# Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

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**Original title**: *Ercole al centro della terra*
**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Horror, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Mario Bava
**Written by**: Duccio Tessari, Mario Bava, Sandro Continenza
**Starring**: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson, Marisa Belli, Ida Galli

> *An All New Height in Fright and Might!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Ecalia. Her dark sickness. A distant drum.
Daianara lies senseless, cursed by a poison meant to secure a throne. Hercules descends to the land of the dead for a cure, unaware of the treachery that awaits his return.
Bava’s low-budget color schemes achieve maximum dread.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, neon-soaked, surreal

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