THE LOST CONTINENT (1968) – Episode 180 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
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Release Date: 06/29/2024
Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio
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info_outline“Silence! Am I not El Supremo, the direct descendant of Jose Quintero? And was not Jose Quintero the Almighty’s right hand when Cortez carried his word to the Mexican heathens? In interrupting me, you are interrupting God!” You never know when you or someone you’re with might want to signal someone by lighting a match. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr with guests Richard Klemensen (Little Shoppe of Horrors Magazine) and Bill Mulligan – as they take a leaky boat on a perilous, Hammer-sponsored trip to The Lost Continent (1968)!
Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 180 – The Lost Continent (1968)
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The captain, crew, and passengers of an old freighter – all with dark secrets to keep – find themselves adrift in a mysterious land full of monsters, conquistadors, and killer seaweed.
- Directed by: Michael Carreras; Leslie Norman (uncredited)
- Writing Credits: Michael Carreras (screenplay) (as Michael Nash); Dennis Wheatley (novel, Uncharted Seas, 1938)
- Produced by: Michael Carreras (producer); Anthony Hinds (executive producer) (uncredited); Peter Manley (associate producer)
- Music by: Gerard Schurmann (as Gerard Schürmann); Carlo Martelli (uncredited)
- Cinematography by: Paul Beeson (director of photography)
- Editing by: Chris Barnes
- Special Effects by: Robert A. Mattey
- Selected Cast:
- Eric Porter as Capt. Lansen
- Hildegard Knef as Eva Peters
- Suzanna Leigh as Unity Webster
- Tony Beckley as Harry Tyler
- Nigel Stock as Dr. Webster
- Neil McCallum as First Officer Hemmings
- Ben Carruthers as Ricaldi (as Benito Carruthers)
- Jimmy Hanley as Patrick, the Bartender
- James Cossins as Nick, Chief Engineer
- Dana Gillespie as Sarah
- Victor Maddern as Mate
- Reg Lye as Helmsman
- Norman Eshley as Jonathan, the Prisoner
- Michael Ripper as Sea Lawyer
- Donald Sumpter as Sparks, the Radioman
- Alf Joint as Jason, a Crewman
- Charles Houston as Braemer, a Crewman
- Shivendra Sinha as Hurri Curri
- Darryl Read as El Diablo
- Eddie Powell as The Inquisitor
- Frank Hayden as Sergeant
- Mark Heath as Customs Man
- Horace James as Customs Man
- Maxwell Craig as Crewman (uncredited)
- Sylvana Henriques as Traveller on Boat (uncredited)
- Cynthia Myers as Native Girl (uncredited)
A bit of a Hammer oddity, The Lost Continent (1968), directed by Michael Carreras, is a blast! Richard Klemensen, publisher/editor of Little Shoppe of Horrors: The Journal of Classic British Horror Films, and the voice you hear in the commentary track of the Scream Factory Blu-ray of this film, joins the Classic Era Grue Crew for this one. Bill Mulligan, co-host of DoH 70s and DoH 80s will also make the cross-DoH jump. Now we’re talking fun! The composite crew covers everything from seaweed to monsters to El Supremo to balloons, including Dana Gillespie.
Please excuse the technical issues we struggled with, but after rescheduling twice, we decided to forge ahead, We hope you have as much fun viewing/listening as we had recording!
At the time of this writing, The Lost Continent is available on physical media as a standard Blu-ray format disc from Scream Factory.
Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Daphne, is I Vampiri (1957, Lust of the Vampire), directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava. Bill Mulligan from Decades of Horror 1970s and 1980s will join us because, well… Bava!
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