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Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

Hercules in the Haunted World poster
Original title
Ercole al centro della terra
Directed by
Franco Prosperi, Mario Bava
Genre
fantasy film, horror film, adventure film, sword-and-sandal film, sword and sorcery film, vampire film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
12
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 84 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Hercules travels to the underworld to save his love from a vampire king. He fights monsters and uses a magical stone to defeat his enemy.

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What happens

Hercules in the Haunted World (Italian: Ercole al centro della terra, lit. "Hercules at the Center of the Earth") is a 1961 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by Mario Bava. British bodybuilder Reg Park plays Hercules while British actor Christopher Lee appears as Hercules' nemesis Lico. Shooting at Cinecittà, director Mario Bava used some of the same sets from the earlier Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis which also stars Park. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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