Maciste versus the Film Snobs (I wanna watch a peplum!)

A clip for our original song about the - perhaps dubious - joys of watching sword-and-sandal films, also known as 'peplums' (or more properly 'peplae'?)

You know the sort of thing - musclebound heroes versus impossible odds, scheming evil queens armed with poison rings, identical armour-clad extras with crested helmets who exist to be beaten down by the hero...

If you like that kind of thing - maybe even if you don't - you might find this appealing. The 'music' is would-be noisy thrash kind of stuff.

Incidentally, all clips used as background material have been taken from peplums which are believed to be public domain, and are all available for download at the excellent Internet Archive.

Links to these films:

http://www.archive.org/details/Hercules_and_the_Tyrants_of_Babylon
http://www.archive.org/details/Hercules_Against_the_Moon_Men
http://www.archive.org/details/cco__HerculesandtheCaptiveWomen
http://www.archive.org/details/HerculesUnchained

Our clip, such as it is, is dedicated to the cast, crew, directors and screenwriters who brought us these wonderful films. It is especially dedicated to the memory of the late, great Reg Park (1928-2007). Enjoy...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rectoplasm
• fnord
• hercules
• goliath
• ursus
• maciste
• sword
• sandal
• peplum
• reg
• park
• steve
• reeves

[Oppledeldoc]

Your title says it all - no one should be shamed out of watching Peplum.

[1boylan1]

WOW... well its sertanly different..

Good how you put the vid together tho

:D