father is ill, Hercules decides to seek out the Golden Fleece that could cure him. But limitations to his powers, as well as his half-brother Ares, stand in his way. Filmed against the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, offbeat, serious, dark fantasy, psychotronic
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Perseus Against the Monsters (1963)
Plot Summary:
To avenge his father's death and free the people of Seriphos from the evil King Galinor of Argus, the noble Perseus must defeat a dragon -- and the monster Medusa, whose steely gaze has cast the kingdom's best soldiers into stone.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, serious, psychotronic, cult film
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Hercules Reborn (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a young man's bride is kidnapped by an evil king, he turns to Hercules for help. The fallen hero has been living in exile, banished for killing his family, but the young man's courage inspires Hercules. Together, they fight to rescue the bride and reclaim the honor of Hercules.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, mockbuster, tense
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2012)
Plot Summary:
A noble warrior must battle dragons and demons while upholding his moral code as he covertly joins a group of villains to rescue his kidnapped father from Shathrax, the Mind Flayer, who threatens to destroy the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, psychotronic, scenic, anime, fantasy adventure, perverse, cult classic
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Wolfhound (2006)
Plot Summary:
He was doomed to die, but managed to survive, and now his mission is to revenge for the annihilation of his tribe. He is the great warrior who calls himself Volkodav, and is the last man from the tribe of Serie Psi (Grey Hounds). After escaping certain death, Volkodaw — accompanied by Neletuchaya Mysh — is on a mission to kill Ludoed who is responsible to what happened to Serie Psi.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, exciting, stylized, action adventure, fairy tale, dark fantasy, epic, suspenseful
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The Legend of Hercules (2014)
Plot Summary:
In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, grindhouse, epic, fairy tale, perverse, surprise ending, psychotronic, bad ending
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Wrath of the Titans (2012)
Plot Summary:
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, mythical, mystical, dark fantasy, saga, mystic