Movie Review: The Lost City

The Lost City (a.k.a. The Lost City of the Ligurians)
Starring: William 'Stage' Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell, Josef Swickard, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Billy Bletcher, Eddie Fetherston, Milburn Morante, Margot D'Use, Jerry Frank, Ralph Lewis, William Millman, Gino Corrado, Sam Baker, Everett Brown, Edwards Davis, Curley Dresden, Henry Hall, Eric Mayne, Albert Pollet 

Director: Harry Revier
Super Serial Productions Inc., USA, 1935.

This movie is published as a part of Nightmare Worlds 50 movie pack box published by Mill Creek Entertainment.

The two movies on the discs are combined from the 12 episodes of the series (the original series was 240 min, but Mill Creek version is 87+105 min so something is missing) 

The original episodes were:
1. Living Dead-Men
2. The Tunnel of Flame
3. Dagger Rock
4. Doomed!
5. Tiger Prey
6. Human Beasts
7. Spider Men
8. Human Targets
9. Jungle Vengeance
10.The Lion Pit
11.The Death Ray
12.The Mad Scientist

Electric storm sinks ships. Rivers flood and bridges collapse. Scientists try to find out why. The center of the disturbance is in Africa. Bruce Gordon (Kane Richmond) and Jerry Delaney (Eddie Fetherston) take an expedition to there. In Africa giants are attacking near Magnetic Mountain and only Andrews (Milburn Morante) survives. Butterfield (George 'Gabby' Hayes) does not believe him. Later Butterfield turns into a villain (and again to a hero). 

Jerry Delaney and Bruce Gordon

Butterfield

Dr. Manyus and Zolok

Evil Zolok (William 'Stage' Boyd) has created an army of giant zombies using brain destroyer. The main skill of the zombies is carrying people around. Zolok holds Dr. Manyus (Josef Swickard) and his daughter Natcha Manyus (Claudia Dell) as captives and forces them to create electric storms. Zolok's assistants are hunchback Gorzo (William Bletcher) and Appolyn (Jerry Frank). Zolok captures the expeditioners. When they escape they run into various rival factions. 

Giant zombies

Appollyn and Gorzo

Natcha and Bruce

Mostly the plot consists of escaping or fighting Zolok's men or natives. Or just running around the jungle. Also Dr. Manys is kidnapped in every ten minutes or so by various factions. Also just about everyone is interested in conquering Africa with giant zombies. There is also slave trader Sheikh Ben Ali (Gino Corrado) looking for giant slaves. In a cave there is tribe of spider men who were once black but Dr. Manyus made them white using serum. Rama Queen of the Wangas (Margot D'Use) also wants an army of giant zombies.

Sheikh Ben Ali

Spider man warrior

Queen Rama

The movie has some inventive ideas and okay sets but mostly it is dull and repetitive. Some scenes are unintentionally hilarious and the movie goes almost to so bad it is good territory but dullness wins. Watching it was quite numbing experience. 

Zombies carry people around

Natives

Rating: Bad