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Searching for treasures , a scientific , his son (Peter Gilmore) and Greg Collinson (Doug McClure) are double-crossed by their crew (John Ratzenberger : Cheers , among others) . Then , they're into a diving bell when are attacked by a sea monster and the sailors are dragged by a giant octopus . Later on , the ship-wrecked crew find inhabitants of the lost world of Atlantis , the lost continent written by Platon . It's governed by an alien race (Michael Gothard , Daniel Massey and Cyd Charisse) from Mars which wish to rule the human beings and the creation a totalitarian state . An incredible tale of terror and suspense...above and below the sea. From the depth of space they came to vanish beneath the sea...

This fantasy picture packs thrills , action , weird monsters , lively pace and fantastic scenarios . The monsters are the real stars of this production and its chief attribute . The tale is silly and laughable but the effects and action are quite well . Among the most spectacular of its visuals there are deeply shrouded caverns filled with monsters roaring menacingly towards the camera , the attack of a giant lizard on a fortress , and the futuristic backgrounds of Atlantis . Some illogical parts in the plot are more than compensated for the excitement provided by Roger Dicken's monsters , though sometimes result to be a little bit cheesy . Filmed in glimmer and colorful cinematography by expert cameraman Alan Hume on location in Malta and Pinewood studios , England . Evocative and stirring musical score by Vickers . This is the fourth collaboration between producer John Dark and director Kevin Connor who also made in similar style : ¨The land that time forgot (1975)¨, ¨All the Earth's core (1976)¨, ¨The people that time forgot (1977)¨, mostly starred by Doug McClure and with the craftsman Roger Dicken as the monster-maker . The film will appeal to kiddies who swallow whole and sit convulsed in their armchair.

"Harrihausen stop-motion animation in all its choppy glory". Where? I didn't see any, it all looked like sock puppets, guys in rubber suits and wood and canvass models to me, standard Amicus/Rice-Boroughs effects. If they had have used stop-motion the effects would have been a lot better, take the Empire Strikes Back made three years later or the Golden Voyage of Sinbad made four years earlier. Please, please don't say the effects were good for the Seventies, because in all fairness King Kong which was made 45 years earlier has better effects and there currently appears to be a trend to excuse anything made before the advent of CGI as "Good effects for their day". As if Spielberg would have used guys in suits a la Godzilla to make Jurassic Park if CGI hadn't have been around in 1992! It's a fun film, however, and very enjoyable, I liked it as a kid and like all the Amicus/Rice-Boroughs films I try to see them when they're on.

Altantis is found.

This movie begins so well in the first 30 minutes or so (the diving bell under attack, the octopus attacks the ship) but once we get to Atlantis the film becomes less pleasing.

The diving bell footage will bring back memories or Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Botttom of the Sea series and the full-scale octopus all over the ship would have to go down as one of the best filmed moments of 1970s sci-fi cinema.

On top of the first 30 minutes, is a rich and lavish music score that brings the whole thing to life.

But as I said above, the quality is not maintained and you almost get the feeling that another less experienced director took over the flick once they all get to Atlantis. Too bad.

I first saw director Kevin Connor's silly monster movie Warlords of Atlantis at the cinema in 1978, and although I was only 10 at the time, I still came away very disappointed; the problem was that I, along with most of the rest of the world, had not long witnessed the cinematic marvel that was Star Wars, which had set a new standard for special effects driven adventures, and Connor's brand of fantasy film-making now seemed very primitive by comparison.

The narrative structure to Warlords is almost virtually identical to Connor's previous three fantasy adventures, The Land that Time Forgot, The People That Time Forgot and At The Earth's Core: a scientific expedition discovers a lost civilisation (in this case, Atlantis) and encounters a variety of badly realised rubber monsters, after which the adventurers barely escape with their lives. It's also very similar in terms of production values and technical prowess: the performances are hammy, the script makes very little sense, and the special effects are diabolical.

These days, however, it's those very qualities that make this kind of flick so much more fun to watch now than back in the day. The camp nature of the script, Doug McClure's paunch, the unconvincing hand puppet creatures, the giant plastic octopus with uncontrollable tentacles, the awful Atlantean fashion, flying piranhas launched clumsily at the actors by crew members off-screen: what I found embarrassingly bad as a child I now find rather charming in its ineptitude.

In 1973, British director Kevin Connor made the tidy and undervalued horror film, From Beyond the Grave with Peter Cushing. But it was the film that he made in 1975 that would signal the start of four Z grade creature features that would make him known to the discerning creature feature fan. That film was The Land That Time Forgot, where he was paired with American beefcake actor Doug McClure, and the marker that culminated with Warlords of Atlantis in 1978 was well and truly set.

Here with this, in terms of fun arguably the second best film of the four after At The Earths Core, Connor and screenplay writer Brian Hayles send McClure, Peter Gilmore and a few rough neck sailor types under the ocean, to where the lost cities of Atlantis be. All of which is a plot perfectly designed to create monster mayhem and meetings with an unknown race that speak perfect English! Into the fray comes giant octopus, various reptilian sea monsters, The Mogdaan, Zaargs and an attack by flying piranha critters. Sure the effects are up and down, even shoddy and befitting the Z grade budget, but oh what fun it is.

