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Cast: Mamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige Lee
Genre: Z budget sci fi
Length: 78 minutes
Quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen!...When is a movie not a movie? Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women answers that question. Originally this was a
Soviet Russian film called Planeta bur (1962), it was dubbed into English, had some of the original scenes deleted and new scenes featuring sexy Venusian mermaid women edited in. A voice over narrative tells the personal story of one of the astronauts who falls in love with a Venusian. The voice over is done by a young Peter Bogdanovich who also directed the new material for Roger Corman under the name Derek Thomas.
What results is a misshaped, cut up film that tells a bizarre story none too well. Add to that bad English dubbing and a movie print in such poor shape that the only remaining colors are a sickly green, tinting a blurry image. The photos I used is indicative of the quality, including the odd purple ban down the right side.
I get the feeling the original Soviet film was pretty well done as the stock footage used in this bastardized version shows the Soviet film as one with decent looking space hardware and concepts. It's hard to believe that the very next film that budding director Peter Bogdanovich directed would be The Last Picture Show (1971).
If you can find a decent print of this movie, it's interesting to watch for historical film reasons.
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Director: Peter Bogdanovich (as Derek Thomas)Cast: Mamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige Lee
Genre: Z budget sci fi
Length: 78 minutes
Quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen!...When is a movie not a movie? Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women answers that question. Originally this was a
Soviet Russian film called Planeta bur (1962), it was dubbed into English, had some of the original scenes deleted and new scenes featuring sexy Venusian mermaid women edited in. A voice over narrative tells the personal story of one of the astronauts who falls in love with a Venusian. The voice over is done by a young Peter Bogdanovich who also directed the new material for Roger Corman under the name Derek Thomas.
What results is a misshaped, cut up film that tells a bizarre story none too well. Add to that bad English dubbing and a movie print in such poor shape that the only remaining colors are a sickly green, tinting a blurry image. The photos I used is indicative of the quality, including the odd purple ban down the right side.
I get the feeling the original Soviet film was pretty well done as the stock footage used in this bastardized version shows the Soviet film as one with decent looking space hardware and concepts. It's hard to believe that the very next film that budding director Peter Bogdanovich directed would be The Last Picture Show (1971).
If you can find a decent print of this movie, it's interesting to watch for historical film reasons.