Hercules, Prisoner of Evil

Hercules, Prisoner of Evil

Directed by	Antonio Margheriti Ruggero Deodato (uncredited)
Produced by	Adelphia Cin. ca Societa Ambrosiana Cin. ca
Starring	Reg Park Ettora Manni Mireille Granelli Maria Teresa Orsini
Music by	Franco Trinacria
Cinematography	Gábor Pogány
Distributed by	Titanus
Release dates	1964 (1964)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy

Ursus il terrore dei Kirghisi (Ursus, Terror of the Kirghiz), internationally released as Hercules, Prisoner of Evil, is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Antonio Margheriti and an uncredited Ruggero Deodato. Deodato, the official assistant director, replaced Margheriti as he was busy with the completion of the film The Fall of Rome. Deodato actually directed most of the film in actuality but Margheriti was credited as the director.^[1]^[2] The film is filled with a variety of horrific themes and elements, featuring a killer werewolf, and is as much a horror film as it is a peplum.^[3]

Plot

The mighty Ursus is given a potion to drink that transforms him on certain nights into a murderous werewolf. Ursus kills several innocent people in the forest in this unusual film before realizing that he himself is the creature the local villagers are seeking to destroy. Ursus is referred to as Hercules in the English-dubbed prints.

Cast

Reg Park: Ursus
Mireille Granelli: Aniko
Ettore Manni: Ido
Furio Meniconi: Zereteli
Maria Teresa Orsini: Kato
Lilly Mantovani: slave
Serafino Fuscagni: Mico
Ugo Carboni
Claudio Scarchilli
Gaetano Quartararo
Giulio Maculani

References

↑ Roberto Poppi; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
↑ Harvey Fenton; Julian Grainger; Gian Luca Castoldi. Cannibal holocaust: and the savage cinema of Ruggero Deodato. FAB Press, 1999. ISBN 0952926040.
↑ Antonio Bruschini; Antonio Tentori. Operazione paura: i registi del gotico italiano. PuntoZero, 1997. ISBN 888694506X.

External links

Hercules, Prisoner of Evil at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Antonio Margheriti

Space-Men (1960)
Battle of the Worlds (1961)
The Golden Arrow (1962)
The Fall of Rome (1963)
The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)
Castle of Blood (1964)
Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules (1964)
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
Giants of Rome (1964)
The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Wild, Wild Planet (1965)
War of the Planets (1966)
War Between the Planets (1966)
Snow Devils (1965)
Lightning Bolt (1966)
Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca (1966)
Dynamite Joe (1967)
The Young, the Evil and the Savage (1968)
Io ti amo (1968)
Vengeance (1968)
The Unnaturals (1969)
Mr. Superinvisible (1970)
And God Said to Cain (1970)
Web of the Spider (1971)
House of 1,000 Pleasures (1972)
Treasure Island (1972)
Novelle galeotte d'amore (1972)
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye (1973)
Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973)
The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
Take a Hard Ride (1975)
The Rip-Off (1975)
Death Rage (1976)
Killer Fish (1978)
Fantasma en el Oeste (1978)
Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
The Last Hunter (1980)
Car Crash (1981)
Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)
Tiger Joe (1982)
The Ark of the Sun God (1983)
Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)
Last Blood (1983)
Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
Jungle Raiders (1985)
Commando Leopard (1985)
Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
The Commander (1988)
Alien From the Deep (1989)
Indio (1989)
Indio 2: The Revolt (1991)
Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (1993)
Virtual Weapon (1997)

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