Benedito Dias Rodrigues Could be a good time to Maciste if the producers adjust some ridiculous scenes along the picture,the screenplay is terrible to start and the plot is lack of creativity apart all this,the greatest sets ever done weren't enough this time,also my copy from VHS was dubbed to english version became worst the whole thing,l'm a great fan of those semi-gods of greek mitology,have a lot of good movies of Hercules,Sansom,Goliah and Maciste,they are amazing characters who deserves a appropiate good productions to make those magnificents movies,further Chelo alonso overcame all this mess and share us your glorious beauty!!!Resume:First watch: 1986 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD-R / Rating: 4.5

Rainey Dawn Maciste is in Egypt where an evil queen is out to seduce him into her villainous ways, to get what she wants.The name Samson appears in the title but this has no relationship to the biblical Samson. The film was distributed to English-speaking countries as Son of Samson but in all of the original films Maciste has no relationship to anyone named Samson. Italian titles translate into English as "Maciste in the Valley of the Kings" and it's aka "Maciste the Mighty" It's a film that barely kept me interested in it at times, other times was looking up more information on the internet about the film which was more interesting than the film itself.2/10

Woodyanders Noble and mighty Maciste (a likable performance by brawny hunk Steve Forest) comes to the aid of the oppressed people of the Egyptian city of Tanis, who are suffering greatly under the cruel reign of the beautiful, but ruthless and duplicitous Queen Smedes (superbly played with wicked aplomb by the delectable Chelo Alonso). Director Carlo Campogalliani and screenwriters Oreste Biancoli and Ennio De Concini relate the absorbing story at a constant steady pace and maintain a serious tone throughout. The stirring action scenes are staged with real flair and the moments of violence are surprisingly bloody and brutal. Forest makes for an impressive muscular hero as he either wrestles lions and crocodiles or throws huge boulders as if they were mere pebbles. The stunningly gorgeous Alonso positively burns up the screen with her steamy portrayal of Queen Smedes; the sequence with her performing a sultry belly dance in an attempt to seduce Samson rates as the scorching hot highlight of the whole movie. Moreover, there's solid supporting turns by Angelo Zanolli as the humane and dashing Pharoah Kenamun and Federica Ranchi as sweet, fetching peasant girl Nofret. The major last reel battle delivers the exciting rough'n'ready goods. Carlo Innocenzi's robust, roaring score and Riccardo Pallottini's crisp widescreen scope cinematography are both fine and effective. An immensely enjoyable picture.

b_moviebuff Well for the first half of this entry the acting is very wooden but somewhere down the line the cast start to look interested, I feared the worst when I bought this on DVD but was surprised just how good it is (in parts!), our hero saves a bunch of babes...sorry slaves from capture and unites with the people against the tyrants...well you should get the idea by now if you watch these kind of movies,as always Mark Forest looks superb as Machiste son of Samson and his muscular frame has the ladies in question in a spin, one word of warning though, some battle scenes are incredibly brutal and gory, this surprised me greatly as I don't think this would have been passed by British censors but as these epics come and go a good entry into the genre.