Ursus, il terrore dei kirghisi (1964)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Antonio Margheriti

Writer:

Marcello Sartarelli (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 July 1964 (Italy)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

Hercules battles an evil sorceress who turns men into werewolves. |

Plot Keywords:

Hercules | Werewolf | Peplum

Cast

Reg Park	...	Ursus
Mireille Granelli	...	Amiko
Ettore Manni	...	Ilo
Furio Meniconi	...	Zereteli
María Teresa Orsini	...	Kato
Lilly Mantovani	...	Slave
Nino Fuscagni	...	Miko (as Serafino Fuscagni)
Giulio Maculani
Ugo Carboni
Claudio Scarchilli
Piero Pastore	...	Amko
Gaetano Quartararo

Also Known As:

Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (USA)
Terror of the Kirghiz

Runtime:

France:100 min | Italy:90 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

Adelphia Productions

Awful

HERCULES, PRISONER OF EVIL is one of the worst Sword & Sandal films ever. It's unspeakably bad. The first thing is it's not even a Peplum. The setting is old Europe, not Ancient Greece or Rome. The story, about a witch wanting to become queen, is crap and confusing. The acting is bad. The production values are non-existent. Reg Park is somewhere in there. The "monster" is not scary but embarrassing. The shriek it makes is hilarious, not scary. I saw this on the Retromedia DVD of HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN (that one is good) and the transfer was really bad. The soundtrack wasn't even in sync with the crappy image. All in all, a thoroughly unpleasant viewing and not just because of the bad transfer. I was entertained by other good S&S films even if the DVD transfers were mediocre. A good transfer wouldn't improve anything about this awful film.