What is Hercules vs. the Moon Men?
{{italictitle}} '''''Hercules Against the Moon Men''''' is a 1964 [[Italy|Italian]]/[[France|French]] [[movie]]. It was [[Movie director|directed]] by Giacomo Gentilomo. It stars Alan Steel (real name Sergio Ciani). The movie blends (mixes) elements from [[Roman mythology|Roman]], [[Greek mythology|Greek]], [[Cretan mythology|Cretan]] and [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian]] [[mythology|mythologies]]. In the original [[Italian language]] version, the hero was not [[Hercules]]. The hero was Maciste. Maciste was a hero in Italian [[silent movie]]s. Its original Italian title was ''Maciste e la regina di Samar'' (''Maciste and the Queen of Samar''). Its French title was ''Maciste contre les hommes de pierre'' (''Maciste Against the Men of Stone''). The [[English language|English]] [[distribution|distributors]] [[dubbing|dubbed]] the hero [[Hercules]], because Maciste was not well known to [[United States|American]] [[audience]]s. == Story == A [[race (biology)|race]] of evil [[moon]] men land on [[Earth]]. For years, they have [[Terrorism|terrorized]] the city of Samar. They have made the people of Samar give them children to be [[wikt:Sacrifice|sacrifices]]. Now, the queen of Samar has made an [[agreement|pact]] with the moon men to take control of the world. She wants to become the most powerful woman alive. The people of Samar do not like all the chaos. They [[wikt:cheer|cheer]] when the mighty Hercules shows up to end it all. {{movie-stub}} [[Category:1960s science fiction movies]] [[Category:Peplum movies]] [[Category:Movies based on Greek and Roman mythology]] [[Category:1960s fantasy movies]] [[Category:1960s epic movies]] [[Category:Italian movies]] [[Category:French movies]] [[Category:1964 movies]] [[Category:Italian-language movies]]