CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of my favorite writers among Jules Verne and H. G. Wells,they wrote so many adventures who inspired movie makers around the world,this adaptation is kitsch but very entertainment in my youth time when l saw this picture by first time,this kind of fantasy mix with Sci-fi and adventure made my life more pleasant and enjoyable,so until now l've a expected to see more exiting movies like this,Doug Mcglure made more three movies from Burroughs's novel adaptation...all them wonderful!!! Resume: First watch: 1984 / How many: 4 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7

gavin6942 A Victorian era scientist (Peter Cushing) and his assistant (Doug McClure) take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.Although probably dated today (2015), this is still a fun film with some silly monsters and a plot that makes no real sense. Especially if one tries to think about it from a scientific point of view, and how gravity and air pressure would function (not to mention language). There are also some questions about whether or not the film is sexist, particularly since Caroline Munro more or less stays silent and looks pretty, but that is a whole other discussion.Cushing is great here (as always) and really shows his range as a vocal actor. He also has what is probably the best line in the movie, explaining why he cannot be mesmerized. Doug McClure is a good hero, though by the time he ended up with Amicus his prime years were behind him. Of course, being that this was the final Amicus film, their prime years were behind them, too.

Coventry Those who thought that the center of our planet Earth only existed of rock, clay and lava should urgently reconsider! The Earth's core apparently is a vividly adventurous place, full of telepathic prehistoric monsters and even an entire civilization of primitive human beings, including some very hot and scantily dressed specimens like Caroline Munro! Professor Abner Perry (Peter Cushing, more British than afternoon tea) and his engineer/sponsor David Innes drill-dive underground in their gigantic mechanical mole and make a lot more scientific discoveries that they bargained for! "At the Earth's Core", based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is a totally preposterous but irresistibly charming B-movie with good old-fashioned campy effects, gloriously over-the-top acting performances and whack plot-twists. I've seen practically all movies in which Peter Cushing starred, but I never saw him overact so badly. That means that also he knew exactly what type of movie this was going to become: a totally undemanding, energetic and joyously entertaining piece of kitsch that you simply cannot detest. Stories about flying reptiles hypnotizing and sacrificing humans to their gods, lumpish guys in hilarious pterodactyl suits, man versus reptile battles, Munro wandering around in a furry bra and Cushing yelling lines like "You can't mesmerize me, I'm British"… What's there to detest, seriously? And even though the costumes and effects may look extremely cheap, the sets and decors are established with craftsmanship and great eye for detail, like for example the interiors of the Kevin Connor directed three more movies based on the writings of Burroughs, namely "The Land that Time Forgot", "The People that Time Forgot" and "Warlords of Atlantis". I haven't seen those yet, but I won't hesitate to pop them in during a next rainy Sunday afternoon.

Woodyanders Rugged David Innes (solid Doug McClure) and doddery Dr. Abner Perry (a delightfully dotty Peter Cushing) drill their way into the earth's core in their spiffy mole machine. The duo discover an ancient prehistoric world populated by dangerous gigantic beasts and human beings who are used as both food and slaves by evil telepathic pterodactyl men. Director Kevin Conner, working from a blithely silly script by Milton Subotsky, maintains a constant brisk pace throughout and treats the exceptionally foolish premise with astonishing seriousness, thereby giving this picture a certain clunkily earnest quality that's amusing and endearing in equal measure. The lovably hokey (not so) special effects are quite (unintentionally) funny. The cheesy array of cut-price creatures in particular are positively sidesplitting: cruddy guys-in-obvious-shoddy-rubber-suits pterodactyl men, equally rinky-dink savage ape-man brutes, and a hilariously ludicrous fire-belching frog thing who blows up real good. One gut-busting highlight occurs when McClure mixes it up with a fat and clumsy giant reptile. Another priceless scene depicts a dinosaur clutching a doll in its slavering jaws. Moreover, we also get some rousing rough'n'ready fisticuffs and an exciting climactic slave revolt. It's a total treat to see Cushing gleefully ham it up in a rare broad comedic part and become an unlikely, but enthusiastic arrow-slinging action hero in the last third of the flick. The ever-luscious Caroline Munro looks positively yummy as the fetching Princess Dia, plus there are nice supporting turns by Cy Grant as gallant warrior Ra and Sean Lynch as treacherous coward Hoojah. Mike Vickers' neatly varied score alternates between jaunty orchestral music and wonky droning synthesizer stuff. Alan Hume's crisp cinematography adds a glossy sheen to the infectiously inane proceedings. A complete campy riot.