The Incredible Petrified World
Directed by Jerry Warren
Written by John W. Steiner
1957/USA
GBM Productions
First viewing/Internet Archive
[box] Lauri Talbott: Sorry you feel that way. I was hoping we could help each other.
Dale Marshall: You don’t need help – neither do I. Not as long as we have two men around us. [/box]
John Carradine is the best thing about this terrible movie and he phoned his part in.
The movie begins with a long documentary sequence about the ocean depths that allows the filmmakers to use some stilted narration and stock footage of a battle between a large fish and an octopus. We then move to the story. Prof. Millard Wyman has invented a diving bell that will allow exploration of the sea deeper than ever before. A team of two men and two women occupy the bell. The cable snaps and the explorers find themselves in underwater caves that oddly include plenty of fresh air and water. They meet up with a menacing old weirdo. After a lot of jealous bickering between the ladies, they are rescued. The end.
This movie looks like hell and is boring. Clearly Carradine was in this solely for the paycheck. There’s not even a monster. Don’t bother.
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