Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

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

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.

atmosphericmythologicalcolorfulcampyaction-packedspookytheatricalfantastical

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)

Trailer

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