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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

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1965 | 78 min | Science Fiction, Adventure

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for sci-fi fans and adventure fans. If you loved Aliens or Forbidden Planet, start here.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 18 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1965: an older pace and style.

In 2020, following the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They're to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile, John helps the two cosmonauts to survive. (Re-edited version of Pavel Klushantsev's 1962 Soviet sci-fi Planet of Storms, dubbed into English with additional scenes.)

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 11K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Curtis Harrington

  • Basil RathboneProf. Hartman, Lunar 7
  • Faith DomergueDr. Marsha Evans, Vega
  • John BixJohn the Robot
  • Marc Shannon
  • Christopher Brand
  • Lewis Keane
  • Gennadi VernovAndre Ferneau - Sirius (archive footage)
  • Georgi ZhzhyonovHans Walters - Sirius (archive footage)