DVD
Maciste Against Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961)
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- Release date
- Unknown
- Studio
- Unknown
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
included · Mechanical
Hercules in the Valley of Woe
Two boxing promoters travel via time machine back to the days of Hercules, who must save them from Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Before you choose
What kind of time-travel story is this?
Time travel is an important premise, with limited sustained exploration.
Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.
Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)
Confirmed 6/10: two modern promoters use a time machine and land in the age of Hercules, where they are caught up in his conflict with Maciste and the Mongol Horde. The displacement exists mainly to place modern comics in an ancient setting to spoof peplum clichés.
Boxing promoters use a time machine to visit the era of Hercules.
Check the supporting sources ↓An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.
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The scores
Titan13.2
Weighted archive score
Time-travel significance6/10
high confidence
Quality consensus4.8/10
Aggregate source ratings
How Titan works
Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.
Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]
This film: 27.01 base × 48.8% weighting.
Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.
The evidence
Research & sources
Research notes may reveal plot details.
These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.
Cast: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Kirk Morris, Frank Gordon, Raimondo Vianello
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Releases & formats
3 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.
These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.
DVD
Warriors 50 Movie Pack Collection (1946-1965)
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- Release date
- Apr 18, 2006
- Studio
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Thirteen-disc set (13 DVD-10)
DVD
Maciste Double Feature (1961-1964)
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- Release date
- Feb 26, 2008
- Studio
- Alpha Video
- Resolution
- 480i (NTSC)
- Region / playback
- Region 1
- Discs
- DVD | Single disc (1 DVD-9)