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Misc: 'Hercules in the Shadow of Evil' Poster

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Read a really cool story from the "Blackcoat Press" anthology "The Vampire Almanac, Vol. 2" that has the vicious Gyaos, from the Gamera movies, facing off in ancient times against Hercules himself as the demigod battles to the bitter end to buy the Atlanteans time to finish the creation of their next weapon... a certain flying mutant terrapin. ;p

Decided to play with the idea of crossing the golden age of Hercules movies (key among them the Steve Reeves/Reg Park versions) with the original (Showa) era of Gamera films.

While the story itself seems to mix versions (the Original Series and the 90's series) and mythologies... the fact that there's emphasis on the Gyaos being blood-drinkers in this story also played a role in picking the original iteration... which had more of an emphasis on that aspect than it did later. The 90's Gyaos was more or less a simple carnivore.

So it took a while, but I hopefully did a good job at crafting this 'Fake Movie Poster'.

Story by Matthew Dennion
Gyaos @ Kadokawa-Daiei Film, Co.
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Steve Reeves was a underrated actor today. Oddly I do not think Hercules was his best film, but the role of the Trojan hero Aeneas in both the Trojan Horse and War of the Trojans. The Trojan horse had a bigger budget than it's sequel, but the 2nd film was pretty great also with the settlement of the Trojans after the fall in the first film.