screenshots / Hercules In the Haunted World (aka: Hercules in the Center of the Earth) / 1961 SpA Cinematografica

Original Italian title: Ercole al centro della terra (Hercules in the center of the earth).

Released in Germany as Vampire gegen Herakles (Vampires against Hercules).

This peplum classic stars English actor and bodybuilder Reg Park as Hercules and Hammer horror star Christopher Lee as King Lico.

Director Mario Bava is perhaps best known by film fans for his horror classics Black Sunday (1960) and Black Sabbath (1963).

In the role of Theseus, Italian actor Giorgio (George) Ardisson can also be seen in Erik the Conqueror (1961) and Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965).

Raf Baldassarre (cast in the film as a mercenary) would later be be seen in Luana (1968), Tarzan in the Golden Grotto (1969), and Zambo, King of the Jungle (1972).

Reg Park starred in 5 sword and sandal films, the first: Hercules and the Captive Women (1961) and the last: Hercules the Avenger (1965).

Christopher Lee's voice was dubbed by another actor for the English-language version.

Filmed on locations in Italy and at the Cinecittą Studios, Cinecittą, Rome, Lazio.

Giorgio Ardisson passed in 2014 at the age of 82.

Raf Baldassarre passed in 1995 at the age of 63.