Roma contro Roma

19641964
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

4.6/10

173

YOUR RATING

Action Drama Adventure

A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!

IMDb RATING

4.6/10

173

YOUR RATING

Director
- Giuseppe Vari
Writers
- Ferruccio De Martino(story)
- Massimo De Rita(story)
- Piero Pierotti(screenplay)
Stars

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John Drew Barrymore, Susy Andersen, and Evelyn Stewart in Roma contro Roma (1964)

John Drew Barrymore and Susy Andersen in Roma contro Roma (1964)

John Drew Barrymore in Roma contro Roma (1964)

Evelyn Stewart in Roma contro Roma (1964)

Susy Andersen in Roma contro Roma (1964)

Trivia
This film was picked up in the United States by American International and released at the bottom of a pre-packaged double feature with another foreign negative pickup, Senkichi Taniguchi's "Samurai Pirate" which was re-titled "The Lost World of Sinbad." This film was re-titled "War of the Zombies" for its theatrical release and as "Night Star: Goddess of Electra" for the television syndication prints.

Quotes
Aderbad: [points to corpse] This man died yesterday in battle. Today the Goddess will accept him into Her legions... and he will fight against his old comrades.
Gaius: [scoffs] A dead soldier cannot fight against anyone
Aderbad: [taking dish and drinking] Blood! Rise soldier... in drinking your blood I have given it life. It now flows through your veins. Rise! Rise!
spectator: He breathes! He moves!
Aderbad: Look at him. He is alive, yet he has no will. He is the perfect warrior, for he's immortal; no one could ever kill him twice.

Connections
Edited into Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 9 (2002)

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Featured review

7/10

A tackily atmospheric peplum fantastique

When Dalmatia's tribute to Rome is hijacked and the legion guarding it massacred, the Senate sends a centurion (Ettore Manni) to find out what happened. Upon arriving in the distant province, he's immediately thrust into a hotbed of political intrigue involving the corrupt praetor, his evil wife (who, of course, has sexual designs on the centurion), and the wicked wizard Aderbal (played by a wild-eyed John Drew Barrymore) who worships a one-eyed goddess and raises the slaughtered Roman legion from the dead (by drinking their blood) to march on his enemies (hence "Rome against Rome")...

Despite its low budget, this peplum fantastique actually rises to "tackily atmospheric" thanks to Mario Bava's obvious influence on the director and it's helped along by John Barrymore Jr. as a whirling dervish who speaks in soliloquies as he shamelessly exploits his illustrious family's acting legacy. He does sport an impressive profile, however. Ida Galli (Evelyn Stewart to giallo fans) plays the obligatory love interest.

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