The Lost Continent (1968)

Director:

Michael Carreras

Writers:

Michael Carreras (writer)
Dennis Wheatley (novel)

Release Date:

19 June 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

A living hell that time forgot!

Plot:

This film starts out like the Love Boat on acid, as a cast of varied characters, with various issues...

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Monster | Water | Sea Weed | Sea Monster

Cast

Eric Porter	...	Capt. Lansen
Hildegard Knef	...	Eva Peters (as Hildegarde Neff)
Suzanna Leigh	...	Unity Webster
Tony Beckley	...	Harry Tyler
Nigel Stock	...	Dr. Webster
Neil McCallum	...	First Officer Hemmings
Ben Carruthers	...	Ricaldi (as Benito Carruthers)
Jimmy Hanley	...	Patrick, the bartender
James Cossins	...	Nick, chief engineer
Dana Gillespie	...	Sarah
Victor Maddern	...	The mate
Reg Lye	...	The Helmsman
Norman Eshley	...	Jonathan, the prisoner
Michael Ripper	...	Sea Lawyer

Also Known As:

Lost Island
The People of Abrimes

Runtime:

89 min | USA:97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1968) | Sweden:15 | UK:X | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Trivia:

The film's trailer incorrectly applies Tony Beckley's name to a shot of a man sword-fighting. In reality, the man shown is Charles Houston as Braemer, a crew member; Beckley plays Harry Tyler, a different character entirely.

Quotes:

El Supremo: The choice is yours. It is simple. Either join us and tell your companions on the boat to do likewise, in which case all of your supplies will be turned over to us.
Nick, chief engineer: Or else?
El Supremo: We shall kill you. Then kill your companions and take the supplies.
Sarah: He'll kill us all anyway.
El Supremo: That is in the hands of God. But, if you pray to me, He may find it in His heart to--
Nick, chief engineer: I'll not pray to any man! Let alone a child who's hardly old enough to wipe his own bottom!

Two movies in one!

Perhaps the strangest film to come out of Hammer Studios, The Lost Continent is literally like watching two movies in one. Similar in format to Tarantino's From Dusk 'til Dawn, the film shifts from a taut "mutiny on the bounty" type nautical drama play (with a little funky late sixties weirdness thrown in) to a whacked out sci-fi freak show complete with corny monsters, strange & hostile plants, an unnaturally large breasted woman, a child King, an oddball religious cult, and balloon-type thingies to keep the characters afloat on the marshy alien wetlands! Whew! Talk about your shift in gears! A must see for fans of oddball cinema. And to think it came out of Great Britain . . .