Tag: sword and sandal films

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World Blu-ray review

Also known as Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan, Seven and the 7 Miracles of the World, is a Riccardo Freda directed film which has Maciste (not Samson, which he’s called in the USA version) fighting against an army of Mongol warriors to save a princess! Screen legend Gordon Scott (Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure, Danger!! Death…


Messalina / Messalina Venere Imperatrice Blu-ray review

British actress Belinda Lee, who passed away much too young, plays the lead role as Messlina in director Vittorio Cottafavi’s 1960 Italian sword and sandal film Messalina (aka Messalina Venere Imperatrice) which was one of her final films. In this story, Valeria Messalina is arranged to be married to an older man Claudius, who just…