The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)

A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. ... See full summary »

Director:

Roger Corman

Writers:

Lawrence L. Goldman (screenplay) (as Lawrence Louis Goldman), Irving Block (from a story by)

Stars:

Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot, Bradford Jackson

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Abby Dalton	...	Desir
Susan Cabot	...	Enger
Bradford Jackson	...	Vedric (as Brad Jackson)
June Kenney	...	Asmild
Richard Devon	...	Stark
Betsy Jones-Moreland	...	Thyra
Jonathan Haze	...	Ottar
Jay Sayer	...	Senya
Lynette Bernay	...	Dagda (as Lynn Bernay)
Sally Todd	...	Sanda
Gary Conway	...	Jarl
Michael Forest	...	Zarko (as Mike Forrest)
Wilda Taylor	...	Grimolt Dancer

Storyline

A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. There is a cameo appearance by the sea serpent.

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | trash movie | exploitation | man tied up | woman tied up | 

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Taglines:

Fabulous! Spectacular! Terrifying! The raw courage of women without men lost in a fantastic Hell-on-Earth !

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The same dogs that appear in this movie are also in Teenage Cave Man (1958).

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Goofs

The Viking Women go from being barefoot to wearing shoes and sandals throughout the movie. At no time are they carrying shoes.

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Quotes

Ottar: [to Stark] Get your filthy hands off her, you big slobbering dog!

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1991)

User Reviews

Long title for a short movie

This has to be one of the dumbest titles ever. Granted it tells you what the plot of the movie is but that seems to be where the cleverness began and ended.

This is really low rent Roger Corman. Its far from a good film, but the chuckle factor and the fact that it has different setting makes it worth giving a try for those who like bad films or at least want to see something different than the typical movie setting.

The plot has the viking women going off to find their men who have disappeared. They end up finding them after crossing dangerous waters and running into a rubber sock puppet sea serpent. The men are being held captive by an evil tribe of men who soon capture our heroines, making escape seem possible.

Running a brief 66 minutes this film is so full of clunky film making that you'll wonder how it ever got released. Costumes look like costumes, the sea monster looks dumb and the special effects aren't. Rarely has rear projection been put to worse use than here.

Still, somehow, its manages to avoid being a truly awful movie. Sure its not good but at least its not the same old same old, which here gives it three or four points in its favor.

6 out of 10, just for being off beat, though it probably deserves a 3 in a more realistic frame of mind.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 1957 (USA)

Also Known As:

Viking Women

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Malibu Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

66 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1