Showing posts with label peplumania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peplumania. Show all posts
Friday, May 23, 2025

GLADIATOR OF ROME (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*  Until I saw the above po...
Saturday, March 22, 2025

THE INVINCIBLE BROTHERS MACISTE (1964)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological*                ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

THE TITANS (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, psychological*               ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

GOLIATH AT THE CONQUEST OF DAMASCUS (1965)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* One or two online reviews tagged ...
Tuesday, August 6, 2024

TOTO CONTRO MACISTE (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* This is the second subtitled Tot...
Monday, May 6, 2024

VENUS MEETS THE SON OF HERCULES (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical* The VENUS title is less repre...
Friday, April 26, 2024

GOLIATH AND THE SINS OF BABYLON (1963)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* I'll note in passing that o...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

SIGN OF THE GLADIATOR (1959)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *naturalstic* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* If one's not too demanding...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

THE LION OF THEBES (1963)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* LION OF THEBES, produced in the...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

URSUS IN THE LAND OF FIRE (1963)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* LAND OF FIRE was the sixth Ursu...

THE GIANTS OF THESSALY (1960)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological* I'm not sur...
Monday, August 7, 2023

FIRE MONSTERS AGAINST THE SON OF HERCULES (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* A quick classification matter: ...
Monday, February 13, 2023

BEAST OF BABYLON AGAINST THE SON OF HERCULES (1963)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* This peplum benefits from a bet...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

HERCULES AGAINST THE SONS OF THE SUN (1964)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Some of Italy's "Macis...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

SON OF HERCULES IN THE LAND OF DARKNESS (1964)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological* SPOILERS SPOILE...