This is a Roger Corman re-working of the Russian film PLANETA BURG (PLANET OF STORMS) which I saw at a science fiction convention around 1970 - in Russian, with no subtitles! This version has neatly edited in scenes featuring American stars to replace two of the Russians and dubbed the voices of the remaining Russian actors - this is a mixed blessing, since the dialogue is often contorted so as to match their lip movements, making for some banal conversations on the way to Venus. Once you get used to that, there are some interesting bits, including a great robot, a nifty flying car and an ending that retains some of the poetry of the original space epic. It's of interest mostly as a curiosity - and one day I'd like to see a subtitled version of the Russian original!
66 Reviews
Visually excellent, entertaining, and campy sci-fi adventure
mstomaso20 May 2005
Before you view this film, you should read some of the comments on it here on IMDb. Most of the film is lifted from Planeta Burg, a Soviet sci-fi film made around 1960 by none other than legendary American workhorse B film-maker Roger Corman. Corman added Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone and some poorly dubbed English, but, thankfully, left the plot, soundtrack, visuals and most of the dialog intact. What's enjoyable about this film is the original film included within it.
The story line is pretty simple. A manned space flight to Venus encounters many unforeseen challenges, including a great diversity of life forms, including, possibly, intelligent beings. Braving the elements of this tectonically unstable planet, an unbreathable atmosphere and dangerous creatures are several cosmonauts and a powerful and intelligent robotic android (somewhat derivative of Robbie the Robot).
This is a nice piece of mid-twentieth century pulp sci-fi. While it doesn't carry the weight of many of its contemporaries - such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, or Forbidden Planet, etc - it's enjoyable for its clever low budget visual effects, eerie atmospherics, and inventive technological ideas. Great film for sci-fi buffs and film history fans.
The story line is pretty simple. A manned space flight to Venus encounters many unforeseen challenges, including a great diversity of life forms, including, possibly, intelligent beings. Braving the elements of this tectonically unstable planet, an unbreathable atmosphere and dangerous creatures are several cosmonauts and a powerful and intelligent robotic android (somewhat derivative of Robbie the Robot).
This is a nice piece of mid-twentieth century pulp sci-fi. While it doesn't carry the weight of many of its contemporaries - such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, or Forbidden Planet, etc - it's enjoyable for its clever low budget visual effects, eerie atmospherics, and inventive technological ideas. Great film for sci-fi buffs and film history fans.
So Cheesy and Silly that Becomes Funny
claudio_carvalho16 March 2008
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7 to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone), but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern (Georg Tejkh) and Sherman (Yuri Sarantsev) with the robot John (John Bix) to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans (Faith Domergue) in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart (Vladimir Yemelyanov), Andre Ferneau (Robert Chantal) and Hans Walter (Georgi Zhzhyonov) explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land.
"Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" is so cheesy and silly that becomes funny. The effects are awful even for a 1965 movie, and the dialogs are very poor. Maybe the director and writer wrote this story and these lines in the elementary school so ridicule they are, specially the lines spoken by scientists. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "O Planeta Pré-Histórico" ("The Prehistoric Planet")
"Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" is so cheesy and silly that becomes funny. The effects are awful even for a 1965 movie, and the dialogs are very poor. Maybe the director and writer wrote this story and these lines in the elementary school so ridicule they are, specially the lines spoken by scientists. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "O Planeta Pré-Histórico" ("The Prehistoric Planet")
goes down well with several pina colodas
dr_foreman6 July 2004
"Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet" should be excruciating, but miraculously it's a pretty fun flick - provided you're into the B movie thing (and if you aren't, why on earth are you looking this "masterpiece" up?)
First, a little historical note. Although the American version of the film features the great Basil Rathbourne and that monotonous beauty Faith Domergue, these two thesps were in fact added in to the original footage in order to increase its appeal for a U.S. audience (the movie is actually Russian - or maybe Swedish). They aren't supposed to be there, and you can sorta tell, since they never get involved in the action. Sadly, they end up dragging the movie down, since all they do is communicate with each other by radio, slowing the action to a crawl with lots of pointless dialogue like, "I hope everybody's okay down there on Venus. Keep your fingers crossed..."
Now for the rest. Just about every scene in the movie falls into one of three categories:
(1) Tedious (2) Silly Fun (3) Genuinely Interesting
For #1, you've got lots of milling around in quarries and spaceship sets. For #2, you've got cool rubber monsters and the world's lamest aircar, which waddles along slower than your granny could hobble. For #3, you've got some cool cryptic references to the Venusian civilization, which pretty much remains a mystery for the entire film. I was particularly impressed by the single, indistinct, mysterious shot of the native aliens, and by the carving hidden in a hunk of rock. Too bad the whole movie doesn't deal with tracking down clues about the alien civilization, but alas, it's mostly concerned with techno-talk and survivalism.
Overall - quite good, if you're in the right company.
First, a little historical note. Although the American version of the film features the great Basil Rathbourne and that monotonous beauty Faith Domergue, these two thesps were in fact added in to the original footage in order to increase its appeal for a U.S. audience (the movie is actually Russian - or maybe Swedish). They aren't supposed to be there, and you can sorta tell, since they never get involved in the action. Sadly, they end up dragging the movie down, since all they do is communicate with each other by radio, slowing the action to a crawl with lots of pointless dialogue like, "I hope everybody's okay down there on Venus. Keep your fingers crossed..."
Now for the rest. Just about every scene in the movie falls into one of three categories:
(1) Tedious (2) Silly Fun (3) Genuinely Interesting
For #1, you've got lots of milling around in quarries and spaceship sets. For #2, you've got cool rubber monsters and the world's lamest aircar, which waddles along slower than your granny could hobble. For #3, you've got some cool cryptic references to the Venusian civilization, which pretty much remains a mystery for the entire film. I was particularly impressed by the single, indistinct, mysterious shot of the native aliens, and by the carving hidden in a hunk of rock. Too bad the whole movie doesn't deal with tracking down clues about the alien civilization, but alas, it's mostly concerned with techno-talk and survivalism.
