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Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness AKA Ercole l'invincibile AKA Hercules the Invincible (1963)
A son of Hercules named Argolese must rescue villagers who have been kidnapped by the denizens of an evil underground empire.Director: Alvaro Mancori & Lewis Mann
OVERALL: R2-
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Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Name: "Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness". Bad print. At this point only in the "50 Movie Pack Sci Fi Classics" set (12 double-sided discs), with:
• The Incredible Petrified World (John Carradine)
• Queen of the Amazons (Patricia Morison)
• Robot Monster (George Nader)
• She Gods of Shark Reef (Bill Cord)
• The Amazing Transparent Man (Maguerite Chapman)
• The Atomic Brain (Bradford Dillman)
• Horrors of Spider Island (Harald Maresch)
• The Wasp Woman (Susan Cabot)
• Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (Basil Rathbone)
• Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (Mamie Van Doren)
• King of Kong Island (Brad Harris)
• Bride of the Gorilla (Raymond Burr)
• Attack of the Monsters (Christopher Murphy)
• Gamera the Invincible (Brain Donlevy)
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (Pia Zadora)
• Teenagers From Outer Space (David Love)
• Crash of the Moons (Richard Crane)
• Menace From Outer Space (Richard Crane)
• Hercules Against the Moonmen (Alan Steel)
• Hercules and the Captive Women (Reg Park)
• Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (Peter Lupus)
• Hercules Unchained (Steve Reeves)
• Lost Jungle (Clyde Beatty)
• Mesa of Lost Women (Jackie Coogan)
• Assignment: Outer Space (Rick Van Nutter)
• Laser Mission (Brandon Lee)
• Killers from Space (Peter Graves)
• Phantom from Space (Ted Cooper)
• White Pongo (Richard Fraser)
• The Snow Creature (Paul Langton)
• Devil of the Desert vs. Son of Hercules (Kirk Morris)
• First Spaceship on Venus (Yoko Tani)
• Zontar, The Thing From Venus (John Agar)
• The Astral Factor (Robert Foxworth)
• The Galaxy Invader (Richard Dyszel)
• Battle of the Worlds (Claude Rains)
• Unknown Worlds (Bruce Kellogg)
• Blood Tide (James Earl Jones)
• The Brain Machine (James Best)
• The Wild Women of Wongo (Jean Hawkshaw)
• Prehistoric Women (Laurette Luez)
• They Came From Beyond Space (Robert Hutton)
• Warning From Space (Toyomi Karita)
• The Phantom Planet (Dean Fredericks)
• Planet Outlaws (Buster Crabbe)
• Colossus and the Amazon Queen (Rod Taylor)
• Eegah (Arch Hall, Jr)
• Cosmos: War of the Planets (John Richardson)
• Destroy All Planets (Carl Craig) -
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Extras:"Muscles and a Smile" interview with Howard Ross (19:41, in Italian with French subtitles)
"Mythological False Peplums" interview with genre specialist Michel Eloy (20:45, in French)
"Ursus, the Son of Hercules" interview with film historian Alain Petit (25:40, in French)
Photo Slideshow and Poster (1:40)
Theatrical Trailer (2:45)
Trailers for "Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun"
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: R2
For the anamorphic widescreen transfer. Do note that the American DVD is not only cropped but also there are reports of freezing issues with the disc.
This film is also known as:
-Hercules Against the Elephants' Empire -
CUTS:
- R0 America- TreeLine Films LTD/Digital 1 Stop - 80:17 min (NTSC). Seems to be the one of the "Sons of Hercules" TV versions, complete with title song and opening montage of clips from other Hercules movies. This also has a centre break where the story suddenly stops and you are treated to an action-packed preview of the final part, complete with voice over.
- R2 France- Artus Films - No cuts (82:06 PAL)
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 03/05/05
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 15/05/20UPDATE LOG:
15/05/20 : added France.
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