There really is nothing about this movie that speaks of quality or intelligence. I am not exaggerating to say that many teens could make a better film with the same budget--which appears to be about $3.89! Everything about this film is cheap and awful. The "color" in the film is provided by tinting--making everything look rather green. The wonderful outer space shots are actually pretty crappy and were lifted from a Russian movie. The acting is staccato throughout--with everyone talking pretty much like robots. And don't even get me started on the scientific aspects of the film--such as the extreme gravity that would crush anyone, the overwhelming heat (making water impossible) and the lack of atmosphere that make a Venus landing all but impossible. None of this seems to matter, though, as astronuts walk about with ripped space suits and scantily-clad nymphs run around with scallop-shell bras! The Venusian amazon women, by the way, don't talk but speak without moving their lips--probably since the film appears to have been filmed using an 8 mm non-sound camera. Also, they don't interact in any way with the men--it's like three separate movies were spliced together! In fact, the women just stand around in their go-go pants and stare into space or worship a dead pterodactyl. The only redeeming aspect of this is they are semi-attractive (as 60s Venusian Lesbians go). As for the amazing underwater scenes, it consisted of filming a home aquarium and super-imposing the astroidiots into the scene!! Oh, and should I even bother to mention that the "monsters" are sillier than the rubber-suited ones used in Godzilla films?! Overall, the film is just a total and inept mess with no redeeming qualities and is VASTLY OVER-RATED with a score of 1.7 on IMDb. It is SO bad that I really think it's worse than PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE--and would be nearly as much fun to laugh at with your friends it if weren't so gosh-darn dull! Don't say you weren't warned!!!
By the way, this movie was originally a Russian film. Then in 1965, segments from the Russian film were inserted into a film called VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET. This combination of Russian film and not too horrible American-International clips produced a bad but at least watchable film. Then, three years later this pile of dung was created. IF you watch VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET, you'll see many of the same scenes you see in this one except the earlier film also features clips with Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue--neither which have to do in the film. Plus, VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET has no scenes with silly curvaceous blondes cavorting about senselessly thanks to the genius(?) of an uncredited Peter Bogdonovich!
By the way, this movie was originally a Russian film. Then in 1965, segments from the Russian film were inserted into a film called VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET. This combination of Russian film and not too horrible American-International clips produced a bad but at least watchable film. Then, three years later this pile of dung was created. IF you watch VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET, you'll see many of the same scenes you see in this one except the earlier film also features clips with Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue--neither which have to do in the film. Plus, VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET has no scenes with silly curvaceous blondes cavorting about senselessly thanks to the genius(?) of an uncredited Peter Bogdonovich!