This rip-roaring sci-fi adventure scores high marks in several categories. The story concerns four people whose helicopter lands in an unknown prehistoric valley, a freak temperate zone located thousands of feet below sea level in the Antarctic, kept warm by volcanically-heated water and a permanent cloud layer that traps the warm air.<\/p>\n
The special effects are by Universal’s FX wizard Clifford Stine, and even though the dinosaurs are not animated, they aren’t badly done. The Tyrannosaurus Rex is a man in a suit, the flippered dinosaur is fairly convincing puppet, and the rest are enlarged lizards. All the dinosaurs are skillfully integrated with live action shots.<\/p>\n
Stine loaded the film with wonderful scenes of the fog-shrouded prehistoric landscape, using marvelous matt shots and impressive sets, creating a Skull Island atmosphere.<\/p>\n
In some ways, this is the perfect 1950’s sci-fi film, because it proudly presents a wealth of facts about the Antarctic before it begins its fanciful story.<\/p>\n
The music by Joseph Gershenson is extremely effective. Director Virgil Vogel (“The Mole People”) keeps the action moving right along. Hero Jock Mahoney (who later played Tarzan) is a stalwart hero, and Shawn Smith (the stern lady astronaut in “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” and the luscious babe in a mini-skirt in “World Without End”) makes a gorgeous heroine. Henry Brandon does a commendable job as a half-crazed survivor from a previous expedition — and I read somewhere that he was actually a member of the 1947 Bird Expedition to the North Pole. Don’t remember where I read it, so I might be misinformed.<\/p>\n
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