Back when I was young, this is the kind of cool stuff you'd see on TV.
Kerwin Matthews stars in this fun film directed by Nathan Juran. He plays Jack, a young man who during one ordinary day finds himself saving a beautiful princess from a giant satyr-like monster.
Jack soon learns that the Princess is really a Princess named Elaine (Judi Meredith) and that she was being kidnapped by the monster for an evil man named Pendragon (Torin Thatcher). Pendragon manages to kidnap Elaine while she is being transported out of the country via a secret ship and it is up to Jack to save her.
There are all kind of very good stop motion effects in this film including a tentacled sea monster, a two headed giant, the above mentioned satyr and more. This film is fast paced and a hell of a lot of fun.
It might remind you a bit of "7th Voyage Of Sinbad" and for good reason, the director also helmed that film and Matthews and Thatcher also starred in that film as well. The Blu-ray presentation is gorgeous and the disc also contains the original trailer.
Other extras are the hideous 91 minute re-envisioned musical version of the film. I saw this by accident on day many years ago and had to shut it off. It is totally unnecessary and unneeded. However, Kino has seen the need to include it. In my opinion, just watch the original 94 minute cut of the film and skip that awful musical version.
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