An addition to the Italian peplum cycle and an adaptation of a Greek play which involves famine and godly intervention on Earth. The story is dramatic enough certainly, the adaptation not so much; it has the period era and trappings right, but it's overly talky and just seems to go on and on, with the upshot being that it comes across as pretty boring. Never quite as lively as it should be, this one ranks as a missed opportunity.
Review of The Bacchantes
