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At the Earth's Core

At the Earth's Core

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  • United Kingdom,
  • United States
  • 1976
  • · 90m

Director Kevin Connor
Cast Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant, Godfrey James, Sean Lynch
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.

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60

CineVue

Featuring McClure, Cushing and Monroe, these films based on novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs highlight that author’s penchant for adventure stories.

50

Variety

At the Earth's Core, from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, is an okay fantasy adventure film. Made in England, it's a fast-paced, slightly tongue-in-cheek tale about stalwart hero Doug McClure's battles with underground monsters.

50

Time Out by Trevor Johnston

Scantily clad Ms Munro, vengeful telepathic pterodactyls and cut-price explosions comprise a familiar mix, but it's daft enough to enjoy if you're in a schoolboy mood.

40

Empire by Ian Nathan

There were a few sci-fi movies in the 70s that managed to transcend the genre and become fairly well known in the mainstream. This weren't one of 'em and for good reason.

25

TV Guide Magazine

Incredibly inept and silly adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventure yarn.

25

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

You remember Captain Video. He was a science fiction hero on the old DuPont TV network. He and his trusty sidekick (Bucky? Rocky?) were forever landing on strange planets and sneaking around rocks. After three weeks, you realized that the rocks were always the same. Same here.