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(aka "Maciste nella valle dei Re" or "Son of Samson" or "Maciste in the Valley of the Kings" or "Maciste the Mighty")
Directed by Carlo Campogalliani
Italy /
France / Yugoslavia 1960
Marvel at great feats of strength and seduction in the pulse-quickening sword-and-sandal epic, Son of Samson. During the Persian rule over Egypt, the mighty Maciste (bodybuilder Mark Forest, Goliath and the Dragon) travels to the city of Tanis where the evil Queen Smedes (Folies Bergère dancer Chelo Alonso, Sheba and the Gladiator) rules with an iron fist and spreads misery across the land. Possessing legendary brawn and courage, Maciste leads a mass revolt against the queen and her tyrannical reign of terror. Director Carlo Campogalliani (Goliath and the Barbarians, Sword of the Conqueror) delivers the peplum genre goods in this breathtaking Color-and-Scope adventure, also known as Maciste in the Valley of the Kings. *** Maciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. In Son of Samson, Maciste (Mark Forrest) -- scion of the famed muscleman -- travels to the Egyptian city of Tanis to checkmate villainous Queen Smedes (Chelo Alonso), who's persecuting the citizenry. |
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Theatrical Release: November 24th, 1960
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:28:53.828 | |
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2.35 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 22,248,405,247 bytesFeature: 20,963,813,376 bytes Video Bitrate: 27.93 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1617 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1617 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
2.35 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 22,248,405,247 bytesFeature: 20,963,813,376 bytes Video Bitrate: 27.93 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and
Filmmaker/Historian Michael Varrati
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 9 |
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the
English language. Son of Samson
has plenty of aggressive moments but they come through with modest
depth. the drama of the film is often expressed by the score by Carlo Innocenzi (Mill
of the Stone Women, and he did many sword + sandal Italian films including Caesar Against the Pirates, The
Vengeance of Ursus and Atlas Against the Cyclops), sounding clean
and generally consistent - the DUbs are stable. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
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Carlo Campogalliani's Son of Samson
was mostly seen on TV for decades in weak pan-and-scan presentations.
It's a pleasure to see this delightful early
peplum in the glory of widescreen - and
in 1080P. This genre attempted to emulate the big-budget Hollywood
historical epics of the time, such as
Ben-Hur,
Cleopatra,
Spartacus etc... Remarkable here is Cuban-born Chelo Alonso who
was quite a 60s cult film heroine and sex symbol. Many of her films had
a sensual dance scene (Son of Samson included.) She has quite a
presence here as a kind of sword-and-sandal femme-fatale. She's smok'in.
It's great to know we will be getting more of these gems in widescreen -
hopefully with commentaries. I've already enjoyed
The Revolt of the Slaves,
Hercules and the Captive Women,
Messalina, Sergio Leone's
The Colossus of Rhodes, and Mario Bava's
Hercules in the Haunted World on
Blu-ray.
This is a fun, comic-book-esque genre that offers plenty of nostalgia as
part of a charismatic fantasy niche. The Kino
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