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Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Virgil Vogel directs this Sci-Fi classic concerning two archeologists, Roger Bentley (John Agar) and Jud Bellamin (Hugh Beaumont), who discover an underground civilization of albinos deprived and fearful of sunlight making slaves of a populace of half-human, half-mole creatures. The only weapon the two explorers have is a...flashlight. Bentley and Bellamin befriend the slaves from their torturing and earn their trust in showing a way back to the earth's surface. Very low budget and the mole people are not very scary after a decent introduction.Cynthia Patrick plays Adad, a pretty outcast of the albinos, who is given away to Dr. Bentley, compliments of the High Priest (Alan Napier). Other players include: Rodd Redwing, Nestor Palva, Phil Chambers and Joe Abdullah.

It's so easy to make fun of low budget horror films. I refuse to do that. This is an imaginative look at a race of people who live under the earth. They have evolved to be lacking in pigment and their eyes have low tolerance for light. This parallels the non- human creatures who live in dark places. When scientist investigate these characters, they find there is an oppressive culture that has enslaved others. They are actually using ritual sacrifices, so things aren't much better below ground than above it. The use of light comes into the fray and a god, Ishtar, is seen as vengeful. The special effects are reasonable and the creatures are interesting. Take this for what it is and for what a task is accomplished.

While digging somewhere in Asia a team of archaeologists uncover an ancient Sumerian tablet which warns of tragic consequences for those who take possession of it. Not long afterward they are presented with an ancient oil lamp recovered on top of a large mountain nearby with Sumerian engravings which tells the story of the "Great Flood" from the Sumerian point of view. Climbing up the mountain they discover an ancient Sumerian temple but it's at this time that the ground under one of the archaeologists named "Dr. Paul Stuart" (Phil Chambers) gives away which causes him to fall a great distance to his death. The archaeologists then use their mountain climbing gear to descend into the earth to find their fallen comrade. Unfortunately, a rock slide causes the death of another member of their team and subsequently traps them inside what appears to be a large cavern. After further investigation they are taken captive by some strange mole-like creatures and upon awakening meet an ancient Sumerian civilization whose king immediately sentences them to death. But they soon escape only to come face-to-face with some mole people who have been enslaved by these underground Sumerian people. Now, rather than reveal any more I will just say this movie had all the ingredients necessary for a Grade-B movie of this particular time. Although the acting was fairly adequate, the costumes were bad and the plot was just plain ridiculous. In short, unless a person really enjoys movies of this type or from this particular era I would avoid it all together. Below average.

Virgil Vogel directed this science fiction story about a group of archaeologists(played by John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Nestor Paiva) who uncover an ancient temple after an earthquake that leads to an underground passage that opens to a lost and isolated culture ruled by high priests(Alan Napier plays the leader) who are very suspicious of the outsiders, until they discover they have the power of projecting light(their flashlight!) which makes them honored guests. They meet a beautiful local girl called Adad(played by Cynthia Patrick) who is outcast because she isn't Albino like the others. They also discover an exploited and abused sub-class of "Mole People" that disturbs them, and they plan to free them, which leads to their falling out of favor... Silly but enjoyable film with good performances and mole makeup. Pulp-like story is fun in this guilty pleasure, and Cynthia Patrick is most appealing(though a sadly tragic character.)