The cast also contains John Ratzenberger, who would go on to be a household name playing Cliff Clavin in the long running show, Cheers. Another notable name on the cast list is Cyd Charisse who earlier in her career had appeared in Singing In The Rain and Brigadoon. But it's McClure who is always the main attraction in these pictures. Obviously brought in to keep the American audience in mind, it's somewhat inspiring watching Dougie manfully work thru the movie as if it's a masterpiece of the genre. That none of the Connor/McClure collaborations are genre high points is irrelevant, no amount of dopey effects and string assisted creatures can detract from the fact that ridiculous can sometimes be hugely entertaining. And that is exactly what Warlords Of Atlantis is. Now, where did I put my jar of pickles ? 7/10

!!!!! MILD SPOILERS !!!!! In my review of AT THE EARTH'S core I said that the best of these Doug McClure gets attacked by rubber monsters in a 1970s British movie was THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT . If this holds true - And it's been years since I saw that movie - then WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS is certainly the second best in the genre Written by former DOCTOR WHO script writer Brian Hayles the story has some imagination even though no one is going to confuse it with a documentary . An eclectic ship's crew is abducted by a giant octopus and taken to the ancient city of Atlantis which is ruled by an alien civilisation which is engaged in a war of attrition against giant rubber monsters . One of the abductees Professor Aitken is wanted by the aliens for his superior intellect while the others will be used as slaves . It also turns out the abductees must be converted into gill breathers within a few days if they are to survive their new environment . Naturally upon hearing this the ships crew don't want to stay in their new home An entertaining enough story and unlike AT THE EARTHS CORE the production values are fairly good since location filming involving oceans and caves are used . There is the old bug bear of actors standing in front of obvious back projection trying to look scared at a rubber glove pocket but that's not enough to ruin the movie , in fact that adds some charm and the script has the temerity to point out that mankind's greatest achievements have come out of fighting one another in terrible wars . There are one or two plot holes like why do the aliens consider Professor Aitken a man of superior intellect since he would have no understanding of space travel or Einstiens theory of relativity , in other words he's a cave man compared to the aliens . You also can't help but notice that when the characters escape Atlantis Delphine the female lead has been rather superfluous to the plot But these minor flaws are never enough to totally ruin the movie for a discerning audience and I have noticed how many comments on this page centre around " I saw this when I was a kid and I'd love to see it again so please bring it out on DVD " It's probably nowhere as good as you remember it from 20 years ago but it still remains a fairly entertaining movie

OK a lot of folks complain about this film. It is a great storyline with great SFX for the time. Its like comparing a 08 Cadillac XLR with a 59 Coupe DeVille. Ya see back in the day...movies relied on good acting. Instead of mind candy SFX. This is a good buy and a joy to watch. I saw this movie as a kid at the Whalom drive-in Leominster Massachusetts. I remember it vividly! Dinosaurs and wicked cool sea beasts make a kids imagination come alive. A classic take of betrayal and good guy beats bad guys and wins girl. Anyone who complains about this would be the same person complaining about the guy in the rubber godzilla suit. Its about the story and the acting. 1978 guys! Star wars came out about the same time ya know!

These types of fantasy adventure films are what I grew up watching, however this one did pass me by. After just watching it, I guess not seeing it wasn't too much of a bad thing. "Warlords of Atlantis" was the fourth feature in the cycle of director Kevin Connor and actor Doug McClure's partnership and probably my least favourite of the lot. Quite a dry and leaden experience with only small moments of excitement amongst its prehistoric backdrop of a diving expedition discovering the underwater city of Atlantis, which is guarded by rubber monsters. Looking like a low-budget, the adventure shows in its small-scale and its attention went towards to the tame special effects (though the large octopus design is decently done… so are its attack sequences) and low-rent set decors. A stalwart cast with the likes of Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie and Michael Gothard are tolerable in their stock parts. The concept is imaginative, but the execution of it falls away with its systematic strokes, murkily uninteresting motivations and a script that's plodding in its details. Sure it's pure old-fashion escapism at heart, but it never lives up to the fun of it.

"Do not waste your energy on anger. Soon you will come to think of Atlantis as your only home."

I don't know what people have against this movie. Okay, so some of the special effects aren't great, but to be honest I prefer films like this which have interesting plots, solid characters and imaginative scenery to the kind of effects-dependent trash Hollywood is currently churning out without care or interest.

The story involves scientists intending to explore under the ocean with the use of a diving-bell. However, after they find a gold statue they, together with most of the crew of their ship, are abducted by a giant octopus and taken to the lost undersea world of Atlantis.

This is a classic and highly entertaining film with good performances from the cast and atmospheric settings with appropriately haunting music.

