Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

Directed by

Pavel Klushantsev, Curtis Harrington

Genre

adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Astronauts land on Venus and encounter prehistoric creatures. The film was stitched together from a Soviet movie with added scenes featuring Basil Rathbone.

datedcheesydisjointedlow-budgetslow-pacedquaintartificial

What happens

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet is a 1965 science fiction film, one of two versions adapted for Roger Corman from the Soviet science fiction film Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms) of 1962, scripted by Aleksandr Kazantsev (from his novel) and directed by Pavel Klushantsev. Curtis Harrington oversaw the editing and dubbing of principal portions of the source film, and directed new principal scenes featuring Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue. The resulting new film was syndicated directly to television by American International Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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