Overall - quite good, if you're in the right company.
A low-budget space opera being actually a rip-off from a Russian flm , adding wasted appearances by Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue
ma-cortes17 September 2020
There is rip-roaring action, spirit of adventure , derring-do , thrills , and results to be quite amusing , concerning an expedition to Venus forced to deal with dinosaurs and other perils . In the making of this picture producers and filmmaker Curtis Harrington edited in special effects and additional footage from recently Russian movie ¨Planeta Burg¨ and his own ¨Queen of blood¨. This nifty sci-fi/horror has a thrilling plot , if simple and ordinary , similar to subsequent Sci-Fi- movies . In the year 2020 , cosmonaut Marcia (Faith Domergue) orbits the planet Venus and communicating through radio transmission with five astronauts who have landed on Venus surface to discover extraterrestrial life , and they are accompanied by a robot (Robbie the Robot lookalike) . Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone) is also on hand to control the space journey to explore Venus . When the aircraft lands on Venus the are attacked by prehistoric beasts , and then lose their robot and nearly their lives in a volcanic eruption , while preparing a rescue team . At the end the explorers discover signs of a lost civilization and a sculpture indicating that the Venusians had looked human.
It's a formula outer space film with tension , thrills , including some elaborate FX , and results to be entertaining enough . It's a brief fun with average special effects , passable set decoration , functional art direction and none use of computer generator. This fantasy picture packs thrills , action , weird monsters, a flying car , lively pace and fantastic scenarios . The monsters and a Robot are the real stars of this production and its chief attribute . The tale is silly and laughable but the effects and action are passable . Among the most spectacular of its visuals there are a Pterodactilus roaring menacingly towards the camera , a huge octopus-alike with several tentacles , a little tableau comprising attacks of various monsters and the colorful backgrounds of the lost land . Some monsters are clumsily made , but the movie is so-so . Highlights of the adventure includes a roller-coaster trip towards unknown land in Venus , and appearance of prehistoric reptile and othr beasts , such as Pterodactilis and a giant dinosaur . In addition the final scenes where appears breathtaking volcanic eruptions and thunderous explosions . Some illogical parts in the argument are more than compensated for the excitement provided by the astonishing monsters , though sometimes are a little bit cheesy . If you've ever seen the soviet film ¨Planeta Bur¨(1962) by Pavel Klushantsev don't be surprised if some scenes look familiar , the script was written around segments cut from that film and subsequently adding scenes shot by Curtis Harrington in Chicago , Illinois, USA . In fact In 1965 Roger Corman bought the Russian rights to the film, added some scenes with Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone , and then released it in America with the title "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" . This was an ultra low budget production with acceptable special effects taken from a big budget Soviet production , though Harrington estimated that most of the film was his . A bit later on , Roger Corman took out the former additions , added more footage , and released it again as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" and even a third more erotic and exciting version with plenty of gorgeous and exuberant girls . Producer Roger Corman and his brother Gene Corman made a similar operation to ¨Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet¨, as economic as rip-off from a Russian film , with ¨Queen of Blood¨also starred by Basil Rathbone . And being released on a double-bill by AIP along with other B-Science Fiction pictures . Acceptable main cast , such as : the great Sherlock's Basil Rathbone as a scientific who observes the exploration from a distance and Faith Domergue ; however , remaining cast being formed by unknown Russian actors.
The picture was regularly directed by Curtis Harrington , and it was shot in seven to eight dayd . Curtis Harrington was a good craftsman in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others .
It's a formula outer space film with tension , thrills , including some elaborate FX , and results to be entertaining enough . It's a brief fun with average special effects , passable set decoration , functional art direction and none use of computer generator. This fantasy picture packs thrills , action , weird monsters, a flying car , lively pace and fantastic scenarios . The monsters and a Robot are the real stars of this production and its chief attribute . The tale is silly and laughable but the effects and action are passable . Among the most spectacular of its visuals there are a Pterodactilus roaring menacingly towards the camera , a huge octopus-alike with several tentacles , a little tableau comprising attacks of various monsters and the colorful backgrounds of the lost land . Some monsters are clumsily made , but the movie is so-so . Highlights of the adventure includes a roller-coaster trip towards unknown land in Venus , and appearance of prehistoric reptile and othr beasts , such as Pterodactilis and a giant dinosaur . In addition the final scenes where appears breathtaking volcanic eruptions and thunderous explosions . Some illogical parts in the argument are more than compensated for the excitement provided by the astonishing monsters , though sometimes are a little bit cheesy . If you've ever seen the soviet film ¨Planeta Bur¨(1962) by Pavel Klushantsev don't be surprised if some scenes look familiar , the script was written around segments cut from that film and subsequently adding scenes shot by Curtis Harrington in Chicago , Illinois, USA . In fact In 1965 Roger Corman bought the Russian rights to the film, added some scenes with Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone , and then released it in America with the title "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" . This was an ultra low budget production with acceptable special effects taken from a big budget Soviet production , though Harrington estimated that most of the film was his . A bit later on , Roger Corman took out the former additions , added more footage , and released it again as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" and even a third more erotic and exciting version with plenty of gorgeous and exuberant girls . Producer Roger Corman and his brother Gene Corman made a similar operation to ¨Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet¨, as economic as rip-off from a Russian film , with ¨Queen of Blood¨also starred by Basil Rathbone . And being released on a double-bill by AIP along with other B-Science Fiction pictures . Acceptable main cast , such as : the great Sherlock's Basil Rathbone as a scientific who observes the exploration from a distance and Faith Domergue ; however , remaining cast being formed by unknown Russian actors.
The picture was regularly directed by Curtis Harrington , and it was shot in seven to eight dayd . Curtis Harrington was a good craftsman in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others .
