I love any silent film that features demons or witchcraft. Horror 2000 73 minutes color out and about on a camping trip in the woods without a care in the world, four campers found themselves in an unknown world. Jacqueline reich traces the racial, class, and national transformations undergone by this italian strongman from african slave in cabiria 1914, his first film, to bourgeois gentleman, to alpine soldier of the great war, to colonial officer in italys. Goliath and the sins of babylon 1963 peplum movie mark forest, jose greci duration. Not a great work of cinema, maciste is still an entertaining and robust film about a virtuous strong man, maciste, who is lured to the underworld and is in danger of spending eternity there. Maciste travels to hell to find a witch and make her. The primary landscape being hell is hugely beneficial in my enjoyment. Maciste in hell maciste allinferno by bartolomeo pagano. Read this faq about determining if something is pd.
We have found that grapevine video features more seldomseem titles from the silent era than any other. Riccardo fredas witchs curse aka maciste all inferno. Maciste in hell manufactured on demand, widescreen on movies. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on your phone or tablet.
This one was released in italy as the triumph of maciste 1961 and was directed by tanio boccia. Maciste il vendicatore dei mayas maciste, avenger of the mayans has no american title, 1965 this maciste film was made up almost entirely of reedited stock footage from two older maciste films, maciste contro i mostri and maciste contro i cacciatori di teste, so maciste switches from kirk morris to reg lewis in various scenes. The witchs curse was released in italy on april 11, 1962. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of italy from the 1910s to the mid1960s he is usually depicted as a herculeslike figure, utilizing his massive strength to achieve heroic feats that ordinary men cannot. Download in hell full movie hd summary movie in hell. Watch slavers 1978 feature film gorillas on dailymotion. Maciste in hell, notable as the film which supposedly inspired federico fellini to become a director, does begin to feel padded and repetitive about 23rds of the way in. Swordandsandal, also known as peplum pepla plural, is a subgenre of largely italianmade historical or biblical epics mostly set in the grecoroman or medieval period. It features the best cinematic representation of the swirling chaos of hell ive ever seen, complete w demons and lost souls. Italian film star bartolomeo paganos maciste played a key role in his nations narratives of identity during world war i and after. They tried very hard to pass this fairly enjoyable sword and sandals film for an ordinary horror movie. With bartolomeo pagano, leone papa, clementina gay, amelia chellini.
Maciste in hell is one of my favorite silent films. Pdf download the maciste films of italian silent cinema read full ebook. Better than 123movies, putlocker no popups, no registration, no ads. The themes of hell, satan, and other demonic entities as a source of entertainment have always been met with controversy. It was originally made as a maciste film in italy, in which the fabled strongman meets zorro. Zorro contro maciste is a 1963 italian peplum directed by umberto lenzi. Maciste in genghis khans hell 1964 kirk morris of the tremendously crappy maciste vs. The title was changed to maciste in hell to the witchs curse and sold as a horror movie instead of the swordandsandal flick it was, the unconventional setting notwithstanding. These films attempted to emulate the bigbudget hollywood historical epics of the time, such as spartacus, samson and delilah and the ten commandments. With bartolomeo pagano, umberto guarracino, mario saio, franz sala. Maciste, the leading character, was turned during the filming into an almost mute character as freda was very unhappy with the acting skills of the main actor kirk morris. With the death of their guide and at the mercy of a cold blooded killer, the trip of fun in the sun soon took a wrong turn. Nov 07, 2014 horror 2000 73 minutes color out and about on a camping trip in the woods without a care in the world, four campers found themselves in an unknown world. Akin to its predecessors, haxan and linferno, maciste in hell has faunlike devils running around with pitchforks.
Unfortunately, this film has been clumsily handled by the international distributors. Best collection favorite movies and tv shows in hd quality online for free on m4ufreehd. But theres still plenty of action, gorgeous color tinting, and stopmotion effects that are still effective. Apocalypse world war i ep 3 hell s01e03 documentary series. A pillar of virtue, maciste incurs the wrath of pluto, king of the underworld, who dispatches several lesser demons to earth, where they attempt to goad our hero into committing a mortal sin. The english language versions were severely cut, rendering some scenes inexplicable. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading.
