The Land Unknown is a low-budget black and white sci-fi film from the mid-1950s about an exploratory crew who stumble upon a "tropical" (and unknown) part of Antarctica. Supposedly, geothermal activity in this tiny area of Antarctica has melted through the ice cap and created this artificially warm, "tropics-like" area where giant carnivorous plants grow and dinosaurs amble about. The dinosaurs are giant lizards, a tyrannosaurus-looking creature, a plesiosaur-looking creature, some gigantic gila monsters (filmed in forced perspective), and some flying reptile things. Hmmm - no herbivorous dinosaurs? Anyway, our exploratory crew has helicopter trouble and is forced to descend into a cloudy maelstrom of clouds down 3,000 feet into this tiny "tropical" area. While they deal with their dying radio battery and hungry dinosaurs, they must find some way to contact the outside world to come rescue them. All the while, the heat and humidity cause their clothes to disintegrate, which was a delight to see on actress Shirley Patterson (a former Miss California) as her clothes gradually become more and more revealing.
Overall, if you can forgive the cheesy dinosaurs, it's a decent sci-fi / dinosaur flick, well worth watching if you like B-movies.
Overall, if you can forgive the cheesy dinosaurs, it's a decent sci-fi / dinosaur flick, well worth watching if you like B-movies.