Imaginative sets and creatures, but no characterisation at all
Leofwine_draca27 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
A lightweight but fun old-fashioned adventure movie which has the very clichéd plot of a group of astronauts landing on a remote planet (bizarrely, Venus) and finding themselves terrorised by a variety of alien life. That's it. The end of the story. The rest of the film consists of various crew members trying to make their way back to their ship and being threatened by monsters, plants, the weather, and an erupting volcano. This is a lively little film which is confusing in parts, mainly due to the fact that it was initially a Russian film (called PLANETA BURG) which Roger Corman then got hold of, dubbed and added in extra scenes with actors Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue, located in static sets and basically commenting on the action as it happens. Although this gives the movie a disjointed feel, the process works as a whole.
The first thing we witness as the movie starts are some wobbly, miniature spaceships flying through the stars. Now this won't give George Lucas any sleepless nights but is however a nice attempt at creating a science fiction tale; I'm a big fan of special effects in whatever form they take and these are a good effort. We're introduced to the astronauts, a group of men who all look the same and are never really characterised in any way, shape or form. However, it is good to see Basil Rathbone (bizarrely looking a lot like Peter Cushing here) in action as a professor giving the orders, and it's nice that the sprightly 70-year old was still clinging to his roots at his age. American starlet Faith Domergue also appears as a token female who doesn't really benefit the plot in any way.
Also introduced is a very cool giant humanoid robot, one of the coolest you'll ever see perhaps. He even gives Robby the Robot a run for his money. The robot will play a key part in the film later on. As well as him, there are lots of cheap bits of sci-fi gimmickry, like weird pinging noises and scales and monitors which are meant to mean something. One scene I did like was when one of the astronauts turns on an outside microphone and hears a load of eerie wailing noises. Probably the best thing about this movie is the design of the planet. Venus is portrayed as a desert-like barren land, populated by the occasional hill, mountain, or pool. It's also extremely misty and contains apparent sentient vegetation in places. Hilariously, once outside, one of the explorers dips his hand into a pool he discovers (at one point I thought he was going to drink up!) - who's to say that the liquid isn't acidic? At this point we are introduced to the first "monster", a very well-designed giant tentacled plant which threatens to devour one of the men.
From then on, the group gets split up and explore the landscape. In their travels they discover a group of violent reptile men who attempt to kill them and are themselves killed, a brontosaurus (!) which they take a blood sample from (!!), and an evil flying reptile which attempts to destroy their amusing hover car. At one point they venture underwater where they discover an eerie, ruby-eyed bronze idol of the flying reptile and a hilarious white octopus. Anyway, what can I say? It goes without saying that this film is only to be watched by bad film fans who don't mind a few dodgy effects here and there and are willing to suspend their disbelief in the interests of entertainment. Saying that, the Russian special effects guys actually do a very good job in creating a world populated by all kinds of danger (my favourite creatures has to be the brontosaurus though). Also, a very atmospheric landscape in my opinion too. It's just a shame that we don't get to know or care about the astronauts at all. That would have made some of the dangerous situations more exciting. Otherwise, this is a perfectly perfunctory little B-movie enlivened by a great visual look.
The first thing we witness as the movie starts are some wobbly, miniature spaceships flying through the stars. Now this won't give George Lucas any sleepless nights but is however a nice attempt at creating a science fiction tale; I'm a big fan of special effects in whatever form they take and these are a good effort. We're introduced to the astronauts, a group of men who all look the same and are never really characterised in any way, shape or form. However, it is good to see Basil Rathbone (bizarrely looking a lot like Peter Cushing here) in action as a professor giving the orders, and it's nice that the sprightly 70-year old was still clinging to his roots at his age. American starlet Faith Domergue also appears as a token female who doesn't really benefit the plot in any way.
Also introduced is a very cool giant humanoid robot, one of the coolest you'll ever see perhaps. He even gives Robby the Robot a run for his money. The robot will play a key part in the film later on. As well as him, there are lots of cheap bits of sci-fi gimmickry, like weird pinging noises and scales and monitors which are meant to mean something. One scene I did like was when one of the astronauts turns on an outside microphone and hears a load of eerie wailing noises. Probably the best thing about this movie is the design of the planet. Venus is portrayed as a desert-like barren land, populated by the occasional hill, mountain, or pool. It's also extremely misty and contains apparent sentient vegetation in places. Hilariously, once outside, one of the explorers dips his hand into a pool he discovers (at one point I thought he was going to drink up!) - who's to say that the liquid isn't acidic? At this point we are introduced to the first "monster", a very well-designed giant tentacled plant which threatens to devour one of the men.
From then on, the group gets split up and explore the landscape. In their travels they discover a group of violent reptile men who attempt to kill them and are themselves killed, a brontosaurus (!) which they take a blood sample from (!!), and an evil flying reptile which attempts to destroy their amusing hover car. At one point they venture underwater where they discover an eerie, ruby-eyed bronze idol of the flying reptile and a hilarious white octopus. Anyway, what can I say? It goes without saying that this film is only to be watched by bad film fans who don't mind a few dodgy effects here and there and are willing to suspend their disbelief in the interests of entertainment. Saying that, the Russian special effects guys actually do a very good job in creating a world populated by all kinds of danger (my favourite creatures has to be the brontosaurus though). Also, a very atmospheric landscape in my opinion too. It's just a shame that we don't get to know or care about the astronauts at all. That would have made some of the dangerous situations more exciting. Otherwise, this is a perfectly perfunctory little B-movie enlivened by a great visual look.
Science fiction movies just don't age well do they?