Kyle leblanc is an american working overseas in russia. Maciste is a dogooder whose activities are giving hell a bad name, so a devil is sent to earth in order to tempt him. Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi 1961 gordon mitchell sword. Watch best movies online for free and download the latest movies without registration. Hell has a rule that maciste must be released from hell after three days unless a female demon kisses him. These options are all featured in this diverse library. For the syndicated version, a lengthy sequence was lifted from another kirk morris maciste film, maciste allinferno 1962, aka the witchs curse in america directed by. Jacqueline reich traces the racial, class, and national transformations undergone by this italian strongman from african slave in cabiria 1914, his first film, to bourgeois gentleman, to alpine soldier of the great war, to colonial officer in. John garko is a funloving leader of a bunch of oddball g. Maciste in hell 1962 a muscular warrior kirk morris embarks on a quest to break a witchs helene chanel curse. Their 66 minute version of maciste allinferno 1926 is well short of the film s original 95 minute running time. Legendary ancient roman muscleman maciste kirk morris somehow winds up in 17thcentury scotland, where he rips a tree out of the ground and descends into the underworld to free a village from an evil witchs enchantment, in this italianmade fantasy tale. Maciste allinferno maciste in hell 1931 rotten tomatoes.
The movie is in the public domain, and thats spurred fans to reconstruct the film by editing different existing versions together. Maciste in hell 1926 features a character originally portrayed by actor bartolomeo pagano in the italian historical epic cabiria 1914. After the fires of hades and frenzied attacks by ferocious beasts, there remained only the venom of. Maciste travels to hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world. Many of these videos are available for free download. Grapevine video is a dvdr manufacturer with an impressive catalog of the rarest silent and early sound movies. Dantes inferno 1911 silent film part 2 video dailymotion. With friends slowly disappearing, so does the chance of getting out alive. Download in hell full movie hd download movies full hd. Feb, 20 cccp csi ustmamo disciplinatha live prato 1992 debutto csi12 maciste contro tutti. The visuals are engaging, though everything feels like a 1903 georges melies film on a bigger budget.
It is a 1920s supernatural adventure even dante could be proud of. Maciste allinferno 1926 maciste in hell a cinema history. The original 1969 version of the film that was reedited with new scenes in 1979 as the swap and released again in 1989 as line of fire. Still from the production of the italian film maciste alpino 1917 released under the american title the warrior with bartolomeo pagano, on page 22 of the october 6, 1917 exhibitors herald. Book 23 minutes in hell 4high fidelity digitalcdaudio bookhadeslife in hell heaven and hell hell firedevilsatanthe punisherdemonswhere is hell is hell a literal burning place. Maciste, il gladiatore piu forte del mondo aka colossus of the arena 1962 directed by michele lupo cast. With kirk morris, helene chanel, vira silenti, angelo zanolli. Maciste films of italian silent cinema pdf download the maciste films of italian silent. The album was recorded live while a projection of the movie maciste allinferno 1925 was running at the rock school barbey, bordeaux, france, on 29 may, 2003.
The ep contains fifteen songs, about 50 minutes in length. Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi 1961 gordon mitchell sword and sandal sword and sandal flix. Maciste in hell is a 1962 peplumfantasy film, directed by riccardo freda plot. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Maciste in hell certainly has had its share after having met its audiences with images of scantly clad women, devils, demons, and even what i believe to be one of the first decapitions to be portrayed on film. Maciste tries to stick a fat demon gerione mario saio with a pitchfork, but he just breathes out fire.
The devil takes maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality. In macistes 1960s craze to be a perfect shadow of the hercules series, its version of hercules in the haunted world had to come about at some point. Directed by luigi romano borgnetto, vincenzo denizot. Oct 19, 2015 italian film star bartolomeo paganos maciste played a key role in his nations narratives of identity during world war i and after. It was redubbed into a samson movie for distribution in the u. Maciste in genghis khans hell is a 1964 italian peplum film directed. Watch fulllength feature films, classic shorts, world culture documentaries, world war ii propaganda, movie trailers, and films created in just ten hours. Replacing dantes protagonist is legendary muscleman maciste, played as usual by bartolomeo pagano. Swordandsandal, also known as peplum pepla plural, is a subgenre of fantasy, based on largely italianmade historical or biblical epics mostly set in the grecoroman or medieval period. Maciste in hell 1925 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A young girl, pursued by a band of conspirators, hides in a movie theatre where she watches the film cabiria. When he hears his wife being attacked over the phone, kyle rushes home to find that hes too late. Here pagano as maciste is a virtuous man of the 19th century who is confronted by the devil appearing in his snidley whiplash persona in an attempt to sway him to hellish actions. Riccardo fredas witchs curse aka maciste all inferno 1962.
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