MACISTE IN HELL (1925) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Guido Brignone
Bartolomeo Pagano, Umberto Guarracino,
Elena Sangro, Lucia Zanussi, Pauline Polaire,
Franz Sala, Domenico Serra, Mario Saio
A legendary strongman gets tricked by a devil and ends up in hell, where there's a new rule: If he kisses a female demon within three days, he has to stay forever. And with all those provocative demons lounging around in their pre-Code costumes, it's going to be tough. Fortunately, there's another rule: If you're mentioned in a little kid's prayers back on earth, you win a get-out-of-hell free card. It's an old-style vision of hell - the Italians always knew how to do that - but the technique looks primitive - more 1910 than 1925. Whoever landed the pitchfork concession made a bundle on this.
