The Lost Continent

Starring:Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke, Chick Chandler, John Hoyt, Acquanetta, Sid Melton, Whit Bissell, Hugh Beaumont, Murray Alper, William E. Green
Director: Sam Newfield
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Description

An atomic-powered rocket fired from White Sands Missile Base is lost in an unexplored region of the South Pacific. A military expedition is dispatched to find it. Searching by air, their plane loses control and crash-lands on a strange uncharted island--a lost world of prehistoric dinosaurs and vast radioactive uranium fields, so powerful that they cause rockets and planes to go off course. A beautifully crafted science fiction film starring Cesar Romero, Hugh Beaumont and John Hoyt. Excellent production values and a magnificent score highlight this legendary Atomic Age adventure, restored in the original theatrical version with the famous green-tinted "lost world" sequences. A must-see for all sci-fi afficionados!

Customer Reviews:

One of my favorites.......2006-09-03

At first I thought the movie was going to be bad but I was wrong. I loved it!!! Especially the big fight between the two triceratops. I recomend this to dino fans and B-movie fans.

Excellent Film.......2006-05-17

The Image dvd release, with the cover that shows Cesar Romero, Hugh Beaumont and the triceratops, against a green background, DOES have the moving Sid Melton scene at the end. I had a vhs copy that cut it, so I ordered this Image dvd release, when it became available, and the scene IS included.
As for the movie, it's an excellent B movie with snappy clever dialogue and dinosaurs that look more cute than menacing. It was a perennioal favorite of mine as a youth and remains so. It's not King Kong but it's very enjoyable.

Still Missing Scenes.......2005-09-02

OK, from the other reviews I have concluded that this is still a cut-up version. Sid Melton's "death scene" is missing (Romero puts a cig between his blood-oozing lips before he cashs his chips in and tells them to say goodby to the plane for him). Some of the earthquake scenes are probably missing also (Acquanetta's demise - if my memory serves me correct they used the "lava flow overcomes cavegirl" stock footage from 1 Million Years BC - Now you think, "Say, what did happen to those other villagers?"). Sinister Cinema advised me some years ago that whoever owns the rights was just too lazy or stupid to restore them properly. Boycott it until they do it right. Pitiful! It was one of my favorites as a child.

Lost Continent - Sid Melton gored by Triceratop is in DVD.......2005-08-20

I just got my Lost Continent DVD today from Amazon. I saw this movie in a theater when I was young. It was good to see it again after some 50-years for the first time in a long time.
I had my concerns, by other reviews about the scene with Sid Melton being gored by the Triceratop would be cut out from the DVD version.
Well! the scene is in! The DVD shows Sid Melton behind a rock and a Triceratop coming in from behind him. The others tried to warn him, but too late. He gets gored.
The entire movie is as I remember seeing it back then, especially the tinted green scenery. I remember my brother coming home telling me about it which prompted me to go see the movie.

An interesting item that is inside the DVD case is the information sheet that gives a detailed account of how the movie was made, Sid Melton's role, and some disappointments that faced the directors and actors.
The stop-motion dinosaur sequence were not the best, it explains, but they didn't have the technology like they have now.
The movie was done in 11-days.
But they got a lot of praise for their efforts in making this movie when it was released in theaters.

Enjoy!

Good sci fi.......2005-07-15

I saw this film only when it was shown on B&W TV in the '50s and didn't know about the green tint gimmic until I watched the DVD.

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Oh! How Could I Have Forgottten
Thanks for the memories...
Killer weed and an explosive plot
This is a classic Film
A psychedelic blast from the past

The Lost Continent
Starring: Eric Porter , Hildegard Knef , Suzanna Leigh , Tony Beckley , and Nigel Stock
Director: Leslie Norman , and Michael Carreras
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ASIN: 6305650616
Release Date: 1999-11-16

