List of the best Riccardo Freda movies: Castle of the Banned Lovers(1956), The Magnificent Adventurer(1963), Theodora, Slave Empress(1954), Caltiki, the Immortal Monster(1960), Tragic Ceremony(1972), Murder Obsession(1981), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock(1962), The Iguana With the Tongue of Fire(1971), The Giants of Thessaly(1960), The White Warrior(1961), Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World(1961) ... ...
Drama
Italy|France
1956
93 Minutes
Director
Micheline Presle Gino Cervi Fausto Tozzi Frank Villard Claudine Dupuis Antonio De Teffe Mireille Granelli Emilio Petacci
The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of her violent and morbid father, and the hostility of her stepmother Lucrezia.
Adventure
UK
1963
90 Minutes
Director
Brett Halsey Françoise Fabian Claudia Mori Bernard Blier Elio Pandolfi Andrea Bosic Diego Michelotti
A tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.
Adventure, Romance, Drama
Italy|France
1954
88 Minutes
Director
Georges Marchal Gianna Maria Canale Renato Baldini Irene Papas Carlo Sposito Nerio Bernardi
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
Italy|USA
1960
76 Minutes
Director
Mario Bava John Merivale Didi Sullivan Gerard Herter Daniela Rocca Vittorio Andre Daniele Vargas Arturo Dominici Rex Wood
A team of archaeologists in Mexico encounter an amorphous, blob-like monster that appears to be connected with the collapse of the Mayan civilization.
Drama
Italy|Spain
1972
82 Minutes
Director
Vickie Kehl Luciana Paluzzi Máximo Valverde Tony Isbert Luigi Pistilli Giovani Petrucci Pepe Calvo Irina Demick
Four young people witness a black mass at a remote English estate, and find themselves terrorized while they attempt to make sense of what they witnessed.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Italy|France
1981
95 Minutes
Director
Stefano Patrizi Martine Brochard Henri Garcin Laura Gemser John Richardson Anita Strindberg Silvia Dionisio Fabrizio Moroni
Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1962
76 Minutes
Director
Robert Flemyng Barbara Steele Harriet Medin Silvano Tranquilli Al Christianson Nat Harley Neil Robinson Howard Nelson Rubien Evar Simpson
After exposure to radiation, an atomic research scientist finds himself changing into a murderous, lizard-like creature every time he is exposed to sunlight.
Crime, Drama
1971
90 Minutes
Director
Adventure
1960
86 Minutes
Director
Roland Carey Ziva Rodann Massimo Girotti
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Jason (Roland Carey), Orpheus (Massimo Girotti) and the Argonauts fight monsters for the Golden Fleece.
Adventure
1961
86 Minutes
Director
A Caucasian muscleman (Steve Reeves) with a girlfriend (Giorgia Moll) leads his mountain tribes against Czar Nicholas I.
Adventure
1961
80 Minutes
Director
Gordon Scott Yôko Tani Hélène Chanel Dante DiPaolo Gabriele Antonini Leonardo Severini Valéry Inkijinoff Franco Ressel
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In the 1200s in China, a powerful man (Gordon Scott) must complete seven feats of strength to repel an invading army.