{"id":30409,"date":"2022-08-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30409"},"modified":"2022-08-28T10:31:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T14:31:37","slug":"the-land-unknown-1957-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30409","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Land Unknown&#8221; (1957) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z082822zview_landunknown.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Land Unknown <\/strong><\/em>(1957)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Virgil W. Vogel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay by:\u00a0 <strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 G\u00f6r\u00f6g <\/strong>based on a story by <strong>Charles Palmer, William N. Robson<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starring: <strong>Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds<\/strong>, <strong>Phil Harvey<\/strong> and <strong>Henry Brandon<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:\u00a0<em> Lost and Terrorized in Prehistoric Time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of spoilers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commander Alan Roberts (Mahoney), Lt. Jack Carmen (Reynolds), mechanic Steve Miller (Harvey) and reporter Margaret Hathaway (Patterson) take a helicopter to explore an area of warm water in \u00a0Antarctica!\u00a0 When they run into an unexpected storm, low fuel causes them to sit down.\u00a0 The helicopter is damaged in the landing.\u00a0 When the fog clears they realize that they are out of radio contact and in a world unchanged since prehistoric times!\u00a0 Man-eating plants, dinosaurs and something that they never expected to find put their lives in danger.\u00a0 Will they get the helicopter fixed in time to save them?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Land Unknown<\/em> was originally conceived as a big-budget extravaganza.\u00a0 Prior to filming the budget was drastically cut.\u00a0 Although filmed in Cinemascope, color was too expensive and all scenes were shot on a back lot.\u00a0 Children and those old enough to fondly remember low-budget horror films will find enough fun in <em>The Land Unknown<\/em>.\u00a0 Viewers not in those categories will see Barney and puppets attacking a toy helicopter.\u00a0 So be advised your mileage may vary.\u00a0 For me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\">The Land Unknown<\/em><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0earns 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z082822zview_landunknown2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Land Unknown (1957) Director: Virgil W. 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