This is by far the tackiest Edgar Rice Burrough's adaptation I have ever seen and one of the worst movies ever made. The "dinosaurs" bear no resemblance to anything that could have ever existed above or below ground and instead look like something an insane Japanese producer chucked into the dumpster. The sound effects the guards make are shrill and basically sound like a nauseous dial-up modem.The garish,hallucinogenic colors are out of place in what is supposed to be a Victorian fantasy, not a bad episode of Star Trek. Peter Cushing, who excelled as a vampire at Hammer Studios is wasted in this tepid effort and clearly looks dissatisfied with his wan co-star,Doug McClure who made a career of starring in trashy adaptations of classic sci-fi novels. If you're looking for watchable AIP sci-fi from the same year see Food of the Gods instead and pitch this rotten Core into the disposal.
Review of At the Earth's Core