Aaron137524 March 2004
I didn't really want this movie; it came on a double feature DVD with another movie about Venus. The only reason I got this DVD is that it came in a box with four horror movies. It was called the horror gift set so I don't know why there were two science fiction movies in the set. However, I found this one entertaining to some extent. Wasn't all that bad. The problem is that it starts slow and after the volcano scene it ends slowly. There are some rather good scenes in the middle though and I liked how they used outdoor scenes rather than sets. There are a couple of monsters here and there too to see. The plot has these three astronauts landing on Venus to find two others who apparently crashed there with their robot. It is interesting during this phase, but after they find them the movie gets really bad again as I am guessing they were just trying to pad out the rest of the film. The stuff about that gal Marsha was just really dumb. The end is just them speculating whether she landed on the planet to help or not. With a better climax this one could have been a somewhat entertaining little movie, though it couldn't have been too good as science fiction movies tend to age poorly especially when dealing with astronauts and stuff to that effect.
Sure it's a bad film, but it could be a lot worse!
planktonrules30 June 2007
This film is about the first manned landing on Venus. The fact that Venus has a metal-crunching dense atmosphere and very toxic gases doesn't seem to matter, as once there the place isn't all that horrible. At one point, an astronaut even opens his helmet briefly with no ill effects! Their version of Venus is sort of like walking near and around the island of Hawaii with it's exotic plants and volcanoes. The physics and science behind the film are astoundingly bad, but the film is also rather kitschy and charming in a silly and old fashioned way, so it might be worth a quick look.
The pedigree surrounding this film is quite amazing and is probably more interesting than anything you'll see in this rather dull film. Originally, this was a Russian film but some "clever" American (and by 'clever', I mean 'sleazy and greedy') thought they could hack the original film apart, add some new somewhat pointless content at minimal cost and in doing so have a brand new film they could thrust on unsuspecting audiences (and that is this film). However, not wanting to give up before squeezing every last drop of blood from this mess, three years later, the original content was chopped apart again and re-edited VERY clumsily by Peter Bogdonovich (using an alias--if I were him I would have also refused to put my name on the final product). The biggest change from VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET was that all the scenes with Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone created for the first American version were removed and lots of pointless clips of semi-naked Amazon cave-girls were very randomly inserted in VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN--resulting in a film that is dramatically worse than PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE! If you have to watch either of these ripoff films based on the Russian original, see VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET as it actually makes some sense and at least isn't a complete waste of your time. The only downside for this earlier version is that it's no longer so unremittingly bad that you can't sit around with your friends and laugh at it! It might put you to sleep, but I doubt if you'll laugh!!
FYI--At 41 years of age, Ms. Domergue looked at least 10 years older. At first, I had trouble recognizing her.
The pedigree surrounding this film is quite amazing and is probably more interesting than anything you'll see in this rather dull film. Originally, this was a Russian film but some "clever" American (and by 'clever', I mean 'sleazy and greedy') thought they could hack the original film apart, add some new somewhat pointless content at minimal cost and in doing so have a brand new film they could thrust on unsuspecting audiences (and that is this film). However, not wanting to give up before squeezing every last drop of blood from this mess, three years later, the original content was chopped apart again and re-edited VERY clumsily by Peter Bogdonovich (using an alias--if I were him I would have also refused to put my name on the final product). The biggest change from VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET was that all the scenes with Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone created for the first American version were removed and lots of pointless clips of semi-naked Amazon cave-girls were very randomly inserted in VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN--resulting in a film that is dramatically worse than PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE! If you have to watch either of these ripoff films based on the Russian original, see VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET as it actually makes some sense and at least isn't a complete waste of your time. The only downside for this earlier version is that it's no longer so unremittingly bad that you can't sit around with your friends and laugh at it! It might put you to sleep, but I doubt if you'll laugh!!
FYI--At 41 years of age, Ms. Domergue looked at least 10 years older. At first, I had trouble recognizing her.
It's Just Soooo Slow!
Hitchcoc15 April 2006
Warning: Spoilers
I don't think this is the most horrible movie I've ever seen. It just never seems to get to the point. It's obvious that there is dubbing going on that makes characters make speeches rather than interacting with one another. Visually, things are pretty good, but it doesn't take long to see how stilted everything is. What a part for Faith Domergue (previously of "This Island Earth") to sit there and wait for instructions and then relay them to the planet. Venus is interesting because of the previous Russian film, the volcano scene is pretty good, although that big lumbering robot seems sort of poorly constructed. He has these huge hands instead of devices that could be used for precise work and he can barely move. The little thing at the end with the woman's face is interesting, but seems to be unresolved and rather pointless, since there was no sequel planned at the time.
Shoot this movie into orbit please!
Boba_Fett113817 November 2007
The movie is a remake of the Russian science-fiction movie "Planeta Bur". This movie even simply re-edits scenes from "Planeta Bur" into this movie, obviously re-synchronized, with American voices and added a couple of new scenes with Faith Domergue (once considered Howard Hughes' greatest discovery!) and Basil Rathbone.
Real problem with this movie is that there is absolutely nothing happening in the movie. Of course the story itself is also totally ridicules, about a couple of scientist landing on Venus, where they of course soon start to face dangerous lizard/dinosaurs like looking aliens and dangerous plants. For most of the time the movie really is about nothing and you just don't know what it is that you're watching. The movie is supposed to be mysterious and exciting but it just never gets so. Luckily the movie is not that long!
The effects are about as bad looking as they can get for a '60's genre movie, with a silly looking robot with a silly sounding voice, who can walk through lava but not water, mind you! The sets are fairly good looking, although it of course by todays standards all look terribly outdated. Especially the interior of the spaceships of course look totally ridicules now.
Some of the dialog is amazingly bad, that is unintentionally funny at times, with also some stupid scientist, that needs to explain the simplest things to each other. You're IQ will most likely drop a couple of points while watching this movie.
Poor Basil Rathbone! That he had to end his career in movies such as this one... Yes, he of course still gives the movie some class and he clearly is the most talented actor of the whole bunch but it of course is all not enough to uplifts the movie.
No way I'll ever watch this again!
