x
Hey there, it's just the usual obligatory message to inform you that this site uses cookies. Click here to find out more about our privacy policy or alternatively click the X on the top-right if you would rather just get on with the movie reviewing fun.
FILM RETROSPECTIVES
A nostalgic (but not blindly nostalgic) look back at some cult and classic movies. Are they worth checking out once you take off the rose-tinted glasses? Find out in this retrospective section.
Erik the Conqueror (1961) directed by Mario Bava
Sunday, 17 June, 2018 by Evan Popplestone Genres/Cycles: 1960s | action | adventure | historical | italian | melodrama | peplum | swashbuckler | viking
Cameron Mitchell and George Ardisson play estranged Viking twin brothers in this visually imaginative and action-filled peplum. While it's a blatant clone of the successful 1958 historical epic The Vikings it succeeds in giving it a run for its money despite being made on a much lower budget.
