Word: peplum
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...Hercules spawned perhaps a hundred peplum epics, so called for the short skirts the guys wore. All were inspired by Greek and Roman mythology; Reeves, a former Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe whose previous claim to fame had been a costarring role in Ed Wood's Jail Bait, went on to star in a Hercules sequel, then as Aeneas and Romulus. After him came other musclemen: Reg Park in Hercules Conquers Atlantis, Ed Fury in Ursus, Son of Hercules, Mark Forest in Mole Men vs. the Son of Hercules. Well-tended flesh was as important to these movies...
...peplum fad kept the Italian film industry going until it discovered its next and more lasting trend, the spaghetti Western. Directors and stars simply moved from one genre to the next. Before helming A Fistful of Dollars, which kicked his and Clint Eastwood's career into overdrive, Sergio Leone had made his directing debut with The Colossus of Rhodes...
...peplum epic demands a little female skin, and 300 serves up a few glimpses of erect nipples, a few tableaux of women (and the odd hermaphrodite) in perfunctory writhing...