3/10
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Real problem with this movie is that there is absolutely nothing happening in the movie. Of course the story itself is also totally ridicules, about a couple of scientist landing on Venus, where they of course soon start to face dangerous lizard/dinosaurs like looking aliens and dangerous plants. For most of the time the movie really is about nothing and you just don't know what it is that you're watching. The movie is supposed to be mysterious and exciting but it just never gets so. Luckily the movie is not that long!
The effects are about as bad looking as they can get for a '60's genre movie, with a silly looking robot with a silly sounding voice, who can walk through lava but not water, mind you! The sets are fairly good looking, although it of course by todays standards all look terribly outdated. Especially the interior of the spaceships of course look totally ridicules now.
Some of the dialog is amazingly bad, that is unintentionally funny at times, with also some stupid scientist, that needs to explain the simplest things to each other. You're IQ will most likely drop a couple of points while watching this movie.
Poor Basil Rathbone! That he had to end his career in movies such as this one... Yes, he of course still gives the movie some class and he clearly is the most talented actor of the whole bunch but it of course is all not enough to uplifts the movie.
No way I'll ever watch this again!
3/10
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Dr. Marsha Is Still In Orbit!
gftbiloxi12 April 2007
In the mid-1960s Roger Corman, who specialized in drive-in drivel, ran across a USSR-made film that was so bad not even the Soviets would watch it. He bought it, cut it, redubbed what what was left, and then coaxed Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue into shooting a few scenes to provide names for the movie marque. Then he called the thing VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET.
Now and then a bad movie is SO bad it becomes entertaining--but most bad movies are simply bad, and VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET is all of that and a side of fries. Dr. Marsha (Faith Domergue) is in orbit around Venus, has the beehive hairdo from hell, and doesn't know what do. She keeps receiving transmissions from Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone), but he's not much help. So she waits while five explorers and a robot run around the planet looking for each other. What they find are a lot of bad special effects.
There are exactly two things of interest in this movie. The first is Dr. Marsha's beehive hairdo, which is beyond description. The second is the robot, which is a little like Robbie from FORBIDDEN PLANET but with less personality, fewer skills, and really big toenails. Unfortunately, neither hairdo nor robot are enough to elevate this flick above the emphatically dire. The print is poor and the color is worse. Do Faith and Basil a favor and give it a miss.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
Now and then a bad movie is SO bad it becomes entertaining--but most bad movies are simply bad, and VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET is all of that and a side of fries. Dr. Marsha (Faith Domergue) is in orbit around Venus, has the beehive hairdo from hell, and doesn't know what do. She keeps receiving transmissions from Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone), but he's not much help. So she waits while five explorers and a robot run around the planet looking for each other. What they find are a lot of bad special effects.
There are exactly two things of interest in this movie. The first is Dr. Marsha's beehive hairdo, which is beyond description. The second is the robot, which is a little like Robbie from FORBIDDEN PLANET but with less personality, fewer skills, and really big toenails. Unfortunately, neither hairdo nor robot are enough to elevate this flick above the emphatically dire. The print is poor and the color is worse. Do Faith and Basil a favor and give it a miss.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
Interesting old sci fi movie
jake-17926 February 2001
I saw this movie expecting a complete joke of a science fiction movie and I was surprised at how entertaining it really was. Don't get me wrong, its really hokey, but there are qualities to the film that are kind of impressive. The movie delivers where other movies of the same genre would be too cheap to even try. This movie is filled with prehistoric type monsters, some of which are well animated. The ferocious, tentacled plant that attacks the astronaught at the beginning of the film is very well done.
And the space travel effects at the beginning of the film are suprizingly clean. The enviornment of the planet itself is done convincingly with dressed up terrain and excessive fog. But the real topper to this movie is its GREAT robot! I was really impressed. For the time this movie was made, that robot was very well done. Very cleverly designed, that is for sure. To me, the robot made the movie worth seeing. The flying car was pretty neat, too. And they have lots of scenes with the car that must have been fairly complicated to get. In watching the movie it is apparant that the makers of the film must have put in a lot of effort. I especially liked the design of the space suites. If you want a classic sci fi flick, with the cosmonaughts exploring a hostile alien world and battling plenty of monsters, then this is the movie for you. If you watch it, I hope you are as surprised as I was.
And the space travel effects at the beginning of the film are suprizingly clean. The enviornment of the planet itself is done convincingly with dressed up terrain and excessive fog. But the real topper to this movie is its GREAT robot! I was really impressed. For the time this movie was made, that robot was very well done. Very cleverly designed, that is for sure. To me, the robot made the movie worth seeing. The flying car was pretty neat, too. And they have lots of scenes with the car that must have been fairly complicated to get. In watching the movie it is apparant that the makers of the film must have put in a lot of effort. I especially liked the design of the space suites. If you want a classic sci fi flick, with the cosmonaughts exploring a hostile alien world and battling plenty of monsters, then this is the movie for you. If you watch it, I hope you are as surprised as I was.
Russian cosmonauts vs dinosaurs
vampi196029 September 2006
i watched this as a kid when it was shown almost every sat and Sunday night on wor TV channel 9 and thought it was kind of cool.there's a big clunky robot that talks in electronic monotones,rubbery dinosaurs,a big flying reptile and hints of an alien race hiding in the shadows,roger corman bought this film from the Russians when it was called planeta berg(planet of storms)inserted American scenes with basil rathbone and faith domerge and retitled it,and used the leftover footage for two other movies;planet of blood and voyage to the planet of prehistoric women(that features a busty Mamie van doren in a seashell bra)anyway its not bad,the dubbing is really poor,some of the special effects are pretty good for its time,i did like the hovercraft ship thy used.this DVD is very easy to find in sets or even for a dollar.avoid the sinister cinema print its too fuzzy.its not the best sci fi but its not the worst.its science fiction from the 1960's compliments of Russia and roger corman.6 out of 10.