A good old fashioned monster movie in the tradition of the old Harryhausen films, this was the fourth successful collaboration (and the 15th most popular at the UK box office in 1978) from producer John Dark and director Kevin Connor. The film was originally known as '7 Cities to Atlantis' while it was being shot, but changed to Warlords of Atlantis for the UK release. Doug McClure leads the cast as Greg Collinson, part of a scientific expedition searching for the lost world of Atlantis. Along with Prof. Aitken, and his son Charles, they are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell used for underwater studies is destroyed when a deep sea monster attacks the boat and they are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants and creatures of the lost continent. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios and on location in Gozo, an island off the coast of Malta, In the States it was known as Warlords of the Deep, and a novelisation of the film by Paul Victor, based on Brian Hayles screenplay was also released due to the success of the film. It may be small beer compared with today's CGI monster movies, but this is still a decent romp with plenty of cheesy charm thanks to some decent puppets posing as beasties.

This is the first time I've commented on a movie, and it's fairly appropriate to be writing about this one as this was the first movie my dad ever bought for our shiny new video recorder. Well, I must take after my dad in my movie taste, as I though this was (and still is) a very entertaining and enjoyable film. I don't really care if the acting is wooden (what else would you expect from good ol' Doug??), the premise was sound and the special effects were alright for the time. In all, this was generally quite a good film - don't let the snobs put you off it.

This is really the cheesiest sci fi film that I have seen in a long time.It is a cross between Jules Verne and Ray Harryhausen but doesn't manage to be either.Instead of stop motion animation it uses men in rubber suits who are totally unconvincing.There is a giant octopus that beats the vessel with a gold statue and is probably the best of the mirth inducing moments that constantly occur throughout this film.It is one of those films that is so consistently bad that it is almost good in a way.Everything about the film is second rate from the acting through to the effects down to the scripts.Not worth a second look once was enough.Atrocious model work

This was the fourth - and last - fantasy adventure for the actor-director team of Doug McClure and Kevin Connor after THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974; undeniably the best of the bunch), AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1976) and THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT (1977).

The result - silly and terminally juvenile - is a disappointment: besides wasting a good cast (Daniel Massey, Michael Gothard and Cyd Charisse), the sci-fi trappings of the plot are ill-suited to the material; the hokey monster effects, then, seal the fate of this low-budget venture. In fact, the location shooting (in Malta, no less, and the smaller neighboring island of Gozo) is among the film's few assets!

What a great film! When ever I watch this movie, I sit with a big grin on my face. This was one of the first movies I saw at the cinema as a kid. This film didn't win any Oscars, but if there had been a category for FUN it would have won hands down. I don't thing this film was ever meant to be taken too seriously. Like many of Doug McClures movies, "At The Earths Core" and "The land that time forgot", made with a hint of tongue in cheek. Made before the onset of cgi effects, this film has an innocent, non-cynical feel. It has Monsters, the lost city of atlantis, guns, fight scenes and more monsters, what more can you ask for in a low budget sci-fi. Films like this are often belittled by people who cannot see beyond their De Niro's and Oscar nominations. The quality of a film, at the end of the day, is about it's entertainment value, hence 10 out of 10.

The crew of the 'Texas Rose' sail into an area notorious for the disappearance of a number of ships to trial a deep sea chamber, ostensibly in search of rare antiquities. McClure and Gilmore pilot the underwater vessel, while learned professor Donald Bisset remains above at the mercy of the crooked crew, helmed by the concerned Shane Rimmer, looking to capitalise on any valuable discoveries. But when a giant octopus grabs the crew and descends into a deep sea ravine, they soon find themselves in the mythical land of Atlantis, where the hosts are into mind control and slavery to preserve the sinking cities. With the help of a grizzled old captive (Brown) and his hot daughter (Brodie), they attempt a bold escape from the clutches of the warlords, and to return to the surface of the earth.

Reasonable action sci-fi adventure features a capable (and eclectic cast) in which the affable McClure and introverted Gilmore combat the likes of Michael Gothard (who played a key villain in "For Your Eyes Only"), Daniel Massey, and in a surprise piece of casting, the eternally beautiful Cyd Charisse as a sorceress who tries to persuade Gilmore to join their race as a means to harness his superior intellect. Future "Cheers" star Ratzenberger also has a prominent supporting role.

Great sets, music and monsters conceived by genre veteran Brian Hayles who wrote many "Doctor Who" novels, there's even an unexpected dual climax and twist ending guaranteed to entertain. Made at a time when the "Atlantis" theme was being revisited (e.g. "Man from Atlantis", "Island of the Fishmen"), it's suitable for almost all ages and while not likely to qualify as a companion in the sci-fi order, "Warlords" remains an entertaining edition of its ilk.

The Force is definitely NOT with this one. 😱 .

To think that the first (and best) of the original Star Wars trilogies had been realeased barely twelve months and one day previous, whilst this was probably being made.

. Doug McClure (😍) and the other cast members do their best coping with the various sea creatures they encounter, besides the inhabitants of Atlantis. It couldn't have been a big budget production, I can't see that it made any money, but it could've - just.

. Ray Harryhausen was the biggest and best in terms of gaining global recognition, praise for his creations, but he was definitely NOT involved in this.