MST3K 410 - Hercules Against the Moon Men

410 - Hercules Against the Moon Men
Air/Release Date	August 22, 1992
AKA	Maciste vs. the Stone Men
Movie Director	Giacomo Gentilomo
Year	1964
Cast	Sergio Ciani (billed here as Alan Steel), Jany Clair, Anna Maria Polani, Nando Tamberlani
Preceded by	409 - The Indestructible Man
Followed by	411 - The Magic Sword

The Movie

Synopsis

After a meteor crashes into a mountain, moon men emerge and demand human sacrifices from the city below. This goes on for years until at last Claudis, advisor to Queen Samara (Clair), sends for the mighty Hercules to save them all. The evil Queen Samara however, is in league with the moon men, and does everything in her power to stop Hercules. The moon men need a final human sacrifice on the night of the convergence of the planets in order to bring their queen Selena back to life. The sacrifice turns out to be the princess Phyllis, and Hercules must rescue her and stop the moon men before it's too late. [1]

Information

Sergio Ciani has appeared in twenty-three different Italian films, mostly of the peplum variety. He has been credited under the names Alan Steel (as in this movie) and John Wyler. [2]

The Episode

Obscure References

• "...by Four Dead in Ohio Art!" "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming sold separately!"

A reference to both the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song "Ohio", and the toy company Ohio Art.

• "He's goin' up against the Unification Church..."

Followers of the Unification Church are often derisively referred to as "Moonies", after its founder, Sun Myung Moon.

• "NC Stu-Stu-Studio!"

A parody of the Phil Collins song "Sussudio".

• "Behind the Green Door!"

Behind the Green Door was a pornographic film originally released in 1972.