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| San Francisco Examiner - June 30, 1976 |
The mid-to-late 1970s saw the release of a handful of science-fantasy adventure movies based on the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs. All of them starred Doug McClure and were directed by Kevin Connor.
Two of the films were produced by Hammer Film rival Amicus Productions. The Land That Time Forgot (1974) and, the subject of today's post, 1976's At the Earth's Core.
Today's subject would also be the last film from Amicus Productions. So it goes.
I don't think I actually watched At the Earth's Core, start to finish, until well into the 21st century. Better late than never, I guess.
Contemporary viewers can snicker and crack jokes about the dated rubber monsters and unapologetic artifice of the film's studio-bound sets, but that is also what gives this movie its ample character and charm.
If watching this film, which even at the time of its original release looked and felt hopelessly out of date, can warm your heart and make you smile, then congratulations. It appears your inner child is alive and well.
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