(268) ADVENTURE AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1966) Kitty De Hoyos
4950DVD
original
Mexican/Spanish title: AVENTURA AL CENTRO DE LSA TIERRA
director: Alfredo B. Crevenna
starring: Kitty De Hoyos · Javier Solis · Columbia Dominguez · Jose
Elias Moreno · David Reynoso
A group
of explorers head deep into an unexplored portion of a cavern after a
young man is brutally killed [and his girlfriend driven mad] during a
routine tour. Professor Diaz is the leader; Kitty De Hoyos plays his assistant
Hilda Ramirez, but she is treated more like his secretary. The film does
scream for a dose of feminism (all the women are inexplicably dressed
in skirts for the excursion) and it also flounders in a weird racism (the
one black man is the only nameless cast member and is constantly made
to "return to camp with the women" when danger threatens [see
pic below, right] ). But, the movie is never boring as it offers a wide
selection of monsters and mayhem, including a cyclops, giant spiders and
a vampire-bat-man who becomes uncontrollably smitten with Hilda, resulting
in a deadly kidnapping.
Kitty
de Hoyos was a popular actress who starred in 60+ films between 1952-81,
including two genre classics SHE-WOLF
and THE
CROWS ARE MOURNING. Miss de Hoyos would pass away from cancer
in 1969, at 62.
A Mexican/Spanish
film, with English subtitles; fullscreen format, uncut 79 minutes,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include theatrical
trailers.
Violence/Animal
Cruelty/Sexual Brutality
Intended For Mature Audiences
