BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS 1973 (REEL VAULT)

This is a strange one indeed.

A tribe of Amazons terrorize the countryside and kill the men or take them as worker slaves.

Four men come to a small village and attempt to teach them to defend themselves from the attacks. This takes a lot of patience as some of the villagers don't have the nerve to fight.

However, it eventually comes to pass that the men have trained them well and they prepare for a final attack by the tribe of warrior women. The final battle almost lives up to the expectations of the viewer, but this is where it got very weird for me.

During this final battle all of the Amazons wear white face helmets!! Why?? Well the answer is very simple, they were replaced with male stuntmen!! This is easy to see as the women suddenly have legs and arms that look very masculine.

This didn't work well and the production suffers because it painfully obvious. I did enjoy this obscure gem from Italy that AIP picked up for drive-ins in 1973. It was also a pleasure to see the gorgeous Mirta Miller, but her role is wasted.

If you like sword and sandal movies I think you should see this and determine for yourself if you like it.