Hercules the Avenger / Hercules and the Black Pirate

In Hercules the Avenger (1965) Reg Park returns as the man of iron. Utilizing elements from Park's earlier Hercules in the Haunted World and Hercules and the Captive Women the mythological Son of Jove undertakes yet another journey into the nether regions battling zombies and monsters along the way in order to rescue his son. His long absence allows Gia, the Earth Goddess, an opportunity to place her own slacker son in Hercules' sandals, but his ne'er-do-well ways soon provoke Jove and the angry God destroys the entire city via a spectacular volcanic eruption.

BONUS FEATURE: Hercules and the Black Pirate (1964) is one of those weird time traveling Hercules adventures. Here Alan Steel is in Elizabethan times battling pirates on the bounding Main and while he may look like one of the Three Musketeers, once the shirt comes off he's all Hercules!

Muscle, action, and a healthy dose of camp went into both of these B-movie gems. Hercules (bodybuilder Reg Park) must save his son's soul from the evil Earth Goddess Gia in THE AVENGER. When he travels to the underworld, Gia's equally evil, psychopathic son Antaius assumes his identity as king. Antaius proceeds to wreak havoc upon the populace, methodically destroy the country, until Hercules returns to avenge his people. Then, in HERCULES AND THE BLACK PIRATE, things take a decidedly surreal turn when Hercules (this time played by Alan Steele) engages in a little time travel. Set in Elizabethan times, Hercules must battle the evil Rodrigo, advisor to the king, as well as the formidable Black Pirate himself; he also sets out to woo the governor's lovely daughter.