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Hammer Studios prefigured both the explosion of Bermuda Triangle thrillers and "lost world" adventures with this appropriately gothic 1968 fantasy. Eric Porter stars as the brooding captain of a decrepit scow smuggling illegal explosives with a questionable crew and a desperate cadre of passengers (including Hildegard Kneff, Suzanna Leigh, and Tony Beckley) into a hurricane. The initial melodrama turns to high-seas adventure as the ship battles the storm with volatile cargo and finally to a strange, moody fantasy. The ship becomes entangled in a creeping tangle of aggressive weeds that pulls the vessel deep into a twilight world of monstrous mollusks, snakelike vines with a taste for human flesh, and an insular society descended from rogue elements of the Spanish Inquisition who prey upon the unlucky ships dragged to their hidden island. Rotting galleons set against the creepy orange sky create an unsettling, alien world, like a psychedelic spin on Jules Verne. If the film doesn't match the chills of earlier Hammer thrillers, it more than makes up for it in pure atmosphere and eerie mood. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

Oh! How Could I Have Forgottten.......2006-02-07

This is a classic film, one of Hammer's Best and that is sayihng a lot. Gotta love Hammer. You have a no nonsense captain carrying an illegal caro. A first mate who must have used Clairol Blond 4-32574X 013 box and can't be decisive. You have a Motley Crew of old sea dogs along with a passenger list of people who are running away from their pasts: including a manly but handsome Barbara Streisand look alike, a poorman's Michael caine and his daughter, a drunken piano player and a reject from the Rico Suave' Social Club and others. All of them on one rusty cargo ship. This ship ends up in trouble and the people react in various ways. Some new comers arrive at the ship including the extremely voluptuous Sara (Dana Gillespie) who in real life is a British blues singer but in this film sounds like a scandanavian lost girl. Lots of Killer weeds and Evil coneheads round up the cast. I almost forgot about this one until I bought it a few years ago. I saw this on TV when I was a kid and I am still waiting for the sequel.
Highly Recommended. This film has a very interesting story, I would love to see a prequel as well. Dana Gillespie is worth the price of this DVD alone.
Good flick. I just finished watching this for the umpteenth time and had to finally review it.

Thanks for the memories..........2005-12-29

Ahhh...memories of going to the movies each week all summer long as a kid. Back in the 70s in elementary school, students were given the opportunity to purchase a set of special movie tickets for about a dollar a piece (or was it a dollar for the whole thing?) and you could go see a different movie each week. Each year there were several new/different movies, but there were at least three that came back year after year. 1. the 1966 Batman with Adam West and Burt Ward 2. Big Jake with John Wayne and 3. Hammer Studios' The Lost Continent. I loved those three movies especially The Lost Continent with the writhing, man-eating seaweed vines and the giant crab-like monster battling the equally huge scorpion monster. Great fun. My uncle would take me every year to see all 10 movies through the summer and we always looked forward to the weeks when we'd get to see those three again. Unfortunately, I had forgotten the name of my favorite one and it took me over 20 years to finally find out what the name of that movie was (The Lost Continent). I finally found it on VHS at a video store in the mall back about 10 years ago. I wish I had known about the DVD release back when it came out...I would have bought that in a heartbeat! Lots of fun! Especially if you love monsters and crazy weird stuff in your movies!

Killer weed and an explosive plot.......2005-08-01

A mysterious ship escapes port before they can detect that it is full of explosives that are triggered by water. This may prove to be valuable in the future. To make things worse a storm blows them off course into the Sargasso Sea. Sargasso means floating vegetable. Yes they are caught in a sea of floating vegetable and find an unusual society. Living there people from many ships that got vegetated over the centuries by weeds that would like nothing more than to eat you. How will they cope? Do they escape or are they assimilated. Watch this uniquely Hammer film and find out.

This is a classic Film.......2005-05-02

overlooked masterpiece in the top 10 of all Hammer films and perhaps one of the most interesting films ever made. As good as the Reptile if not better: The photography and art direction by Arthur lawson who one the best color art direction in 1948 for the Red Shoes are the finniest of any movie made in the late 60's. Opening tune by the Pedlers is totally inappropriate and ads to the bizzare chain of events and colors. The narrative follows a cargo ship with explosives ready to blow up in a hurricane followed by a mutiny. This is about the first 30 minutes are the best part and like its own adventure story. Later things get unpredictable beginning with a shipwreck in a junkyard type island run by the Spanish Inquisition and surrounded by man-eating seaweed. On the way some of the characters are killed in a mishap with am octopuss monster. The captain of the ship is played very well by Eric Porter who was Moriarty in the BBC Sherlock Holmes series.

