FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Leofwine_draca A lightweight but fun old-fashioned adventure movie which has the very clichéd plot of a group of astronauts landing on a remote planet (bizarrely, Venus) and finding themselves terrorised by a variety of alien life. That's it. The end of the story. The rest of the film consists of various crew members trying to make their way back to their ship and being threatened by monsters, plants, the weather, and an erupting volcano. This is a lively little film which is confusing in parts, mainly due to the fact that it was initially a Russian film (called PLANETA BURG) which Roger Corman then got hold of, dubbed and added in extra scenes with actors Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue, located in static sets and basically commenting on the action as it happens. Although this gives the movie a disjointed feel, the process works as a whole.The first thing we witness as the movie starts are some wobbly, miniature spaceships flying through the stars. Now this won't give George Lucas any sleepless nights but is however a nice attempt at creating a science fiction tale; I'm a big fan of special effects in whatever form they take and these are a good effort. We're introduced to the astronauts, a group of men who all look the same and are never really characterised in any way, shape or form. However, it is good to see Basil Rathbone (bizarrely looking a lot like Peter Cushing here) in action as a professor giving the orders, and it's nice that the sprightly 70-year old was still clinging to his roots at his age. American starlet Faith Domergue also appears as a token female who doesn't really benefit the plot in any way.Also introduced is a very cool giant humanoid robot, one of the coolest you'll ever see perhaps. He even gives Robby the Robot a run for his money. The robot will play a key part in the film later on. As well as him, there are lots of cheap bits of sci-fi gimmickry, like weird pinging noises and scales and monitors which are meant to mean something. One scene I did like was when one of the astronauts turns on an outside microphone and hears a load of eerie wailing noises. Probably the best thing about this movie is the design of the planet. Venus is portrayed as a desert-like barren land, populated by the occasional hill, mountain, or pool. It's also extremely misty and contains apparent sentient vegetation in places. Hilariously, once outside, one of the explorers dips his hand into a pool he discovers (at one point I thought he was going to drink up!) - who's to say that the liquid isn't acidic? At this point we are introduced to the first "monster", a very well-designed giant tentacled plant which threatens to devour one of the men.From then on, the group gets split up and explore the landscape. In their travels they discover a group of violent reptile men who attempt to kill them and are themselves killed, a brontosaurus (!) which they take a blood sample from (!!), and an evil flying reptile which attempts to destroy their amusing hover car. At one point they venture underwater where they discover an eerie, ruby-eyed bronze idol of the flying reptile and a hilarious white octopus. Anyway, what can I say? It goes without saying that this film is only to be watched by bad film fans who don't mind a few dodgy effects here and there and are willing to suspend their disbelief in the interests of entertainment. Saying that, the Russian special effects guys actually do a very good job in creating a world populated by all kinds of danger (my favourite creatures has to be the brontosaurus though). Also, a very atmospheric landscape in my opinion too. It's just a shame that we don't get to know or care about the astronauts at all. That would have made some of the dangerous situations more exciting. Otherwise, this is a perfectly perfunctory little B-movie enlivened by a great visual look.

bkoganbing Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet has British Basil Rathbone and American Faith Domergue in a cast of mostly Russian players given American names about the first exploration of the planet Venus. Venus proves to be one giant steam bath of a planet with volcanic activity and all kinds of exotic prehistoric like animal and plant life. There are traces of a human civilization, but the Venusians are real shy around us earthlings.For those of us who saw The Aviator and for some like myself who are old enough to remember her, Faith Domergue was one of Howard Hughes's celebrated protégés. She was an exceptional beauty no doubt and she may have even had some talent, but unlike Jane Russell who managed to emerge from the shadow of Hughes, Domergue never did.As for Basil Rathbone he's seen briefly talking to the astronauts from the Lunar station on the moon from whence the expedition came from. The film is not as bad as I thought it would be, the recreation of the director's conception of Venus isn't too far off the mark as far as what we've been able to determine as to terrain. No exotic life like what is shown here though.And in fact this is supposed to have taken place in 2020 and I doubt seriously if we'll get to Venus by then.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- 1965, Voyages to the Prehistoric Planet, A spaceship orbits the planet Venus. It is piloted by female astronaut. On the surface, two fellow astronauts and their robot set out for a voyage of exploration. Back on the Moon, Professor Hartman observes the progress and supervises. The landing party is attacked by several prehistoric creatures. They also find evidence of a ancient civilization. 'John', their helpful robot is lost during a volcanic eruption while saving two crew members. *Special stars- Basil Rathbone as mission commander Professor Hartman. Roger Corman as film director. *Theme- Planet's can have civilizations, just keep looking. *Based on- Russian film, 'Planet of Storms '62 *Trivia/location/goofs- Roger Corman's retread of this Russian film by re-hashing some interesting Russian film footage. Interesting use and scenes of a robot can be enjoyed. Outstanding use of astro-car rounds out the enjoyable mechanical items of this crew's planetary exploration kit. Listen to the female astronaut, Marcia jokingly reads her lines of camera and seriously talks about the spaceship's 'propellers' needing to be warmed-up. There are no propellers to be seen on any spaceships in this film. *Emotion- Somewhat enjoyable film to watch despite the scene's plot continuity. Nice to see what the Russian cinema was producing. Production values were very respectable. The landing party crews being attacked by lizard-men and shooting back with pistols is hard to view for it's silliness.

sddavis63 What can I say. It's a trip down memory lane to the sorts of sci-fi movies that would pop up on television back in the early 70's - in other words, pretty bad, but you should know what you're getting into. In a nostalgic sort of way, it's even kind of fun to watch, since it brings back memories of being a kid in the early 70's. There's the terrible "plastic toys" special effects to show the spaceship as it flies to Venus, there's the unconvincing monsters on Venus, including a rag-tag collection of raptor-like creatures that, for lack of a better word, seem to hop and dance around the astronauts. There's a strange sound that one of the guys thinks is a girl calling to him, and a kind of cool robot - not as cool as the one on "Lost In Space," though. The plot is strange, and some points make no sense. ("The oxygen is 4.7." "That's OK." Then, why do they wear oxygen tanks throughout, if that's OK? Or, this one. "It's good to feel weight again." I understand the reference to weightlessness, except these guys have been walking around on their spaceship perfectly normally up to that point.) And, what's with some of this being dubbed into English, while some of it is actually spoken in English? In the end, yeah - it's bad. For the nostalgia value alone - 2/10.