JoeB131

My complaint with this movie is that the tone was kind of uneven. You start with the horror of a young mother being turned into a vampire, never able to see her family again because she wouldn't be able to resist feeding on them. Then a shadowy government agency sets her out to hunt other vampires.

The thing turns into a comedy halfway through, when a group of witches/vampires whatever seek to release the first witch from her prison, with some twists on who is on whose side, and characters who seem to be more comedy than horror.

But again, a fun watch if you turn off your brain.

... you would get this movie.

So the plot is about what you'd expect, some explorers go to an uncharted Island which amazingly has a vibrant enough biosphere to support dozens of large dinosaurs and an ape-like beast.

But where Kong had the joy of Willis O'Brien's animations, this has guys in really bad monster suits, filmed in a low-quality coloring process.

This movie compensates for the lack of creature effects by featuring more melodrama, including a native mutiny, a somewhat awkward love triangle, and a drunken Captain with lust on his mind.

The movie's strong point is Virgina Grey as the female lead.

This movie is kind of a hidden gem.

The movie opens on what seems to be the end of a horror movie, with the Final Girl surviving whatever they were up against. The action quickly switches to a British Police station, and involves two constables, a drunken bachelorette party, and other assorted characters dealing with Lovecraftian monsters running amok.

Then the movie pulls a major plot twist that frankly, I just didn't see coming.

It's a nice little mix of American-style horror and British style humor.