Movie Type: Fantasy Adventure, Prehistoric Fantasy
Themes: Stranded, Survival in the Wilderness, Lost Worlds
Main Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Sera, David Hatton, Gasphar Ipua
Release Year: 1981
Country: US/ES
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
After cannibalizing Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth in his 1977 film Where Time Began, Spanish director Juan Piquer Simon returned to the author with this substandard retelling of Mysterious Island. The story concerns a shipwrecked group who discover natural wonders and a gold treasure on a dangerous island populated by dinosaurs and living seaweed. Terence Stamp is the bad guy. Supposedly the most expensive film made in Spain to that point, it has an admittedly strong genre cast including Peter Cushing, Paul Naschy, and Ian Sera, but is really a cheesy monster movie likely to appeal only to children too young to be critical of special effects. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Blanca Estrada - Dominique; Ana Obregon - Meg Hollaney; Frank Brana - Birling; Gerard Tichy - Capt. Turkott; Manuel Pereiro; Jacinto Molina - Flynt
Credit
Gomer Andres - Art Director, Tonino Moi - Associate Producer, Juan Piquer Simon - Director, Earl Watson - Editor, Rafael De la Cueva - Editor, Juan Piquer Simon - Producer, Emilio Ruiz - Special Effects, Jorge Grau - Screenwriter, Juan Piquer Simon - Screenwriter, Jules Verne - Short Story Author