A psychedelic blast from the past.......2005-02-07

I first stayed up to watch the Lost Continent when I was a kid. Always a fan of Hammer films, The Lost Continent is probably my favourite of all. Repeated viewings since have done nothing to diminish the film, if anything they have enhanced it. It is difficult to put this film into any single genre, it probably falls under a combination of action/fantasy/horror/sci fi.
It is based on the Dennis Wheatley novel Uncharted Seas, although there are substantial and necessary plot revisions in the film.
The story is set on a rust bucket tramp steamer - the SS Corita, carrying an illegal cargo of high explosive, a dubious collection of passengers, and helmed by a moody, sarcastic captain - a typically strong performance from Eric Porter. Supported by a solid cast, this really makes the film tick.
Among the passengers, Hildegard Knef is convincing as the wife of an exiled dictator, whom she is fleeing from. Tony Beckley plays the drunken playboy Basil. Nigel Stock plays a doctor fleeing from his dubious past, with his daughter in tow. Benito Carruthers plays a thug, sent after Knef's character. Among the crew is Neil McCallum as the pious Chief Engineer, Reg Lye as the helmsman, and Hammer regular Michael Ripper as the crew's barrackroom lawyer. The first half of the film sees the interaction of passengers and crew, the ship get damaged during a hurricane, a mutiny, and the abandoning of the ship. Later some of the crew and passengers return to the ship and this sees the second half of the film where they encounter man eating seaweed, a graveyard of ships, gigantic crustaceans and celapods, and the survivors of the previous shipwrecks, ruled over by the Spanish Inquisition.

The dvd release has 8 mins of unrealeased footage which enhances and fleshes out the film nicely, making it a more complete viewing experience.
Despite its age, the film creates a truly original and imaginative fantasy setting, with its yellow skies, swirling mists, and oceans of voracious seaweed. Hammer imported the top SFX guys from Disney for this, one of their most expensive films, to give it its unique and original look. Enhancing this is the superb psychedelic musical score of Gerard Schurmann, coupled with the great title track, performed by The Peddlers.
For sheer movie originality and escapism, this one hits the spot. Sit back and let it take you away to a vivid and frightening world of imagination, with one of the most original movie scores ever, to accompany you on the way. Simply superb.

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Reptile is Hammer-Studio Fun (Lost Continent is a Stinkbomb)
Psychedelic blast from the past
Twice the Hammer, half the fun

The Lost Continent/The Reptile
Starring: Noel Willman , Jennifer Daniel , Ray Barrett , Jacqueline Pearce , and Michael Ripper
Director: John Gilling , Leslie Norman , and Michael Carreras
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ASIN: B0000W5H88
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Customer Reviews:

Reptile is Hammer-Studio Fun (Lost Continent is a Stinkbomb).......2007-06-08

I bought this double feature for "The Reptile", a film that I remember seeing on television when I was a child, thirty years ago. It is still enjoyable, rather akin to Corman's Poe films (that same period look/feel), and the Hammer vampire movies. The new couple in town will come to regret moving near Dr. Franklyn's house. It's good, cheesy monster movie fun. I prefer these kind of films where they don't show the monster for a while and then, bang, there it is.

Now, about the second movie, "The Lost Continent". Where to begin. So much fodder here. It tries to be Mysterious Island, Lifeboat, and The Lost World. It resembles a macabre Love Boat with an HR Pufnstuf budget.

A group of selfish dimwits are traveling on a tramp steamer that's loaded with dangerous explosives (the liquid ignites if it gets wet; I won't even comment on that concept), a hazard which the captain hasn't mentioned. After an hour of nothing, the ship encounters a strange amber-colored world where other, older, empty ships sit still on the sea, and there are some lively killer weeds (vines), floppy monsters that resemble Sid and Marty Krofft productions, and a weird glowing ship/house thing with a young evil overlord called El Supremo (or was it El Diablo, or El Terrifico? El Queso?). He rules the pirates, balloon people, conquistadors, and inquisitors on his ship. Oh, and the organist, too. Confused? Yes, what weeds were the writers smoking? Certainly not anything supremo.

