A warrior does battle against the evil Medusa, her army of stone warriors and a monstrous dragon.A warrior does battle against the evil Medusa, her army of stone warriors and a monstrous dragon.A warrior does battle against the evil Medusa, her army of stone warriors and a monstrous dragon.
Antonio Molino Rojo
- Tarpete
- (as Molino Rojo)
Ángel Jordán
- Alceo
- (as Armand Jordan)
Frank Braña
- Prince
- (uncredited)
Rafael Cortés
- Serifo Nobleman
- (uncredited)
Miguel de la Riva
- Prince
- (uncredited)
Enrique Navarro
- Stheno
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie is better known as Medusa Against The Son of Hercules.
- GoofsSerifos, Andromeda's hometown in the movie, is said to be the capital city of a landlocked state in the vicinity of Argos. Actually, it is a town and an island in the Aegean Sea.
- Alternate versionsIn the United States, Embassy Pictures released this as "The Medusa Against the Son of Hercules" as part the "Sons of Hercules" television package. The film was pan-and-scanned and the opening score was replaced with "The Sons of Hercules" theme used at the beginning of all the features in this package. Broadcasters had the choice playing this as a feature or edited into two one-hour "episodes."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Svengoolie: The Medusa Against the Son of Hercules (2017)
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The Medusa look
Keeping from the Greek Myth only the proper nouns and a vague outline featuring elements of the legend .
Perseus shared with Oedipus a curse: he would kill his grand-father-which he accidentally did in the legend- who had his daughter Danaé imprisoned but did not prevent Zeus from getting her pregnant ; in the sword and sandal,it is represented by the prediction of the queenmom who tells her stepson he would see three spots (on Perseus ' shoulder) before being killed.
Andromeda was to be given to a sea monter (here represented by some kind of cardboard prehistoric saurian) ;the special effects are almost comic :Medusa's eye looks like a car light ,and according to the myth ,she was beheaded and Perseus would use her powers to defeat his enemy ; here the screenplay is not that much dumb: the stone warriors turn to flesh and presto!an army to come to Andromeda 's father .
Andromeda is not to be devoured by a Loch Ness monster ,but to marry vile King Acrisio's son :like father ,like son : the villain ,should one believe the screenwriters ,are always sinister-looking whereas the heroes are virtuous and handsome :here Richard Harrison ,more athletic than muscle-man .Like them ,when the sword and sandal craze fizzled out , he became a secret agent , a la James Bond.
Of course ,the special effects cannot hold a candle to those of more modern versions of the Perseus myth ; but at least , De Martino's (debut) film has a screenplay ,naive and predictable ,but so are those of the versions to come .
Perseus shared with Oedipus a curse: he would kill his grand-father-which he accidentally did in the legend- who had his daughter Danaé imprisoned but did not prevent Zeus from getting her pregnant ; in the sword and sandal,it is represented by the prediction of the queenmom who tells her stepson he would see three spots (on Perseus ' shoulder) before being killed.
Andromeda was to be given to a sea monter (here represented by some kind of cardboard prehistoric saurian) ;the special effects are almost comic :Medusa's eye looks like a car light ,and according to the myth ,she was beheaded and Perseus would use her powers to defeat his enemy ; here the screenplay is not that much dumb: the stone warriors turn to flesh and presto!an army to come to Andromeda 's father .
Andromeda is not to be devoured by a Loch Ness monster ,but to marry vile King Acrisio's son :like father ,like son : the villain ,should one believe the screenwriters ,are always sinister-looking whereas the heroes are virtuous and handsome :here Richard Harrison ,more athletic than muscle-man .Like them ,when the sword and sandal craze fizzled out , he became a secret agent , a la James Bond.
Of course ,the special effects cannot hold a candle to those of more modern versions of the Perseus myth ; but at least , De Martino's (debut) film has a screenplay ,naive and predictable ,but so are those of the versions to come .
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- Nov 14, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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