| Hercules, Prisoner of Evil | |
| Director: | |
| Producer: | Adelpho Ambrosiano |
| Screenplay: | Marcello Sartarelli |
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| Music: | Franco Mannino |
| Cinematography: | Gabor Pogany |
| Editing: | Otello Clangeli |
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| Distributors: | --> |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (Italian: Ursus il terrore dei Kirghisi|lit=Ursus, Terror of the Kirghiz) is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Anthony Dawson and an uncredited Ruggero Deodato. Deodato, the official assistant director, replaced Margheriti as he was busy with the completion of the film The Fall of Rome. Deodato actually directed most of the film in actuality but Margheriti was credited as the director.[1] [2] The film is filled with a variety of horrific themes and elements, featuring a killer werewolf, and is as much a horror film as it is a peplum.[3]
The mighty Ursus is given a potion to drink that transforms him on certain nights into a murderous werewolf. Ursus kills several innocent people in the forest before realizing that he himself is the creature the local villagers are seeking to destroy. Ursus is referred to as Hercules in the English-dubbed prints.
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil was released in Italy on July 31, 1964.