Under the Mountain

this aired on nickelodeon in the states back, hell, musta been 1983-85ish, as part of an anthology show called the third eye...others were "children of the stones" (now on region 2 pal dvd) and the haunting of cassie somebody...i was just a child when these shows were on, only 7 or nine, but i remember them capturing my imagination, and being able to follow the plots, for all of their convolutedness, because these shows didn't play down to kids, they embraced the imaginative nature of childhood and set us free to figure out what was going on...as i say, anyone has this anywhere, PLEEEEESE let me know, i'd simply revel in seeing this again...original tomorrow people too, if you please...and thank you.... hehehe...my stepbrother and i used to play under the mountain in the field behind my house...rainy days was for bad guy (muddy) parts, and clear was for the twins...no, neither of us played the girl...i was usually mr. jones....

You people DO know that there is a book of "Under the Mountain" by Maurice Gee, right? I mean, you'd be surprised how many people have seen a film and said, "Wow, that was amazing but I couldn't make head nor tails of it," when there's a written version waiting in the nearest library! I didn't even know that there was a filmed version until today!

Summary of Under the Mountain Theo and Rachael are redheaded twins from New Zealand. They learn at an early age that they are different as they can each find objects the other has hidden by reading the thoughts of their companion. Their powers are discovered by Jones, a member of a wise alien race who is searching for just such a pair of twins to use as a powerful weapon that will kill off the wilberforces, another alien race imprisoned on earth whose single goal is to destroy and conquer planets. Unfortunately the wilberforces have also discovered the true nature of the twins and are out to find them. Rachael and Theo must learn to use the weapon and overcome the pain it causes them before the Wilberforces wake up properly and destroy the planet

All I remember from this show is the basic storyline. I Remember something like glowing communication "eggs"! that the twins had.

Now! here comes my Scary memories of this show: Although I recall it as being awesome, there was one thing that freaked me out. THE CAR (LOL), Stupid I know, but hey i'm not into cars except for my fascination with the Pontiac ("Original Knight Rider") and Lamborgini's (Mostly the "SL"). ANYWAY... That Black (I think - a 1930 Pontiac Two Door Sedan), ""Corrections welcome"" freaked me out. I was approx. 9 or 10 when I saw this show, (maybe even 8). Shortly after watching this show I moved into a block of flats with a parking bay underneath. Now! in this parking bay there was this "IDENTICAL" Black car which was ALWAYS there. It Never Moved (Day or Night) for +-2Yrs even after I moved again and happened to walk past on my way to school. Now at that age it made no sense whatsoever as cars are meant to move to and from places. I'm sure you see the link.

Well thats it. Would love to see it again and can't wait for the remake that is coming soon.

cya!

I was looking for this series for years because I never knew the title. In Holland the show was known as "Monster Planet" and everybody else,as well as I,called it the "Mud Monsters".

Does anyone know if this show is available on VHS or DVD? Or else,a BIG begging to every TV-station in Holland to run this show again,please please!!

I saw it about 10 years ago and those monsters,especially Mr. Wilberforce: the alien chief.I will find quite funny now,but still I want to see it again.

I saw this when I was extremely young and it scared the living daylights out of me too! I was scared just going to bed in the night time for ages after , it really was scarier than anything else i ever saw when i was younger or anything I've ever seen since! Strangely enough i am a little nostalgic for the same reasons, would be interesting to see it now. The monsters were extremely scary and as far as I can remember there were no points when I actually felt the characters were safe. If I remember correctly the children had two rings or stones, blue and red and they had to somehow use them together to destroy the swamp like monsters. I think it ended well or with some sort of possibility in the future that the alien things would return.