Not the first time that this theme has been utilized, especially in the 1950's where film script writers went after the nuclear and atom age with often campy or unintentionally funny results. This isn't campy or funny, just a ho-hum thriller that takes forever to show what's going on underneath the muck of a Scottish highland swamp.
There's definitely intrigue in waiting to find out what's causing all of these smokey bursts coming up from the dirt, and when it happens, it's sudden and pretty unexpected. With Dean Jagger, Leo McKern and Anthony Newly in the cast, it's not exactly a star vehicle, but sometimes the best things in film come to those who wait. Not a great sci-fi film by any means (considering the classics from that era), but not as deadly dull as I recalled it from an earlier viewing.
There's definitely intrigue in waiting to find out what's causing all of these smokey bursts coming up from the dirt, and when it happens, it's sudden and pretty unexpected. With Dean Jagger, Leo McKern and Anthony Newly in the cast, it's not exactly a star vehicle, but sometimes the best things in film come to those who wait. Not a great sci-fi film by any means (considering the classics from that era), but not as deadly dull as I recalled it from an earlier viewing.