You'll marvel at the balloon people, the lady with the D cups, the green eyed crab monster, and the hungry creature who gets fed naughty disobeyers of El Hombre Supremo.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 wouldn't have touched this film; it is too dull and slow. I nearly gave up after nothing happened for sixty minutes. But then I wanted to see if the wicked teenage Supremo Boy with the British accent got his comeuppance.
It wasn't worth waiting. Awful. Was there even a continent?? Did they explain the balloon things? I must have missed that part when I was laughing, or sleeping.

But I like "The Reptile". That was cool, something from the Chiller Theater television of my childhood. And if you can keep a straight face when the creepy swarthy mesmo guy speaks in tongues, you're better than I am. I nearly pee myself when I witness this bizarre phenomenon.

Psychedelic blast from the past.......2005-01-16

I first stayed up to watch the Lost Continent when I was a kid. Always a fan of Hammer films, The Lost Continent is probably my favourite of all. Repeated viewings since have done nothing to diminish the film, if anything they have enhanced it. It is difficult to put this film into any single genre, it probably falls under a combination of action/fantasy/horror/sci fi.
It is based on the Dennis Wheatley novel Uncharted Seas, although there are substantial and necessary plot revisions in the film.
The story is set on a rust bucket tramp steamer - the SS Corita, carrying an illegal cargo of high explosive, a dubious collection of passengers, and helmed by a moody, sarcastic captain - a typically strong performance from Eric Porter. Supported by a solid cast, this really makes the film tick.
Among the passengers, Hildegard Knef is convincing as the wife of an exiled dictator, whom she is fleeing from. Tony Beckley plays the drunken playboy Basil. Nigel Stock plays a doctor fleeing from his dubious past, with his daughter in tow. Benito Carruthers plays a thug, sent after Knef's character. Among the crew is Neil McCallum as the pious Chief Engineer, Reg Lye as the helmsman, and Hammer regular Michael Ripper as the crew's barrackroom lawyer. The first half of the film sees the interaction of passengers and crew, the ship get damaged during a hurricane, a mutiny, and the abandoning of the ship. Later some of the crew and passengers return to the ship and this sees the second half of the film where they encounter man eating seaweed, a graveyard of ships, gigantic crustaceans and celapods, and the survivors of the previous shipwrecks, ruled over by the Spanish Inquisition.

The dvd release has 8 mins of unreleased footage which enhances and fleshes out the film nicely, making it a more complete viewing experience.
Despite its age, the film creates a truly original and imaginative fantasy setting, with its yellow skies, swirling mists, and oceans of voracious seaweed. Hammer imported the top SFX guys from Disney for this, one of their most expensive films, to give it its unique and original look. Enhancing this is the superb psychedelic musical score of Gerard Schurmann, coupled with the great title track, performed by The Peddlers.
For sheer movie originality and escapism, this one hits the spot. Sit back and let it take you away to a vivid and frightening world of imagination, with one of the most original movie scores ever, to accompany you on the way. Simply superb.

The Reptile is one of Hammer's lesser known outings and is set in the English countryside. A series of mysterious and unpleasant deaths happen around a mansion, inhabited a Doctor of Theology and his mysterious daughter.
Noel Willman is the academic and his daughter is played by none other than Jacqueline Pearce who played Servalan in Blake's 7. Hammer regular, Michael Ripper appears as one of the locals, as does John Laurie, known to millions as Private Fraser from Dad's Army.
Not quite in the league of The Lost Continent, The Reptile is, nonetheless, a very watchable and suspense filled film. Plays a great supporting role to The Lost Continent.

Twice the Hammer, half the fun.......2004-03-09

Such a deal Anchor Bay has for you! When I saw these two Hammer films released together costing less than the individual releases, I jumped all over it. Maybe a bit hasty, but I am glad I didn't opt for buying these separately. There are two discs in the set, each containing their respective films.

