Details

Release year: 1961

Storyline

Hercules must journey into Hades itself to retrieve the magic stone that will free his love from the powers of darkness.

Top credits

Directors

Mario Bava

Writers

Cast

Reg Park — Ercole
Christopher Lee — Lico
Leonora Ruffo — La principessa Deianira
George Ardisson — Teseo

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Did you know

• Arnold Schwarzenegger was inspired to become a bodybuilder because of Reg Park's performance and physique in this film.

• Reg Park had to do all of his own stunts, as was common in "sword-and-sandal" movies. There were simply no Italian stuntmen available who were big enough to double for such massive, imposing body builders as Park and his colleagues.

• The film started a short-living subgenre of films trying to combine the peplum genre with horror elements. Films considered belonging to this subgenre include Riccardo Freda's The Witch's Curse and Sergio Corbucci's and Giacomo Gentilomo's Maciste contro il vampiro.