Film Detective Releasing Hercules And The Captive Women

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Coming to Blu-ray 4/13 from The Film Detective
Hercules and The Captive Women (1963)!
Originally released in 1961 as "Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide" in Italy, "Hercules and the Captive Women" is the updated US version released for audiences in 1963. Follow the chronicles of Hercules with Reg Park in his Hercules film debut! Action packed from the beginning, Hercules encounters Ismene (Laura Altan) when he must save her from a shape-shifting creature -- and that's just the beginning! Ismene then brings Hercules to Atlantis where they come face to face with the evil Queen Antinea (Fay Spain), Ismene's mother, and try to prevent her dreams of world conquest. Will Hercules prevail? Find out in "Hercules and the Captive Women."
Bonus Materials
Full Feature, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K): Hercules and the Captive Women
All new documentary: Swords and Sandals
Audio Commentary by film critic, Tim Lucas
Full color insert booklet with essay on film
Subtitles in English and Spanish
All new 4K restoration
MST3K Full Feature included!

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Awesome to see a peplum coming to BD! Very cool extras too.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Do they just do pressed discs now?

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

Excellent!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Do they just do pressed discs now?

The recent ones I've got have all been pressed.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Thanks.

It wouldn't stop me buying it, but would impact how much I pay. Only just getting VCI's El Esqueleto De La Senora Morales because it's a BD-R and I found it for under £7, certainly wouldn't pay full price for a burnt disc.

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

Very cool! I watched it recently via a dvd-r that I taped off German TV (they screened the original Italian version, just with German dub).

"Hercules and the Captive Women" is the updated US version released for audiences in 1963.

Does this mean the bluray uses the edited and cut US print? I remember checking the running times and the original Italian version runs something like five minutes longer. I checked the US vhs (which is uploaded to Archive.org) and it's missing big chunks of the intro. Different music too.