Review of The People That Time Forgot (1977) by Jonathan B — 10 Aug 2014

Kevin Connor directed a trio of films starring Doug McClure in the mid-1970s that I've always loved. I'm a bit of a sucker for Victorian 'Boys Own' style action with big monsters and dotty professor-types and 'At The Earth's Core', 'Warlords of Atlantis' and 'The Land That Time Forgot' fitted the bill well.

Connor returned to the format with the 'People That Time Forgot', a sequel to 'Land' again based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Sadly, this is a pale shadow of the former movies and really adds very little of note to the story.

It's not a great adaptation of the Burrough's novel and has only the thinnest of plots making for a rather tedious film. Even the reappearance of Doug McClure as the adventurer Tyler from the first film can't help here as his role is too brief to allow the actors natural charm and big personality to show through.

My advice would be give this one a miss in favour of the other three films which, despite having badly dated effects (also part of their endearing charms) are much, much better movies.