The 'Indiana Jones-ploitation' Phenomenon Antonio Margheriti & The Jungles of Doom Gets the 4K Blu-ray Upgrade It Was Ne

If there’s one thing the Italian film industry was great at in the second half of the 20th century, it was leaping with abandon into every single bankable genre made exploitable by a big American hit. Jaws? Star Wars? Dawn of the Dead? (Hey, Dario Argento was actually involved in that one!) Ten more just like it, immediatamente! There are Italian knock-offs in multiple genres: shark movies, space films, zombie romps, etc. And when a certain whip-wielding archaeologist debuted in 1981, it wasn’t long before there were plenty of treasure-hunting clones. Just look at director Antonio Margheriti’s “Indiana Jonesploitation” trilogy, which “borrowed” many elements from the first film in the Lucasfilm franchise, 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. Severin Films – purveyors of archival-quality physical home video releases for a wide range of cult genre gems – now presents a box set of Margheriti’s Raiders rip-offs in 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray. This is a visual quality that none of these films were ever meant to achieve; they look beautiful. It’s also a wonderfully complete experience as far as dubbing and subtitle options, with both original Italian and English dubs, and captioning for all o

Apr 18, 2026 → Apr 18, 2026