Adventure
Fantasy
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.
Directors
Eric Porter
Lansen
Hildegard Knef
Eva Peters
Suzanna Leigh
Unity Webster
Tony Beckley
Harry Tyler
Jimmy Hanley
Patrick, the bartender
James Cossins
Nick, chief engineer
Reg Lye
The Helmsman
Ben Carruthers
Ricaldi
Nigel Stock
Dr. Webster
Neil McCallum
First Officer Hemmings
Donald Sumpter
Sparks, the Radioman
Victor Maddern
The Mate
Michael Ripper
The One-Eyed Crewman
Dana Gillespie
Sara
Darryl Read
El Supremo
Eddie Powell
The Inquisitor
Directors
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Then we'll go on trying, and the day we stop trying we stop living!
It is one of the major oddities out of Hammer Films, a nutty slice of fantasy adventure sci-fi, resplendent with rubbery effects work, an incoherent screenplay, auto-cue hammy acting and obligatory humongous cleavage!
Plot, for what it is worth, finds a potentially explosive cargo ship and passengers, piloted by an uber serious Eric Portman, become victim of a mutiny and then find themselves lost in the Sargasso Sea. But wait! There is an island offering salvation, only it's a bit of a time warp populated by despotic Spanish conquistadors. Oh and the landscape is filled with man-eating beasties, including rampaging seaweed.
Based on Dennis Wheatley's novel Uncharted Seas, it's a film where adults have to double check to see if they have had some bad liquor, while the kids delight in the garish colours and rubber monsters. It's all very surreal, and daft, and not quite a masterpiece of "Z" grade cinema, but it is fun, even if for those of us who like a drink, we will never ever be drunk enough to embrace its madness fully. 7/10
John Chard07 Dec, 2015
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