HERCULES-1983-After a very cartoonish
opening explaining the beginnings of the universe and Pandora's jar
(?), some gods (dressed up like a Christmas pageant with Zeus looking
like Santa) living on the moon create some kind of super being to
combat evil on Earth in the form of the King of Thebes new born son
named Hercules. An evil prince has mom and dad killed but a maid
saves baby Herc (with Zeus “lending a hand”). Hera (Rossana
Podesta) doesn't seem to care much for the baby and sends some
strange snake monsters to slay the infant but he kills them instead!
His saving and rescue by a childless couple has echoes of Superman
and Moses! The bambino grows up to be the legendary strongman (Lou
Ferrigno, a year after his TV series THE INCREDIBLE HULK had ended).
He kills a bear that killed his father and tosses it into space. The
King of Minos (William Berger) and Deadalus (Eva Robins) scheme with
Hera to destroy him. Herc fights a metallic bird monster and throws a
log into space too. After winning a tournament and cleaning some
stables he falls in love with Cass (Ingrid Anderson)) the betrothed
daughter of another king (Brad Harris). He gets some help from Circe
(Mirella D'Angelo) but Cass is kidnapped by an evil princess (Sybil
Danning) who plans to use her as a sacrifice. With a rainbow bridge,
a journey to hell and a chariot ride through space.
This filmed in
Italy Cannon production has laughable acting and SFX.
Writer/director Luigi Cozzi (STARCRASH,
PAGANINI HORROR) is credited as Lewis Coates.
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