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---- Part 1 of 3 Continue with part 2 at the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iosOP4xYn7E Maciste in King Solomon's Mines (1964) starring Reg Park and Bruno Piergentili. I've uploaded highlights from the beautiful Italian version of this much maligned public domain film. The prints available for this film here in North America are absolutely horrendous. Do NOT purchase any DVDs of this film from the US. It's a crime. With that said, this film is basically almost 90 minutes of people being trapped in elaborate torture devices. 4 of them are shown in these clips. The torture set-ups are really over the top. You'd think just killing them with a knife would be much more effective but heck, so what. This was Reg Park first and last Maciste film after previously starring in two great Hercules films and two not so great Hercules films afterwards. Reg sorta looks bored throughout. It also stars the dashing Bruno Piergentili (aka Dan Harrison), who we've seen in Ali Baba...

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---- Preview of Revolt of the Slaves starring Ettore Manni, Lang Jeffries, Serge Gainsbourg and Rhonda Fleming. In this scene, the great Ettore Manni is punished for associating with Christians. This scene is NOT a spoiler. I find this scene amazing for several reasons, the blunt violence but mostly for the near nakedness of Ettore, who plays Sebastian (Saint Sebastian). Nothing is left to the imagination, if you know what I mean. This was probably shocking back in 1960! I like Revolt of the Slaves. It's a forgotten Peplum even though it's an important one re: the direction where S&S films went in the 1960s. The ending is not satisfying though. Original Italian Title: La Rivolta Degli Schiavi ----

---- Highlights from Last Days of Pompeii starring Steve Reeves and directed by Sergio Leone. It was difficult to make a 10 minute video of all the highlights from this great film but here it is. I didn't include any footage of the eruption. If you want to see scenes of the climax, click the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtc29Yaynq4 If you notice, there's mucho naughty upskirts shots. Arf ----

---- I've uploaded a new film at Sappho PEPLUM: CLEOPATRA'S DAUGHTER It stars the great Ettore Manni & Debra Paget. Here are a few highlights. This is basically a romance with a cool twist. The story is shades of LAND OF THE PHARAOHS but I prefer the storyline here even though the budget is definitely not the same. It's one of my favorites Peplums because it's different than the usual stuff. I love stories set in Egypt and there weren't enough of them made during the Peplum explosion. To view the entire film, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy_A3xsif74&feature=PlayList&p=894FECB78658F635&index=0&playnext=1 SapphoPEPLUM Channel's link: http://www.youtube.com/SapphoPEPLUM Original Italian title: Il Sepolcro Dei Re (The Tomb of the King) ----

---- Part 1 of 9 Part 2 is at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5Ftz6_6d4 MACISTE IN HELL (1962) starring Kirk Morris, Hélène Chanel. Directed by Riccardo Freda. The history of this film is as long and tortured as Maciste's adventure through hell. When it was released in the US/North American market, it was heavily cut and retitled as The Witch's Curse. Every Sword & Sandal film made in Italy with Maciste in the title was renamed for the US market because the fabled strongmen was more known in Europe than here and film distributors didn't know how to market movies with a hero who's name people didn't know how to pronounce. What was left was a badly cut film that was a pale shadow of its former safe. Now for the first time here in North America, you can view the complete uncut version. I've taken three difference sources of this public domain film and edited them together as best as I could. One source is the butchered US version, the second source is a...

---- Part 2 of 9 Part 3 is at the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZwfpUNqItE ----

---- Part 3 of 9 To continue with part 4, click the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aZJkSDo4EU In the US version the scene when Maciste fights with the lion was almost completely cut. I added the entire fight from the UK video source. Why this scene was cut is a mystery. Maybe there was too much booty? Arf! ----

---- Part 4 of 9 Part 5 is at the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiQ-WyThACg This entire 10 minutes clip is taken from the Italian version. As you can see the image is beautiful, colorful and crisp. Many moments in this clip didn't make it in the US version called The Witch's Curse, mostly the part with the mass of condemned people. And when Maciste is at the gates of fire, that scene was also shortened and the entire moment when Maciste is trapped between the bars and is about to be killed by a crushing ceiling of knives was completely removed. Like I said the US version was really bad and didn't do the original film justice. I really dig the effects of a trail of fire following Maciste's footsteps starting at 6:52. I don't know how they did this but it's great. No CGI. And Kirk Morris' physique really stands out. The man was in top shape and Riccardo Freda's direction beautifully captured it. ----