Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)

This is more of a sword and sandstorm movie than peplum and sci-fi mix because you rarely see the aliens, only the effects and problems they caused good ol' Hercules. Don't expect to see Hercules physically fight the moon aliens because he doesn't. He does however fight their powers and their rock men army.The film is barely mildly entertaining to watch normally - but if you watch in fast-forward it's pretty funny. Watch it in fast motion when Herc is strapped to the spikes... he looks like he's almost hyperventilating. Ha-ha.The ending really is "sandy" as other have mentioned. I didn't find as bad as some of the other reviews read but it is truly one heck of a sandstorm.2.5/10

The one thing that really sticks out here is that sequence when they're going through the sand. I can't really tell if it's good or bad that they put this near the end. Everyone would have left the theater early of course. I guess it's probably just more clever for them. Seriously, no dialogue at all? I didn't even realize this was a sequel to "Hercules Unchained". It guess it's just because that was a pretty forgettable movie too. I don't even remember seeing any of these men on the actual Moon. I guess I just wasn't paying attention.It was just a hard to follow film. I notice that when movies are really bad, I just don't bother noticing the plot at all. There seemed to be some pretty bad lighting effects in this. Maybe it was just the MST3K version, but everything seemed way too bright, especially at the beginning. I'm not going to bother getting to know the names of the actors in this series. The costumes are quite bad and the acting isn't good as expected from an old bad movie like this. *

Hercules Against The Moon Men? The title says it all. And it's hardly a successful mixing of genres.The mythic demi-god strongman played here by Alan Steel is summoned by some folks in a small kingdom whose Queen played by Jany Clair is demanding child sacrifices. The kids go up on a mountain that is continually veiled in mist, but they never come back. Kind of like the Pied Piper without the flute.As for these aliens they're rock monsters who have a human queen who needs blood sacrifices to keep her comatose body alive, preferably the youngest blood possible. When the moon and planets are at a certain confluence, they're going to come down out of their mountain hideout and takeover. What's the science here, I'm not sure, I don't think the producers thought seriously on the subject. Hercules must have stopped them permanently, they didn't make an appearance when Armstrong and Aldrin paid the moon a visit. Though they did bring back some rocks.Careful they don't grow up to be monsters.

*Spoiler/plot- 1964, Hercules against the Moonmen, In ancient times, an ancient race lands in Greece. They terrorizing the nearby city of Samar taking the cities children as human sacrifices to the moon god. The evil queen of Samar has made an alliance with the moon men so she can rule the Earth. Hercules has to win the day for the poor country people. *Special stars- Alan Steel plays the he-man from Greece. *Theme- Mythical strongmen can make things right. *Based on- Hercules Greecian myths. *Trivia/location/goofs- Italian production. The moon men are stone robots.Many men enjoyed seeing the top heavy actresses in this film thanks to the banded bullet bra costume dept. Science fiction and sword & sorcery type interesting film combo. *Emotion- A unique film of many strange genres but the stars merely sleep-walk through their roles here.