Wandering strongman Maxus, Son of Hercules comes upon two warring tribes, the Sun worshipers and the Moon worshipers. He saves the leader of the Sun tribe from a sea monster, then later on when the Moon tribe attacks and kidnaps the Sun tribe’s women, they call upon him for help.
1962 Italian Action/Fantasy film directed by Guido Malatesta that was filmed in Yugoslavia and Italy.
Long Summary:
Set in the Ice Age, a nomadic tribe of sun worshippers reaches an area they decide to settle in. When Idar and Rhia, a young couple of the tribe come across a water monster, the monster is killed by Maxus with a spear. The two ask Maxus to join their tribe but Maxus explains he has a destiny to fulfill of righting wrongs and must leave.
Soon afterward, a cave-dwelling tribe of moon worshippers led by Fuwan attack the village and carry off the sun worshipper’s women. Maxus returns to the sun worshippers and enters the moon worshipper’s underground city through a river. There he discovers Moah, whose father and brother, former leaders of the tribe, were murdered by Fuwan who wishes to take Moah. Moah explains that the moon worshippers will sacrifice the captured women in celebration of the full moon that night.
Maxus passes through an underwater tunnel, defeats the three-headed hydra that lives there, and is able to eliminate the guards to the entrance and remove the stone gate to the entrance letting the vengeful sun worshippers in. The women are freed but Maxus destroys their path to the surface once they have left and is captured by the moon worshippers who bury him, and later Moah in the earth so the worms may eat their bodies. They are saved by a volcanic eruption that sets them free and kills a large portion of the moon worshippers.
But peace does not settle on the land as still more battles lie ahead…
Director: Guido Malatesta
Stars: Reg Lewis, Margaret Lee, Luciano Marin
Cast
Reg Lewis as Maciste/ Maxus
Margaret Lee as Moah
Luciano Marin as Idar son of Dorak
Andrea Aureli as Fuan of the Moon People
Birgit Bergen as Raya
Nello Pazzafini as Chief of the Ulmar People
Miria Kent as Woman of the Sun
Fulvia Gasser as Woman of the Sun
Rocco Spataro as Dorak
Ivan Pengov as Agur
Trivia:
The film was originally released in the UK in 1964 under the title “Colossus Of The Stone Age” and re-released 11 years later in 1975 as “Land Of The Monsters”.
Monsters shown are a giant river serpent, a four-footed fire dragon, and an enlarged close-up of a real lizard.
In the English-language version, Maciste is called “Maxus”, referring to him as a son of Hercules. Maciste’s name is changed to Maxus, so whenever Maxus’ name is mentioned, a different higher-registered voice adds the dubbed name.
Original title: Maciste contro i mostri
Belgium: Maciste contre les monstres
Brazil: Maciste Contra os Monstros
Canada: Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules
Chile: Maciste contra los monstruos
France: Maciste contre les monstres
Germany: Germanicus in der Unterwelt
Greece: Imitheoi enantion giganton, O masistas enantion ton teraton
Italy: Maciste contro i mostri
Mexico: Maciste contra los monstruos
Netherlands: Maciste in het Stenen Tijdperk
Turkey: Masist Canavarlara Karşı
United Kingdom: Colossus of the Stone Age, Land of the Monsters
Germany: Germanicus in der Unterwelt
Fuans barbarische Horden
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