Archeologists Andy and Matty uncover a diary written by a member of Ponce de Leon's search party that provides clues to the location of the Fountain of Youth. They go to Florida to search for the site but find themselves hounded by a slimy businessman out to profit from the spring and a voodoo acolyte searching for eternal life. Andy's search for clues brings him into contact with local painter Dyanne, who seems to know more about the spring than she is revealing.
Practical Effects
Florida locations doing heavy lifting—swamps never looked this sinister cheap.
Acting
Gedde Watanabe somehow commits harder than the material deserves.
Director
John D. Patterson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director John D. Patterson mostly worked in television—this theatrical curiosity remains his only feature film credit.
Released during the brief late-'80s boom in Florida-set adventure films trying to replicate Romancing the Stone's success without the budget or chemistry.
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