Hercules in the Haunted World

This was kind of like getting a Marvel gig after an independent success in Italy in the early 60s, wasn’t it? The second entry in a Hercules franchise produced by Achille Piazzi, Mario Bava was hired and immediately injected his phantasmagoric sense into the franchise (I assume; I haven’t watched the first one) into the film wherever he could. However, this is not the most natural fit for Bava. The plot-heavy story of Hercules having to travel the mythical world looking for a MacGuffin to sa...