Hercules Returns

AroView: Three hapless cinema entrepreneurs discover their opening film, HERCULES, is in Italian with no subtitles, so they dub the voices and sound effects themselves to keep the punters happy.

Belying its improvisational premise, the script in fact thoroughly rehearsed and all the more effective and hilarious for it. That the original film is quite a spectacle itself helps. Enjoys a major and ever-growing cult following.

The film has its origins in the late 80s as a live comedy show from the Melbourne troupe Double Take, who specialized in revoicing B-grade ‘masterpieces’.