The first film, The Lost Continent (1968) is quite the horror show, and I don't mean that in a good way. A handful of people elect to take a less than luxury cruise aboard a pretty trampy steamer. Little do they know the captain is also hauling highly volatile explosive call Phos B that detonates when it comes in contact with water. Geez...maybe a leaky cargo ship isn't the best mode of transportation. Apparently only the captain is aware of this particular cargo, but the crew finds out soon enough when a breached hull starts flooding the compartment where a ton (literally) of the stuff is being kept. Good thing it's being stored in sealed, metal containers. Anyway, the ship has to travel outside the usual shipping lanes, as carrying this stuff improperly is highly illegal, and the captain is anxious to avoid such entanglements. The plot starts to deviate here, as a hurricane is coming, and the ship gets caught in some crazy seaweed. There is plenty of talk about how "We go where the weed takes us" which made me laugh as I kept thinking they where speaking of the illegal substance, and not seaweed. The seaweed turns out to house a giant HR Pufnstuf reject that has all kinds of ouchy tentacles and a voracious appetite. And that's not all...within this Sargasso sea are numerous sea faring ships, most derelict, but one is a Spanish Galleon, ruled by a doofus who calls himself 'El Supremo' which made me hungry for Taco Bell. I'm not kidding...there were conquistadors, inquisitors, and more. Supposedly they've been stuck here for a long time, and have adhered to the old ways of torture and fervent religious ideals. As you can imagine, the two groups clash, and the highly volatile explosives come into play. This film was just one great, big mish mash of vague plot threads, underdeveloped characters, lame direction, hokey effects, and annoying dialogue.

The Reptile (1966) is the much better of the two films here, but isn't really considered to be one of Hammer's finer releases, but, I gotta tell you, after The Lost Continent, this movie seemed nothing short of a minor masterpiece. The story involves a man and wife inheriting a cottage from a recently deceased relative who died of mysterious causes. Turns out, he wasn't the only one in this town to die the way he did, and the young couple soon become involved with a well to do neighbor and his daughter who harbor a nasty secret. Seems the well to do man is something of a doctor, who traveled the world studying ancient religious practices. One religious sect that dealt with snakes and such didn't care for their secrets being exposed to the world, so they cursed the doctor and his daughter. What was the extent of the curse? It's pretty easy to figure out, and I felt a bit too much time was spent with the various characters being kept `in the dark' about what was going on... The sets, locations, costumes all had a suitable gothic feel to them, and the actors all seemed very competent. The direction was good, taking time to develop the plot, but I think more should have been revealed earlier, not relying on such a big hunk of exposition near the end to let the viewer in on the big mystery.

As I said before, you get a real value here, if you are interested in either one of these movies as Anchor Bay seems to be following other studios in releasing some of the more dubious Hammer release in a double feature format. The cost of this one set is equal to the individual releases, so it's a two for one bargain. Special features are available for each film, with The Lost Continent featuring trailers and TV spots, a wide screen picture, a Hammer featurette, and a mini movie poster card. The Reptile features include movie and TV spots, a Hammer featurette called Vamps and a mini movie poster card that highlights this film along with Rasputin - The Mad Monk (1966), which led me to believe maybe these two films were originally released as a double feature, but I may be wrong. I've given this set three stars, but the breakdown is actually two stars for The Lost Continent and four stars for The Reptile, thusly splitting the difference for the dual release.

Description

It's an Atomic Age attack when modern science breeds rampaging beasts bent on wiping out mankind! First, a military expedition goes searching for a missing rocket and stumbles onto the LOST CONTINENT, a strange world filled with towering dinosaurs! Then the teens in Lover's Lane better watch out when THE GIANT GILA MONSTER decides to snack on rock `n' rolling, hot-rodding high school students in a small, sleepy town. Then an island populated by SHE DEMONS is just the start of a wild adventure packed with hurricanes, dancing native girls, Nazis, mad scientists, weird surgical experiments and an erupting volcano! Finally, a crashed rocket unleashes hordes of radioactive wasps who breed the MONSTER FROM GREEN HELLl a hulking mutation as big as a house.

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Atlantis the Lost Continent

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A young adventurer explores the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis. Petros, the young child of a fisherman finds a very interesting thing while he plays on the beach he discovers a message in a bottle. With the help of his Grandpa they quickly discover that they have got a very interesting piece of paper. Grandpa says "With this piece of paper we can find Atlantis" Atlantis is a sunken city Grandpa explains for centuries people are searching for Atlantis but never succeeded. Together they go on an adventure to find the sunken city.

