VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF THE PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1968)
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(Adventure, Sci-Fi, A Volcano) [PG]
Note – This one was not given an MPAA rating, but I think it would have been PG.
Venus... Venus... the planet named after the Goddess of Love. This is... where I left her... 26 million miles away. Because I know she exists. I know she does! I know it! All the time we were there I heard her.
In this one, it’s the year 1998 and humans are just randomly sending rockets to Venus. Mostly because rockets are really cool. After the first rocket fails to communicate back to base, a second rocket is also sent to Venus to find out what is going on. Upon arrival, they are attacked by a flying reptile and face other perilous threats. Can they survive this hostile volcanic nightmare? Can they make peace with a race of Venusian women that like to hang out on the rocky shore of a Venus ocean?
First off apparently this film is based on ideas from the film Planeta Bur. That was a Soviet sci-fi movie from the 1950s. It doesn’t shock me at all because Roger Corman would do just about anything it seems to make movies, even if it means using footage from other films. Most of this movie came from 1965’s VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET.
Story-wise this movie is really bizarre but not overly hard to follow. Like a lot of 1950s and 1960’s sci-fi you just have to forget everything you know about air, aliens, space cars that can go on land and in the ocean, and mermaid ladies and all that stuff. Just throw it out the window. Acting-wise I really don’t know who anyone from this movie is, but the most famous American actress in this is Mamie Van Doren (who plays Moana). As of 2022 she is still around and was in 57 different movies and TV shows. The only one on the list I now probably want to see is THE NAVY VS. THE NIGHT MONSTERS. I mean, who wouldn’t run to the nearest stream service to try and find that puppy?
Quality-wise this movie is pretty beat, I mean, any copy I can find just looks horribly bad and it’s up on some newer streaming services. I felt like the color was off the entire film and everything just feels very drab. Probably the coolest thing might be John the “robot”. He’s actually pretty cool. I did not like the score but for 60’s sci-fi, I guess it was fine.
Overall this is just a really weird crunchy sci-fi meal most wouldn’t order from the movie menu, but it’s not as bad as some of the other crap out there. If you remember when Whopper’s used to taste good and cost a dollar, that is NOT what we are getting here. We are getting today’s $5.00 Whopper that tastes like crap…but it’s still a Whopper somehow. I have to commend Roger Corman for churning out the cheese, but this isn’t one of his better outings.
This lands at a 2 out of 7 for me. For most, it’s going to be a 1 out of 7.
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