Well, it IS a Russian flick, after all.....
KungFuVooDoo17 March 2006
I am a huge fan of B-movies, so anything I write a review for will be graded on a curve. With that being said.... As some of the other reviewers have noted, this movie was originally filmed in Russia and the dialogue was Russian. The film was re-released and dubbed in English. There is a robot called, oddly enough, John the Robot, that appears to be a proto-type for Robbie the Robot (see "Forbidden Planet). The biggest difference between the two is that John the Robot doesn't have any moving parts. Rathbone plays his typical intense self and does an admirable job, at that. His character, Professor Hartman seems to be a type of space Sherlock Holmes, so, he's right at holmes. (Oh, that was bad.) I guess the most impressive part of this movie is the special effects and sets. The interior of the ship and some shots of the ship in space are impressive for a low budget flick. Also, the shots of Venus are excellent. The down side of the film is that it was made by American International Pictures and was filmed in that horrid Pathecolor which gives it that washed out red look. I gave it a 5 out of 10, and would suggest that anybody who is a sci-fi buff have it in there collection.
From Russia, With Love (and a little help from Roger).
Bruce_Cook18 December 2003
The first of two modified versions of a well-done Russian movie, filmed in 1962 under the title "Planeta Burg" ("Planet of Storms") by the Leningrad Studio of Popular Science Films. No kidding.
The original story involves a manned landing on Venus, during which a group of cosmonauts and their seven-foot robot get separated from their comrades while exploring. The designs of both the robot and the astronauts' spacesuits are very impressive. Ditto for the land cruiser the cosmonauts use; it's a floating car that resembles those wonderful "cars of the future" which Detroit produced during the 1950s. In one scene the robot carries the cosmonauts on its shoulders across a lava flow.
Venusian life forms include a few non-animated dinosaurs, but they aren't very threatening other than an attack on the floating car by an ungainly flying reptile. The plot is pretty sedate and actionless, but the dialogue is intelligent. After finding evidence of a low-level civilization, the astronauts speculate on the possibility that Martians tried to colonize Venus but somehow slipped back into more primitive state! Cool idea . . .
In 1965 Roger Corman bought the rights to the film, added some scenes with Faith Domergue ("This Island Earth") and Basil Rathbone, and then released it in America as "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet".
In 1968 he took out the former additions, added more footage, and released it again as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women". In this third version, Mamie Van Doren and several other well-endowed beauties lay around on rocks by the ocean and make thoughtful faces while they have a telepathic debate concerning the "alien invaders" from Earth. The girls worship a dead pterodactyl until the end of the film, then they pull the wrecked robot from the ocean and start worshipping it instead (proof positive that a blond is a blond, regardless of what planet she's from).
The cosmonauts and the girls never come face to face -- which is no surprise, of course, since their scenes were filmed six years apart on two separate continents. Mamie's scenes were directed by Peter Bogdanovich under the pseudonym Derek Thomas!
The original story involves a manned landing on Venus, during which a group of cosmonauts and their seven-foot robot get separated from their comrades while exploring. The designs of both the robot and the astronauts' spacesuits are very impressive. Ditto for the land cruiser the cosmonauts use; it's a floating car that resembles those wonderful "cars of the future" which Detroit produced during the 1950s. In one scene the robot carries the cosmonauts on its shoulders across a lava flow.
Venusian life forms include a few non-animated dinosaurs, but they aren't very threatening other than an attack on the floating car by an ungainly flying reptile. The plot is pretty sedate and actionless, but the dialogue is intelligent. After finding evidence of a low-level civilization, the astronauts speculate on the possibility that Martians tried to colonize Venus but somehow slipped back into more primitive state! Cool idea . . .
In 1965 Roger Corman bought the rights to the film, added some scenes with Faith Domergue ("This Island Earth") and Basil Rathbone, and then released it in America as "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet".
In 1968 he took out the former additions, added more footage, and released it again as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women". In this third version, Mamie Van Doren and several other well-endowed beauties lay around on rocks by the ocean and make thoughtful faces while they have a telepathic debate concerning the "alien invaders" from Earth. The girls worship a dead pterodactyl until the end of the film, then they pull the wrecked robot from the ocean and start worshipping it instead (proof positive that a blond is a blond, regardless of what planet she's from).
The cosmonauts and the girls never come face to face -- which is no surprise, of course, since their scenes were filmed six years apart on two separate continents. Mamie's scenes were directed by Peter Bogdanovich under the pseudonym Derek Thomas!
plodding start, but excellent scenery and banter
drystyx6 July 2008
This movie plodded along more like a modern movie than one of the action packed old time sci fi movies of the fifties and sixties.
It involves astronauts finding "prehistoric" life on Venus. So even at the time, it wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. It was an avenue for some excellent photography and camera work. We are treated to visual artistry, which is one of the main reason for producing an action oriented movie.
It does do the Raymond Burr bit, though not as obvious as "Godzilla". Still, it becomes apparent about the American add ins. They don't detract from the movie, and work much better than Steve Martin in "Godzilla." It gives the movie the balance needed between scenery and science, giving what is known as "atmosphere." Though it starts very slow and plodding, the last half is full of some well written banter, which includes showing a sense of humor and humanity among the astronauts.
Not as fast paced or exciting as most sci fi movies from that era, but that should go well with fans of the dull plodding science fiction of today.
Between hard to swallow science and scientist, the dull start,and the postives-the banter, atmosphere, and scenery, I gave this a 4, but see this as a film people will usually rate anywhere from 2 through 7.
It involves astronauts finding "prehistoric" life on Venus. So even at the time, it wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. It was an avenue for some excellent photography and camera work. We are treated to visual artistry, which is one of the main reason for producing an action oriented movie.