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The Weathering Continent
Starring: Weathering Continent
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Release Date: 2003-07-29

Description

Long before the roots of history, there was a magnificent continent in the Atlantic. The continent was torn by generations of wars and its people had been stricken by natural disasters and starvation. Tieh, Lakushi, and Bois are three wanderers in this bleak world, looking only to survive and preserve what they can of their humanity. Searching for water they come upon one ruined town after another. When they finally reach a populated city, they find no rest inside. Even the dead have their own cities and here they are more prosperous than the living. Bois brings his sword, Tieh his magic, and Lakushi her heart. The three will fight for their one goal: to live another day on this barren continent.

Customer Reviews:

awful.......2005-10-10

I would consider myself the type of anime fan who easily likes anime, but this is the first anime movie I've ever been disappointed with. Here we have a cool swordsman who just stands there, a mage who never gets a chance to cast any spells, and a little girl who's tossed in for no apparent reason. There's virtually no character development. The movie focuses too much on the mysterious city these travelers enter. It was ok to watch for the first time, but there's zero re-watch value. I was so disappointed that I sold this DVD on eBay after viewing, and I had a difficult time doing so since it seemed no one wanted it. If you still insist on viewing this movie - RENT IT.

A Pleased Viewer.......2004-03-30

Well, yes, the movie was too short for my liking, but the animation was definately good. The characters weren't given a proper introduction. The reason behind it is simple and understandable though. It was made as an insert to a manga series. I haven't read the manga series, but I'd like to. Tieh's spells were awesome to watch being preformed, Bois and Lakeshi's fighting scenes were cool, and learning about Lakeshi's past and disturbing(for her) memories was interesting. Although the movie was short, it wasn't completely non-understandable. Another review said that you finally understand it about 50mins in and 2secs later it's over. Well, it's true, but it didn't take away from anything. It's better if you don't try to think about what you'd like to know during the movie(save it for when it's over) and focus on just what's in the story. Focus on the story they give you about Azec Sistra.
In short, this was an interesting and thought-provoking anime movie. For some more information, you can view this site.
http://www.phenixsol.com/Miko/WC/index.html
Enjoy the movie!

silly and boring.......2003-09-24

The story of this Anime is so contrived that you are just beginning to try and figure it out around the 50 minute mark. The only problem is - it's over 2 seconds later!!!

Save yourself the (almost) hour, and skip this boring excuse for a movie.

Too Short and Overpriced.......2003-08-27

O.k. I gotta admit, I stupidly bought this from another company without comparing details first at Amazon, if I'd done so I would've saved myself {money}... this movie was listed as 125 minutes and not the correct 60 minutes as listed here. Secondly, this DVD is overpriced for what you get. There's been a trend by anime distributors in the U.S. of late to try and release titles with less and less content, one example being Utena. This practice should be discouraged by boycotting. I wont buy anything that runs for less than 100 minutes unless its of top quality (ie. Steel Angel Kurumi). Anyway down to business. The actual title runs for 54 minutes and 40 seconds, not the 60 minutes listed on the cover. Extras are almost non existent, you get:
The original Japanese trailer (45 seconds)
The original Japanese closing (3 minutes)
Trailers for 4 Media Blasters titles: 12 Kingdoms (this looks great!), Samurai Deeper Kyo, YS 2 and Iria.
The actual DVD cover is one of the best I've seen, that's what made me buy it after reading the advertising blurb.
The transfer is of average quality with quite a bit of grain. Not too bad considering its age I guess. The brightness is set wayyyyyy too high, I had to set my setting to 12 out of 100 on my Sony TV. The story itself is quite interesting but way too short, 3 adventurers, a warrior, priest and rogue, become trapped in Azec Sistra, the City of the Dead on the island of Atlantis. Those who enter are cursed never to return. Maybe this was meant to be a pilot movie at one stage ? The original copyright is listed as 1992. The dubbed English closing has some sort of Celtic music while the longer Japanese ending has a woman singing to Japanese (?) music, and speaking of which, I loved the music, very atmospheric. Anyway, 2 stars for being too short, overpriced, minimum extras and an average transfer.
If you like anime with fantasy settings (or AD&D like) I'd recommend: The Complete Shamanic Princess, Castle in the Sky, Magic Knight Rayearth, Princess Mononoke, Rune Soldier or (though not true anime) Fire and Ice, and Scourge of Worlds.

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