A group of astronauts travel to Venus where they discover the existence of a primitive civilisation (led by 50s pin-up Mamie Van Doren) that consists solely of telepathic peroxide blondes wearing hipster pants and seashell bras.
I watched Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women knowing absolutely nothing about its origins, and was more than a little surprised at just how disjointed and clumsy it all was, even for a low-budget 60s B-movie. Now that I've read all about the film's history—how director Peter Bogdanovich created this movie by editing new footage into an old Russian sci-fi flick called Planeta Bur—this film's erratic nature is far easier to understand.
However, despite its distinct lack of coherence (Bogdanovich's sexy sea Venusians never actually cross paths with the astronauts), I still had a reasonable time watching this film—the spacecraft/space station effects were impressive given their vintage, the flying car was fun (a bit like Luke Skywalker's land-speeder, only much, much slower), John the impractical robot is a hoot, and there are quite a few equally silly alien creatures, including a carnivorous plant, a flying reptile, and some man-sized swamp dinosaurs. That said, given that virtually everything I liked came from the original Russian film, I cannot bring myself to rate Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women very highly.
I watched Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women knowing absolutely nothing about its origins, and was more than a little surprised at just how disjointed and clumsy it all was, even for a low-budget 60s B-movie. Now that I've read all about the film's history—how director Peter Bogdanovich created this movie by editing new footage into an old Russian sci-fi flick called Planeta Bur—this film's erratic nature is far easier to understand.
However, despite its distinct lack of coherence (Bogdanovich's sexy sea Venusians never actually cross paths with the astronauts), I still had a reasonable time watching this film—the spacecraft/space station effects were impressive given their vintage, the flying car was fun (a bit like Luke Skywalker's land-speeder, only much, much slower), John the impractical robot is a hoot, and there are quite a few equally silly alien creatures, including a carnivorous plant, a flying reptile, and some man-sized swamp dinosaurs. That said, given that virtually everything I liked came from the original Russian film, I cannot bring myself to rate Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women very highly.