U.S. label Shout Factory has confirmed that it is preparing Blu-ray releases of Luigi Cozzi's
Hercules (1983) and
The Adventures of Hercules II (1985). The two releases will be available for purchase on August 22.
Supplemental features to be included on these upcoming releases have not yet been finalized.
Hercules
Synopsis: The incredible Lou Ferrigno steps into the sandals of the most durable demigod in myth and motion pictures: Hercules!
With the strength of an army, our hero battles the forces of darkness in one unbelievable exploit after another. From bloodthirsty bears and loathsome reptiles to giant robots and laser beams, he stands tall against all who oppose him in his battle against the nefarious Minos (William Berger). But even the mighty Hercules himself may not be impervious to the bewitching charms of Sybil Danning in the role of the seductive and sultry Adriana (and can you blame him?).
From Luigi Cozzi (credited as Lewis Coates), the director/co-writer of the cult favorite Starcrash, Hercules is a fantastic flight of the imagination and a ridiculously entertaining, 80s-induced take on the legendary mythology!
The Adventures of Hercules II
Synopsis: From a mythic world beyond your imagination ... Hercules returns!
When three traitorous goddesses steal seven magical thunderbolts with unearthly power, it falls to one man with the strength of one hundred to save the universe from eternal chaos and darkness: Hercules (the incredible Lou Ferrigno)! As an Olympian array of monstrous villains line up to claim Hercules' head, our protagonist must summon every last ounce of his formidable strength to defeat them all, recover the thunderbolts, and take to the cosmos itself for one final battle with his archnemesis, King Minos.
The Adventures Of Hercules II features the man, the myth, the legend himself in his most titanic labor yet!