Musings!

Karim (Steve Reeves) is surrounded by killer trees in THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD (1961)

As I already stated many times here at the blog and in BY THE GODS! magazine, PEPLUM movies often had horror elements to them even if they weren't horror movies. This is a good example. It's not the only PEPLUM movie with killer plants. It's not a cliché per se but almost one. Since I'm a big horror fan, these scenes are always fun to watch. This scene is well made but i wished it lasted longer and Karim was in greater danger. Karim had to go through a lot to find his goal and these senes are baptism by fire, sorta speaking.