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The Lost Continent

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5.6/10 • 49

1968-06-191h 29m

AdventureFantasy

A living hell that time forgot!

An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.

Directors
Michael Carreras
Editors
Chris Barnes

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  1. Eric Porter

    Eric Porter

    Lansen

  2. Hildegard Knef

    Hildegard Knef

    Eva Peters

  3. Suzanna Leigh

    Suzanna Leigh

    Unity Webster

  4. Tony Beckley

    Tony Beckley

    Harry Tyler

  5. Jimmy Hanley

    Jimmy Hanley

    Patrick, the bartender

  6. James Cossins

    James Cossins

    Nick, chief engineer

  7. Reg Lye

    Reg Lye

    The Helmsman

  8. Ben Carruthers

    Ben Carruthers

    Ricaldi

  9. Nigel Stock

    Nigel Stock

    Dr. Webster

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John Chard

Dec 7, 2015

7/10

Then we'll go on trying, and the day we stop trying we stop living! It is one of the major oddities out of Hammer Films, a nutty slice of fantasy adventure sci-fi, resplendent with rubbery effects work, an incoherent screenplay, auto-cue hammy acting and obligatory humongous cleavage! Plot, for what it is worth, finds a potentially explosive cargo ship and passengers, piloted by an uber serious Eric Portman, become victim of a mutiny and then find themselves lost in the Sargasso Sea. But wait! There is an island offering salvation, only it's a bit of a time warp populated by despotic Spanish conquistadors. Oh and the landscape is filled with man-eating beasties, including rampaging seaweed. Based on Dennis Wheatley's novel Uncharted Seas, it's a film where adults have to double check to see if they have had some bad liquor, while the kids delight in the garish colours and rubber monsters. It's all very surreal, and daft, and not quite a masterpiece of "Z" grade cinema, but it is fun, even if for those of us who like a drink, we will never ever be drunk enough to embrace its madness fully. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
monsterred hairalien life-formtime holesharksea monsterseaweedlost worldgiant crab