Sunday, April 21, 2013

Cinematic confusion

Greek DVD cover for MASSACRE IN THE BLACK FOREST. If I was a PEPLUM fan who prefers these films with bodybuilders in them well purchasing this DVD would be a disappointment. There's no muscular fellow in this film. In fact, it's one of the most serious or straightforward films from the genre. Cameron Mitchell can hardly be considered muscular. Anyway, very incorrect artwork.

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  1. That looks like Sam Burke on the cover and it could be a scene from HERCULES AGAINST ULYSSES. The movie is another on my wish list and is a very good PEP. Is this Black Forest movie available anywhere?

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  2. There were 40 of these that came out by Modern Times with a magazine.
    See all the covers at https://retromaniax.gr/threads/Επικές-ταινίες-της-cinecitta.19854/

    The top line reads: THE EPIC FILMS OF CINECITTÀ
    The bottom line reads: COLLECTION OF 40 CINEMA SUPERPRODUCTIONS

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  3. Correction, the last line is better rendered as:

    COLLECTION OF 40 MOVIE BLOCKBUSTERS

    The Greek film title itself is an exact translation of the one in english.




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