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."