It does do the Raymond Burr bit, though not as obvious as "Godzilla". Still, it becomes apparent about the American add ins. They don't detract from the movie, and work much better than Steve Martin in "Godzilla." It gives the movie the balance needed between scenery and science, giving what is known as "atmosphere." Though it starts very slow and plodding, the last half is full of some well written banter, which includes showing a sense of humor and humanity among the astronauts.
Not as fast paced or exciting as most sci fi movies from that era, but that should go well with fans of the dull plodding science fiction of today.
Between hard to swallow science and scientist, the dull start,and the postives-the banter, atmosphere, and scenery, I gave this a 4, but see this as a film people will usually rate anywhere from 2 through 7.
An Interesting Reworked Russian Movie
bigbadjohn-460345 June 2019
This movie was pretty good overall and I was surprised to learn that it was originally a Russian movie that was changed in some scenes and deleting or adding actors. The script was mostly well written and the actors all did a good job in their roles. The cinematography and special effects were good especially considering when this movie was made.
Penny-wise plundering of Russian film 'Planeta Bur'
jamesrupert20144 May 2019
Explorers on Venus find dinosaurs as they struggle to stay alive and solve the beguiling mysteries of the Planet of Love. Roger Corman bought the rights to the Russian film 'Planeta Bur' (1962), shot some extra footage featuring Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone (who at the same time, on the same set, in the same costume, shot his scenes for 'Queen of Blood' (1966) another Corman cut'n'paste (in that case of 'Nebo Zovyot' (1959) and 'Mechte Navstrechu' (1963))). Top-billed Rathbone doesn't have much to do beyond upscaling the production by injecting some vintage British style. Starlet Domergue (a former Howard Hughes squeeze) has more lines but a somewhat unflattering hair style, possibly to match unused footage of the female cosmonaut (Kyunna Ignatova) in the original. The dubbed dialogue is awkward but the story generally matches the Russian original (which didn't make a lot of sense either, at least in the subtitled version I saw). The production rationale is somewhat similar to 'Godzilla, King of the Monsters' (1954), which incorporated new American footage (starring Raymond Burr) in an attempt to make a 'foreign' film more palatable to US audiences. It should be remembered that in the 1950s and 60s, getting hold of a 'foreign' film (much less one sub-titled or dubbed) was much more difficult than it became with the advent of home-video and films like 'Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet', for all its weaknesses, may have been to only way for American audiences to see some of the work being done behind the Iron Curtain. All in all, the film is watchable for the visuals (if the Russian original is unavailable or you can't stand subtitles) but overall it is a better example of Corman's talent for turning a profit than of his cinematic skills or his eye for talent.
Planet Blur
wes-connors17 February 2010
"A spaceship orbits the planet Venus, piloted by astronaut Marcia (Faith Domergue). On the surface, two fellow astronauts and a robot companion set out on a voyage of exploration, observed from afar by Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone). First they are attacked by prehistoric creatures, and then lose their robot in a massive volcanic eruption that consumes the planet," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.
This is the first bastardization of the Russian science-fiction film "Planeta Bur" (1962). There are some good visual effects, carried over from the original movie, especially the cosmonauts' airborne planet surface vehicle. But, as astronomers knew, by the 1960s, this film doesn't really depict how a landing on earth's neighboring Venus could possibly look - if they'd have picked another Solar System, they might have had a classic.
The use of "Robot John" is one of several similarities to the TV show "Lost in Space" (also appearing in 1965), especially the fourth and fifth episodes of that series. The Robinson family's "Robot" was intended to serve the same function; and, both teams of space travelers encountered "prehistoric" monsters, misguided robot helpers, spaceship weight problems, lost civilizations, and wildly unstable planetary climate changes.
The U.S. poorly dubbed this "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet", and inserted footage featuring Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue cheaply into the events. The idea, and actual editing, aren't totally awful, but the low budget production and lackluster performances are a real drag. In 1968, filmmakers proved they could do worse, by editing-in scantily clad young women, and re-releasing the film as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women".
*** Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (8/1/65) Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev ~ Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov
This is the first bastardization of the Russian science-fiction film "Planeta Bur" (1962). There are some good visual effects, carried over from the original movie, especially the cosmonauts' airborne planet surface vehicle. But, as astronomers knew, by the 1960s, this film doesn't really depict how a landing on earth's neighboring Venus could possibly look - if they'd have picked another Solar System, they might have had a classic.
The use of "Robot John" is one of several similarities to the TV show "Lost in Space" (also appearing in 1965), especially the fourth and fifth episodes of that series. The Robinson family's "Robot" was intended to serve the same function; and, both teams of space travelers encountered "prehistoric" monsters, misguided robot helpers, spaceship weight problems, lost civilizations, and wildly unstable planetary climate changes.
The U.S. poorly dubbed this "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet", and inserted footage featuring Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue cheaply into the events. The idea, and actual editing, aren't totally awful, but the low budget production and lackluster performances are a real drag. In 1968, filmmakers proved they could do worse, by editing-in scantily clad young women, and re-releasing the film as "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women".
*** Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (8/1/65) Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev ~ Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov
Could Have Been Written in Two Days by Five Drunk Monkeys
4-1-11 November 2002
This 1965 film is supposed to be looking at life in the year 2020, but actually ends up looking like it was shot in 1915. The science in this film is... anti-science... and the sets are so empty and spartan that the whole movie looks like it was shot inside a cardboard box.
This film tells the story of man's first flight to the planet Venus. It stars Basil Rathbone (briefly), who plays the role of Professor Hartman, the director of interplanetary flight operations. Ground control operations are based on the moon, and from this base station communications are conducted -- via the use of police radios -- with a small fleet (three ships) that are racing 200 million miles to the planet Venus. Yes: science is bad, since Venus's distance from the earth (depending on the two planets' orbital relationships) range between 26 and 160 million miles.
