Vampires against Heracles

Movie
German title	Vampires against Heracles
Original title	Ercole al centro della terra
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1961
length	84 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Mario Bava
script	Mario Bava ; Sandro Continenza
production	Achille Piazzi
music	Armando Trovajoli
camera	Mario Bava
cut	Mario Serandrei
occupation
	Reg Park : Heracles; Christopher Lee : Lykus; Giorgio Ardisson : Theseus; Leonora Ruffo : Deianira; Marisa Belli : Aretusa; Ida Galli : Persephone; Franco Giacobini : Telemach; Mino Doro : Keros; Monica Neri : Helena; Gaia Germani : Medea; Ely Drago : Jocaste;

Vampires against Heracles (in the Italian original: Ercole al centro della terra ) is an Italian sandal film by Mario Bava from 1961 .

action

After many adventures, the two friends Heracles and Theseus return to the kingdom of Icalia, where Heracles wants to marry the beautiful Deianira. But this was occupied by an evil spell that can only be healed by a rare stone that lurks in the underworld. So Heracles and Theseus descend into the realm of the dead, where Theseus falls in love with the god of death's favorite daughter to make matters worse. Only after much harassment and fighting, the two can take the stone with them. Back at home, they find out who is really behind the spell: Deianira's uncle Lykus, who is actually a vampire.

criticism

Lexicon of international film : Naive series film, visually a bit above average, but overall the usual muscle show, mixed with a few scary scenes.

"A rubbish film, without question, but one that indulges with contagious lust in the concentrated artificiality of paper mache and bright primary colors."

- Hahn / Jansen / Stresau: Lexikon des Fantasy-Films, Munich 1986, p. 545.

Web links

Hercules in the Haunted World in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ in the credits of the film Rosalba Neri is mentioned, but she cannot be seen in the film; In an interview with the film journalist Tim Lucas, she explained that she could not appear for the filming because of other obligations and that she was therefore transferring the part to her sister Monica ( Tim Lucas : Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark, Cincinnati 2007, p . 461)
↑ Vampires against Heracles. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] the credits of the film Rosalba Neri is mentioned, but she cannot be seen in the film; In an interview with the film journalist Tim Lucas, she explained that she could not appear for the filming because of other obligations and that she was therefore transferring the part to her sister Monica ( Tim Lucas : Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark, Cincinnati 2007, p . 461)

[2] Vampires against Heracles. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .