"Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women"
is a science fiction movie about a group of astronauts stranded on Venus
together with their humanoid robot. They are eventually joined by a rescue
mission. Together, the two groups decide to explore Venus, which turns out to
be a prehistoric world with lush tropical climate. Man-eating plants,
pterosaurs and some kind of miniature tyrannosaurs lurk in the swamps or in the
humid air. More ominously, Venus is inhabited by an all-female tribe of
telepathic heathens, who worship the pterosaur as their god. The Amazon women
(who look like photo models) have the power to cause volcanic eruptions and
rain storms, powers they turn against the astronauts. The intruders made the
mistake of downing and killing the divine pterosaur! When the astronauts get
away, the Venusians stone their pterosaur idol and begin to worship the
humanoid robot instead. (Or what's left of it - it seems John wasn't fire or
water proof!)
The movie is really a remake of a remake. The original version, "Planet Bur", was Soviet (sic). Later, it was turned into an American film, titled "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet". Adding a tribe of lovely babes-on-the-beach, the third version (this one) was born. With the exception of the females, much of the footage is identical in the three versions.
Although "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" isn't an outright turkey in my opinion, it's nevertheless too boring, dragging and uninteresting. Not even the paranormally beautiful Venusians can save it. Had it been shorter, I suppose it could have worked as a children's show, LOL.
Only two stars.
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