Touches You

just watch it!

Captivating movie !

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of my favorite writers among Jules Verne and H. G. Wells,they wrote so many adventures who inspired movie makers around the world,this adaptation is kitsch but very entertainment in my youth time when l saw this picture by first time,this kind of fantasy mix with Sci-fi and adventure made my life more pleasant and enjoyable,so until now l've a expected to see more exiting movies like this,Doug Mcglure made more three movies from Burroughs's novel adaptation...all them wonderful!!! Resume: First watch: 1984 / How many: 4 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7

Refreshing to see Peter Cushing in something outside of the standard horror or mystery genre. He is absolutely charming as Dr. Abner Perry.Dr. Perry and his assistant, David Innes, has just finished building their huge Iron Mole drilling machine. Their adventure begins promptly as they quickly burrow down into the Earth's Core. They step out of the machine and find themselves in a beautiful fantasy jungle - but watch out for that giant dinosaur bird guys! They find themselves captured and enslaved with other humans (cavemen) by strange dominating creatures/monsters. Humorously, these humans or cavemen speak English! How great for our two travelers - now they have help to figure out what's going one and might help them to find a way out of there!This one is just simply fun - no other way to word it. It's a terrible movie but has a certain silly charm to it that is appealing.6.5/10

A Victorian era scientist (Peter Cushing) and his assistant (Doug McClure) take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.Although probably dated today (2015), this is still a fun film with some silly monsters and a plot that makes no real sense. Especially if one tries to think about it from a scientific point of view, and how gravity and air pressure would function (not to mention language). There are also some questions about whether or not the film is sexist, particularly since Caroline Munro more or less stays silent and looks pretty, but that is a whole other discussion.Cushing is great here (as always) and really shows his range as a vocal actor. He also has what is probably the best line in the movie, explaining why he cannot be mesmerized. Doug McClure is a good hero, though by the time he ended up with Amicus his prime years were behind him. Of course, being that this was the final Amicus film, their prime years were behind them, too.

Dr. Abner Perry (Peter Cushing) is a Victorian era scientist who is about to take his revolutionary vehicle, capable of boring through the Earth, on its maiden voyage. Accompanying him is former student turned businessman David Innes (Doug McClure). The vehicle is more powerful than they thought, and they end up deep inside the Earths' core. Here they encounter a nonstop assortment of monsters, a kingdom named Pellucidar, a tribe of primitive people, and their subhuman captors / tormentors, who pray to dinosaur gods.Now how can you resist any hokum featuring those elements? Produced by Amicus, and scripted by Milton Subotsky (based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs), this is decently executed by director Kevin Connor, who was a real go-to filmmaker for this kind of fantasy material in the 1970s. McClure is a jut jawed hero, and Cushing seems to be relishing a rare opportunity to ham it up. His performance may not be one of his most accomplished, but it's certainly a fun one. Caroline Munro is *extremely* alluring as cave girl Dia. Also performing this amiable nonsense with straight faces are Cy Grant as the helpful Ra, Godfrey James as the stolid Ghak, and Sean Lynch as the devious Hoojah (just to be sure we get the point, Hoojah is nicknamed "The Sly One").The movie begins in grand style, with some striking opening titles and a beautiful, rousing piece of music. It promises a solid diversion, and that's what it delivers. The understandable criticisms often leveled at the production are its obvious budget issues, and rubber monsters. But these monsters are just so damn amusing, especially the exploding fire breathing frog. All of this is done in an agreeable tradition of the Saturday matinée feature. The sets and the visuals are reasonably impressive, and Connor keeps things moving along nicely (the movie hits the ground running), and building to an exciting and destructive finale."At the Earth's Core" does put a goofy smile on *this* viewers' face.Seven out of 10.