Pretty Much Wasting a Widescreen Format, this Dull, Dreary Horror Fails to Deliver.
The "Monsters", or Unknown Terror of the Cave are Never Shown to in Close-Up and are Fleeting Non-Entities at Best.
The Fungus, a Co-Unknown-Terror is Free-Flowing, Fast-Moving Soap Suds.
The Movie Plods Along with an Uninteresting, Never Clearly Articulated Story About South American Natives and some Mumbo-Jumbo.
The Villainous Scientist would be Better Cast as a Bartender or Hard-Hat.
The 2 Females are a WOW. The Beautiful Marla Powers, who also had Acting Chops, was Prolific in TV and also Taught Acting.
May Wynn as a Helpful Native, both Make this Boring Film a Pleasure to Look at Now and Then.
Calypso Star Sir. Lancelot (of Val Lewton fame) Sings a Song that We are Told has "Special Meaning" but that Meaning is Forgotten Almost as Soon as it is Uttered.
Overall, a Serious Misfire with its Greatest Sin...a Total Mishandling of the Material.
Worth a Watch Only for Die-Hards and Completist.
The "Monsters", or Unknown Terror of the Cave are Never Shown to in Close-Up and are Fleeting Non-Entities at Best.
The Fungus, a Co-Unknown-Terror is Free-Flowing, Fast-Moving Soap Suds.
The Movie Plods Along with an Uninteresting, Never Clearly Articulated Story About South American Natives and some Mumbo-Jumbo.
The Villainous Scientist would be Better Cast as a Bartender or Hard-Hat.
The 2 Females are a WOW. The Beautiful Marla Powers, who also had Acting Chops, was Prolific in TV and also Taught Acting.
May Wynn as a Helpful Native, both Make this Boring Film a Pleasure to Look at Now and Then.
Calypso Star Sir. Lancelot (of Val Lewton fame) Sings a Song that We are Told has "Special Meaning" but that Meaning is Forgotten Almost as Soon as it is Uttered.
Overall, a Serious Misfire with its Greatest Sin...a Total Mishandling of the Material.
Worth a Watch Only for Die-Hards and Completist.