Astronauts crash-land on Venus and find themselves in trouble when they kill a monster that is worshipped by a group of Venusian women. Re-edited version of Soviet sci-fi Planet of Storms (1962) by Pavel Klushantsev, dubbed into English with additional scenes.
Practical Effects
Soviet dinosaur puppets that somehow look more real than 90s CGI
Production
Bogdanovich's secret shame: directing softcore inserts to pay the bills
Editing
Two films smashed together like a Russian nesting doll of cinematic crimes
Director
Peter Bogdanovich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bogdanovich took this gig to fund his actual debut Targets (1968), making this the most prestigious exploitation film in history.
The original Soviet Planet of Storms was a prestige space-race blockbuster; Corman saw bikini potential. The Cold War in microcosm.
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