Some other peplum films of ‘interest’:

1. •The Colossus of Rhodes: Sergio Leone’s directorial debut—it has none of the Leone trademark gestures,  by the way
   

2. •La furia di Ercole, aka, The Fury of Hercules (or of Samson): one of the better-paced peplum films, with one of the most standard peplum plots
   

3. •Maciste, l’uomo più forte del mondo, aka, Goliath and the Sins of Babylon: promises “a thousand and one orgies of torture,” and occasional delivers some actual highlights; obviously an “exotic” peplum; also, a midget
   

4. •The Giants of Thessaly: another retelling of the Jason and the Argonauts story, but with bits of The Odyssey thrown in
   

5. •Hercules and the Princess of Troy: a pilot for a proposed American TV series; cancelled when the peplum craze collapsed
   

6. •Thor and the Amazon Women: this film has it all: rank sexism, a comic, racist Black sidekick, blue eye shadow; the debate rages on: is it more offensive, or more boring? You decide
   

7. •Il gladiatore di Roma, aka, Gladiator of Rome: Gordon Scott film mostly notable for its not very scary torture sequences, and its typically unconvincing romances
   

8. •Ercole sfida Sansone, aka, Hercules, Samson and Ulysses: a peplum “mash-up” of the Biblical Samson and Hercules, here blown off-course to the Middle East; better than most, with a few scenes of torture that actually trouble
   

9. •Gladiators 7: an above average peplum, loosely tied to The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven
   

10. •The Ten Gladiators: more is always better, right? And there’s a midget; go ahead, make the obvious joke
    

11. •Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators: the best of the Dan Vadis “Ten Gladiator” movies
    

12. •Triumph of the Ten Gladiators: the last in this trilogy, also like the second, considered superior to the first
    

13. •The Three Stooges Meet Hercules: the most commercially successful Three Stooges film
    

14. •Devil of the Desert against the Son of Hercules: an unwieldy title for one of the many peplums that feature “exotic” settings
    

15. •Il ratto delle sabine, aka, The Rape of the Sabine Women: by all accounts a dull peplum, but stars Roger Moore—yes, James Bond—and of obvious interest for those interested in sex, gender and sexuality in the peplum
    

16. •La regina delle amazzoni aka Colossus and the Amazons: pure campy fun or dreadful drivel, depending on who you ask—but again, the peplum obsession with Amazons comes to the fore
    

17. •Fire Monsters against the Son of Hercules: quite possibly the worst film I’ve ever seen; Reg Lewis is amusing as a musclebound blond Elvis impersonator—this may be the nadir of peplum filmmaking
    

18. •The Trojan Horse: widely considered one of the better peplums, and tells the story of the fall of Troy; followed by a sequel, The Lion of Thebes
    

19. •The Lion of Thebes: above average, with a nearly coherent storyline and almost believable acting; an “exotic” peplum that follows a “classical” peplum; see The Trojan Horse above
    

20. •Son of Samson: an “exotic” set in Egypt, as many of the peplums were
    

21. •Vulcan, God of Fire: one of the sillier peplums, with an extra serving of camp (men in giant iguana suits, anyone?); a larger-than-normal dose of semi-nude blondes; plus the midget
    

22. • Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia, aka, Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon: rather dull, but with the exotic setting, the requisite evil queen, and Peter Lupus (here credited as “Rock Stevens”) from Mission: Impossible.  No, not the Cruise movies—the TV show.
    

23. •L’ultimo dei Vikinghi, aka, Last of the Vikings: Yes! A Viking-themed peplum! Sorry to say, light on the Vikings, and more on the pre-fab Medieval castle interiors.
    

24. •Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem, aka, Sandokan the Great: Steeve Reeves returns—to the Malay jungle. Set in more modern times, so Sandokan gets to handle a machine gun.  This is nearly a cross between peplum and the spaghetti western
    

25. •The White Warrior: another Steve Reeves peplum with an unusual setting, this time in Eastern Europe, and again a somewhat more modern timeframe
    

26. •Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens: I’ll just say it—Gordon Mitchell’s ugly face really creeps me out; also, a midget
    

27. •Colossus against the Headhunters: A very bad movie, by any account—but bad bad, or bad funny?  More to the point, it features “natives,” “tribes” and “headhunters,” so an obvious choice for discussions of the peplum and race
    

28. •Conqueror of the Orient: another, obviously, Orientalist peplum; the protagonist is named—no joke—Nadir
    

29. •Maciste nell’inferno di Genghis Khan [Maciste in Genghis Khan’s Hell], aka, Hercules against the Barbarians: There were many movies where Maciste went to hell, but this one is unusually nonsensical; campy humor, lots of Orientalism; also, a midget
    

30. •Golia e il cavaliere mascherato, aka, Hercules and the Masked Rider: Hercules meets Zorro. No kidding
    

31. •Kindar the Invulnerable: an up and down peplum with another Middle Eastern setting
    

32. •Maciste [or Samson] in King Solomon’s Mines: African setting, a fair amount of peplum bondage
    

33. •Ulysses against the Son of Hercules: French-Italian co-production with perhaps more French touches than Italian; a “classical” mash-up
    

34. •Ursus nella terra di fuoco, aka, Ursus in the Land of Fire:  Better than usual Ed Fury film with some imaginative torture sequences
    

35. •The Giant of Marathon: Another Steeve Reeves vehicle, and a French production with Italian touches.
    

36. •Fury of Achilles: An unusually ‘serious’ attempt at the Trojan War story with the repulsive Gordon Mitchell in the main role
    

37. •Hercules and the Hydra, aka, The Loves of Hercules: Everyone makes the same joke—there are two reasons to see this film: Jayne Mansfield. That’s more or less literally true here, as Mansfield plays two roles: the good Dianira and the evil Hippolyta
    

38. •Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: this series ran from 1995-1999, and gave rise to the more interesting (and longer running) female peplum, Xena: Warrior Princess (which in turn influenced Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Not without its charms, however
    

39. •Xena: Warrior Princess: like Hercules (above), but rather better—an often smart and funny show that put together a now common combination of cool adolescent irony, contests of verbal wit, strong women in dramatic action (not infrequently saving the world), and frequent explicit reference to the conventions of the genre and their absurdity; here the hidden homoerotic tensions of the peplum finally became explicit
    

40. •There are a host of post-peplum-craze peplums, from a late Italian peplum with Lou Ferrigno, Hercules (1983) to Hercules in New York (Schwarzenegger’s first English-language film), Conan the Barbarian, or Clash of the Titan