12 Hilarious Films That Weren't Supposed To Be Funny
6. The Adventures Of Hercules (1985)
When his seven mighty thunderbolts are stolen, Zeus, the Greek God of fake beards, calls upon Hercules (Lou Ferrigno, apparently dubbed by Adam West) to battle extras in yeti costumes and rubber monster suits in order to retrieve them. Theres more: Herculess nemesis, King Minos, has been resurrected by the forces of evil and sent to kill him. If that whets your appetite for a climactic swordfight, however, were sorry to disappoint you. But if you just thought, I bet they transform themselves into animated dinosaurs one yellow, one blue and have a fight in outer space, give yourself a cigar. With its poorly choreographed fight sequences and scenes of skimpily attired maidens being sacrificed by a villain in a Ronald McDonald wig, The Adventures of Hercules proves director Luigi Cozzi (Starcrash, Contamination) to be the grand master of jaw-on-the-floor fantasy filmmaking. If another threat emerges, the Earth is surely doomed, announces Zeus. Can mankind survive? With Ferrigno and Cozzi in our corner, how can we fail?
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
