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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Prehistoric Women (1967)

While on safari in Africa, a big game hunter (Michael Latimer) is captured by a hostile tribe and taken to a temple guarded by a statue of a white rhinoceros. When a bolt of lightning splits the temple wall, he runs through it and finds himself in a barbaric prehistoric world dominated by an evil Queen (Martine Beswick). Written (using the pseudonym Henry Younger) and directed by Michael Carreras (CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB). Perfectly silly and nowhere near as fun as it should be. Hampered by Carreras' lackluster screenplay and direction, not to mention an appalling performance by the wooden Michael Latimer in the male lead. Utilizing leftover sets and costumes from the previous year's ONE MILLION YEARS B.C., the film has so many dance numbers (I counted at least four) that it's practically a musical. Denys Palmer gets the blame ..... I mean credit for the choreography which consists of scantily clad cave women and/or natives bumping and grinding. It's entertaining, I'll give it that but for all the wrong reasons. With Steven Berkoff, Carol White and Edina Ronay.

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