The English dubbed version of this film happened to find its way onto a four disc DVD set entitled “The Ultimate Pirate Collection” [many of the selections are hit-or-miss within the silly genre, as one would expect]. However, the crown jewel of Camp in the collection is easily Colossus and the Amazon Queen.
I’ll confess that I watched the entire awesome spectacle of cheeziness [yes, cheeZ, not merely cheese] that this so-called pirate flick spread out before my eyes in a visual smorgasbord of The Astonishingly Bad.
Here’s a Review from the Isotope Guerrilla Theatre:
Ladies and gentlemen, the Isotope is proud to present one of the greatest lost badfilms of all time… when we say “a must see” we really mean it!
If you like pirates, Greek mythology, scantily-clad women riding on horseback, bar fights, and tribal dance numbers as only white men in the late 1950s could envision, but have been unable to find a movie that will tackle them all, then Colossus and the Amazon Queen is definitely the flick for you!
With a plot line as loose as an Amazonian girdle, the movie follows Rod Taylor (miles away from his A-list work on films like The Birds) and the 60′s “fitness” star Ed Fury (in all his muscleman glory) as they bring over-the-top male/female role-reversals to an all-new farcical low. Complete with effeminate men swapping laundry tips and wives complaining that their stay-at-home men couldn’t possibly understand the value of a hard day’s work.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Really.
So for all the True Worshippers of CheeZ, Potheads Everywhere, the Perpetually Ennui-Afflicted, Morbidly Curious, and to Warriors around the World [be Ye of the Weekend variety or otherwise], to you I give this, my Memorial Day gift.
Enjoy.
