An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
Practical Effects
Harryhausen's stop-motion creatures still outshine most CGI.
Production
Canary Islands locations give genuine prehistoric scale.
Costume
Fur bikinis that launched a thousand Raquel Welch comparisons.
Director
Val Guest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'cave language' was entirely invented gibberlish—no subtitles were originally planned, leaving audiences to infer everything from grunts and gestures.
Hammer rushed this into production to capitalize on One Million Years B.C.'s success, even recycling Victoria Vetri when Welch declined.
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