This film, unlike "Battle Beyond The Sun" and "Voyage To The Planet Of Prehistoric Women" was never shown in theaters. It went straight to TV via AIP Television.
Curtis Harrington handled the directing chores of the US footage using the name John Sebastian. This movie uses extensive footage from the Russian film "Planet Of Storms" and the Harrington footage featuring Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue inter cut to make the movie more palatable to US audiences.
Astronauts travel to Venus and discover all types of bizarre creatures including lizard men, a flying monster and man eating plants. I remember seeing this as a kid on TV and the others as well, and oh my god did I get confused when I saw about three different films with the same footage.
Some of the footage with Basil Rathbone was also recycled and used in "Queen Of Blood", so hopefully you can understand how a monster crazy kid watching movies on TV could easily get dumbfounded back in the day.
This movie has been issued on countless PD labels and this version is no better or worse than the others.
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