Journey to the Seventh Planet-1962Directed by Sid Pink
Starring John Agar, Greta Thyssen, Ann Smyrner, Mimi Heinrich
Okay, so, let me just share with you what is on the back of the box:
In futuristic 2001, the UN has sent a special team of scientists to explore Uranus. And what this interstellar crew discovers is a planet not unlike Earth- completele with a small Danish village filled with voluptuous women! But underneath the utopian veneer is a force so powerful and so heinous that it's using the crew's memories against them so it can take their spaceship back to Earth- and conquer it!
This movie is a classic B-movie....full of really poorly made special effects, strange fantasies (um...Danish village filled with voluptuous women?) and even a giant Spider. It is really bad in all the best ways, and at only an hour and 17 minutes, it makes for an excellent nap movie, unitl all the screatching and bellowing starts.
As with any movie made in the early 1960s about the future, it is interesting to see what people thougth the future would be like. Instead of individual nations, the UN has taken over the world, and it takes man 40 minutes to travel from the Moon to Mars. Also, there seems to be no understanding of the concept that oxygen is required to breath, as the astronauts seem to do quite well for themselves on the atmosphericless surface of Uranus.
So, if you are looking ofr a great poorly made B-movie filled with action, adventure, and a dramatic conclusion, pick this one up. If you are looking for something of high aestetic quality and a well-made science fiction film, pick this one up anyways. You will certainly get a laugh out of if.
B-Movie Rating:
3.5 Giant Ants of Doom
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