screenshots / The Cyclops / 2008 New Horizons Picture Corporation

Produced by Roger Corman, this made-for-television movie features both mighty gladiators and a ferocious one-eyed monster.

The film stars Eric Roberts (as the Emperor Tiberius Caesar), Kevin Stapleton (as Marcus Romulus) and Mike Straub (as Gordian).

Cast as Tarquin, Bulgarian actor/stuntman later portrayed Gnaeus in both Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011).

The blu-ray release featured scenes of carnage which was deemed to be too intense for broadcast television.

The production filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria.