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Chained for 100 years in a sunken tomb!Plot:
A treasure hunter finds a sunken Spanish galleon off the coast of a Philippine island. What he doesn't know is that the ship is guarded by the spirit of an ancient Moro princess. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Honestly, people... moreCast
(Credited cast) | Jock Gaynor | ... | Larry Alden |
| Larry Ward | ... | Frank Cutter |
| Diane McBain | ... | Janice Cutter |
| Vic Diaz | ... | Mr. Kapunan |
| Kim Ramos | ... | Moor Princess |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Butz Aquino | ... | Professor Villarta |
| Iraidaarambulo | ... | Maria |
| Manny Ojeda | ... | Sebastian |
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I really don't understand why seemingly everyone who's commented on this film finds it to be so utterly awful. Look, it's no masterpiece - we're talking Filipino horror from the mid-'70s here - but it's a lot more interesting than a LOT of other so-called 'so-bad-they're-good' movies out there.
<>First off, you got '60s hottie Diane McBain in a bikini. Scratch that: several different bikinis. You also have any number of very hot Filipino women also in scanty swimwear, nude and/or wet. Also, there is (real) cockfighting, spear fu and various other forms of tropical debauchery. Not to mention Vic Diaz. Those are the film's exploitation bona fides.
<>Then there's the fact that it's the final directorial credit for Norman Foster, an interesting and underrated auteur ("Journey Into Fear", anyone? And don't tell me Orson Welles directed it - even he vociferously denied this). This films is very professionally put together, well-lit, well-miked, succinctly edited - far more so than a lot of comparable junk of the same pedigree.
<>And then there's it's odd, somewhat lopsided structure, what with the bulk of the first 40 minutes or so given over to a lengthy and involved flashback (I kept wondering what had happened to Diane McBain's character, if she was just a cameo or something) and then the curious denouement (did the Deathhead Virgin just wink at me?). This a highly atypical film, even for shot-in-the-Phillipines exploitation.
<>Ignore the naysayers and check it out if you're inclined.