Various disasters are greeted. One spaceship is snuffed out after it gets clobbered by a meteor, and one spaceship steers off course and lands in uncharted territory. A rescue ship, orbiting the planet, is sent in to extricate the downed astronauts. Venus, it turns out, is teeming with life: prehistoric animals, swamp monsters, fish and all manner of critters. What is interesting, though, is that the astronauts' main focus seems to be on collecting rock and water samples... a pretty neat trick on a planet that has a surface temperature of about 900ºF.
Funniest Line in the Movie: There was a small amount of tension and concern when the Venus party lost contact with its orbiting command ship. When contact was finally re-established, the men asked Marsha (the command module pilot) why her orbit had changed. In response to the observation -- "But your orbit is different!" -- Marsha replies: "Well... the propellers had already started and [my orbit] changed before I could shut them off."
Ho-ho-ho. I laughed plenty of times.
This film tells the story of man's first flight to the planet Venus. It stars Basil Rathbone (briefly), who plays the role of Professor Hartman, the director of interplanetary flight operations. Ground control operations are based on the moon, and from this base station communications are conducted -- via the use of police radios -- with a small fleet (three ships) that are racing 200 million miles to the planet Venus. Yes: science is bad, since Venus's distance from the earth (depending on the two planets' orbital relationships) range between 26 and 160 million miles.
Various disasters are greeted. One spaceship is snuffed out after it gets clobbered by a meteor, and one spaceship steers off course and lands in uncharted territory. A rescue ship, orbiting the planet, is sent in to extricate the downed astronauts. Venus, it turns out, is teeming with life: prehistoric animals, swamp monsters, fish and all manner of critters. What is interesting, though, is that the astronauts' main focus seems to be on collecting rock and water samples... a pretty neat trick on a planet that has a surface temperature of about 900ºF.
Funniest Line in the Movie: There was a small amount of tension and concern when the Venus party lost contact with its orbiting command ship. When contact was finally re-established, the men asked Marsha (the command module pilot) why her orbit had changed. In response to the observation -- "But your orbit is different!" -- Marsha replies: "Well... the propellers had already started and [my orbit] changed before I could shut them off."
Ho-ho-ho. I laughed plenty of times.
"I'm only advancing a little hypothetical science fiction."
classicsoncall25 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
I am devastated. I didn't think there could be a film worse than "Beast of Yucca Flats", and I watched that one twice. Connoisseurs of bad movies will be tested to the hilt by "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet"; immediately after viewing it you will ask yourself why. I had all I could do to stop rocking back and forth to force myself to the very end.
Granted, I learned much from IMDb reviewers who posted on this film prior to mine, and can appreciate the historical perspective. However history doesn't make a good movie, and the Russians showed here why they fell short in the space race. The lizard men and pterodactyl effects were bested at least three decades earlier in the original epic "King Kong", while underwater scenes look like they were shot directly through aquarium glass. At least I recognize black mollies and tetras when I see them.
The real sci-fi involved here is how they ever got Basil Rathbone to appear in the American version of this turkey. Sounds like a case for Sherlock Holmes.
At least the writers got one thing right in a cosmic context - "There's no fair or unfair to a meteorite, you get hit, you die". The only other comment I can agree with was made by astronaut Sherman near the end of the movie - "This is a mess now."
Granted, I learned much from IMDb reviewers who posted on this film prior to mine, and can appreciate the historical perspective. However history doesn't make a good movie, and the Russians showed here why they fell short in the space race. The lizard men and pterodactyl effects were bested at least three decades earlier in the original epic "King Kong", while underwater scenes look like they were shot directly through aquarium glass. At least I recognize black mollies and tetras when I see them.
The real sci-fi involved here is how they ever got Basil Rathbone to appear in the American version of this turkey. Sounds like a case for Sherlock Holmes.
At least the writers got one thing right in a cosmic context - "There's no fair or unfair to a meteorite, you get hit, you die". The only other comment I can agree with was made by astronaut Sherman near the end of the movie - "This is a mess now."
High tech Soviet sci-fi (Americanized)
silphiumb27 September 2010
Derived from a magnificent, early 60's Soviet sci-fi about a manned trip to Venus. The models, sets, vehicles, weapons, robots, costumes, and other tech items are equal to or better than the best of its Western contemporaries in terms of imagination and realism. Co-starring Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone - yes, Sherlock Holmes - in overdubbed scenes designed, I guess, to make you not notice that in the rest of the movie, the dubbed English audio track doesn't follow the Russian lip movements. The original Russian story does come through, of a fantastically complex world explored by men from Earth employing high tech contrivances. In fact, the quality of the engineering is so good, they must have had input from Soviet industry and/or academia. All in all, a fascinating peak into Soviet sci-fi and how Hollywood had to mask its Soviet pedigree to have it accepted by Americans.
Suprizing what the Russians were capable of
pavo650316 September 2005
According to the trivia behind this movie, it was a Russian production re-dubbed for western audiences. It's a fun and pulpy romp to Venus, loaded with action, bizarre dialog and some even more strange humor. The costumes are cool and the robot is absolutely AMAZING. When they made Starship Troopers not too long ago, they should have kept the powered armor and patterned it after the robot. Instead they went for the big army look, full of extras and other silliness rather than Heinlein's original vision. Come to think of it, the other special effects in the movie are really good too. The little land speeder one of the teams cruises around in looks like it inspired George Lucas. I love watching this movie with my son, give it a shot!
Original with a remake
grbo9919 March 2005
I have seen this movie but noticed a weird similarity to another movie that I watched. "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" made in 1968. It was almost identical with the same stupid plot except it "stared", and I am using that term VERY loosely, Mamie Van Doren. It must of have cost an extra couple of bucks for the remake, Mamie's pay for the movie..HA HA. In this movie they showed the "women" as a white toga wearing siren, but in the other they were white toga wearing, raw fish eating, mental telepathic, non speaking bimbos. This movie was far better, although goofy. People in this time period must have been starving for poorly made scifi movies, which both of these were.
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