Where Have All the Classic Sword & Sorcery films gone?
The following is a list of all the "Sword & Sandal/Sorcery" films, which were released between 1953 and 1967 that have made it onto DVD:
Conqueror of Atlantis / SWV Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules / Alpha Giant of Metropolis / Retromedia Giants of Thessaly / VCI Goliath and the Dragon / SWV Hercules / VCI Hercules Against Moloch / Trimark Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun / Trimark Hercules and the Black Pirate / Retromedia Hercules in the Haunted World / Fantoma Hercules the Avenger / Retromedia Hercules Unchained / VCI Hercules Vs. the Hydra / Trimark Hercules Vs. the Moon Men / SWV Lion of Thebes / Trimark Medusa Against the Son of Hercules / Trimark Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World / Alpha Sins of Rome / VCI Triumph of Hercules / Trimark Trojan Horse / Trimark Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules / Alpha Witch's Curse / SWV The following is a list of all the "Sword & Sandal/Sorcery" films, which were released between 1953 and 1967 that have NOT made it onto DVD: Atlas Atlas Against the Cyclops Atlas Against the Czar Beast Of Babylon Against The Son Of Hercules Clash of Steel Colossus and the Amazon Queen Colossus and the Headhunters Colossus of Rhodes Colossus of the Arena Colussus and the Huns Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules Fury of Hercules Goliath Against the Giants Goliath and the Barbarians Goliath and the Rebel Slave Goliath and the Sins of Babylon Goliath and the Vampires Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus Hercules Against Rome Hercules Against the Barbarians Hercules Against the Mongols Hercules and the Captive Women Hercules and the Masked Rider Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas Hercules in the Valley of Woe Hercules of the Desert Hercules' Pills Hercules Vs. the Sea Monster Hercules Vs. The Tyrants Of Babylon Hercules, Prisoner of Evil Hercules, Samson & Ulysses Hero of Rome Kindar the Invulnerable Lion of Thebes Maciste in King Solomon's Mines Maciste, Avenger of the Mayans Messalina Against the Son of Hercules Mighty Hercules Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete Mole Men Vs. the Son of Hercules My Son, the Hero Night Star: Goddess of Electra Rebel Gladiators Revenge of Ursus Samson Against the Pirates Samson Against The Shiek Samson and the Mighty Challenge Samson And The Sea Beast Samson and the Slave Queen Samson contre Hercules Son Of Hercules In The Land Of Darkness Son of Hercules in the Land of Fire Son of Hercules vs. Venus Son of Samson Tartar Invasion Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules Three Avengers Toto vs. Maciste Triumph of the Son of Hercules Ursus in the Valley of the Lions Ursus, Son of Hercules Vulcan, Son of Giove Young Samson & Goliath I hope more of these titles get picked up for DVD release. Let me know if you come up with any others. |
Those sword n sandal are just the tip of the iceberg, there's hundreds of these made some of them still not even released on VHS let alone DVD in Italy!
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386179 |
Its called progress yuck!!! LOTR
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Originally Posted by Forum Troll
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Some of the films on your "not released" list are actually out from various PD companies. Checkout out Treeline's 50 movie Sci-Fi set, and Alpha Video's website for specific titles.
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Originally Posted by Steve Phillips
Some of the films on your "not released" list are actually out from various PD companies. Checkout out Treeline's 50 movie Sci-Fi set, and Alpha Video's website for specific titles.
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Genres tend to evolve; I think Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are kind of the modern equivalent.
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Gojira i'm a big fan of classic scifi/fantasy, sword n sandal especially, it's also great to see the beautiful mediterranean cinematography
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Have you seen "Conqueror of Atlantis"?. What a great film!
During the first 25 minutes of the film it looks as if the plot will be fairly ordinary, along the lines of a "western" taking place in the Arabian desert. Then the plot goes in an entirely different direction and includes the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis, with futuristic technology and and an army of zombies. I don't want to destroy the fun so that's all I tell you. The movie is an extra on the "Goliath and the Dragon" SWV DVD. What's truly cool about the film, Duff Beer, is the stunning location shots including beautiful panoramas of ruined cities and windswept desert. Unfotunately, the movie is presented in fullscreen and the quality of the print used by SWV, though passable, ain't nothing to brag about. If my dentist told me I could have a pristine anamorphic widescreen copy of this film with the original soundtrack with English subtitles if I let him pull a tooth, I might do it! ;) BobB |
Yep i have that, unfortunately it has that annoying SW watermark on the bottom right and does look stretched and sides cut off in places. What's nice about that film especially is that it was filmed on location in Egypt! Son of Hercules against the Molemen is drastically cut down to a mere 30 mintues as a featurrete on the Something Weird Hercules against the Moon Men and i wish it was released in its entirety.
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules has recently come out on dvd. |
Originally Posted by duff beer
Yep i have that, unfortunately it has that annoying SW watermark on the bottom right and does look stretched and sides cut off in places. What's nice about that film especially is that it was filmed on location in Egypt! Son of Hercules against the Molemen is drastically cut down to a mere 30 mintues as a featurrete on the Something Weird Hercules against the Moon Men and i wish it was released in its entirety.
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules has recently come out on dvd. |
Fire Monsters
http://www.oldies.com/product/view.cfm/id_4757D.html Also Ulysses against the Son of Hercules http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...7355730-6187040 I'm hoping Molemen is the next son of hercules to be released |
Originally Posted by duff beer
Fire Monsters
http://www.oldies.com/product/view.cfm/id_4757D.html Also Ulysses against the Son of Hercules http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...7355730-6187040 I'm hoping Molemen is the next son of hercules to be released |
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