Another masterpiece from special effects artist Willis O'Brien, whose eponymous simian character is now a cultural icon. Remade at least twice, but never equalled.

Largely derided at the time of their release as kiddie films with shabby dinosaur effects, Amicus Studio's retro fantasy tetralogy has aged suprisingly well in this deplorable age of cheap CGI effects. The first of the four, "The Land that Time Forgot", is the best - a masterpiece of the genre; its sequel, "The People ...", is the least of the four, but still worth a viewing.

Excellent 1930s jungle adventure/lost race serial. A hunter and a feral child battle evil forces of a lost civilization in the heart of darkest Africa. Good special effects and miniatures.

A low-budget imitation of the Amicus Studios Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations with much unintentional humor in the dialogue, this is still not half-bad. Once again, rubber dinosaur puppets and flabby giant gorilla costumes still trump CGI any day.

Another delightfully campy 1950s flick involving a group of explorer who crash-land in an Antarctic crater where Mesozoic megafauna still reigns supreme. Features a combination of rubber dinosaur costumes and pet-store reptiles rigged up with fake horns.

Fairly enjoyable yarn concerning explorers on a South Pacific island with dinosaurs. The giant gorilla is actually intended to be a giant ground sloth.

A family of three enter an interdimensional portal, landing them on a planet where dinosaurs, hominids, and lizard-men ("Sleestaks") also dwell. The dinosaurs are brought to life by stop-motion animation. Ground-breaking juvenile television entertainment from Sid & Marty Krofft.

A Lost Race classic involving a motley group of travelers/refugees stumbling upon an exotic Utopian society in the Himalayas ("Shangri-La"). Or is it a Utopia?

Hercules travels to a renascent and minatory Atlantis to save his pal Androcles from the clutches of an evil queen bent on turning all of humanity into zombified slaves. The demigod Proteus makes an appearance as a reptile-humanoid with whom Hercules does battle. One of the best peplum films.

Made to cash in on the success of Amicus Studio's ERB adaptations, this is actually pretty good. Features decent dino effects, a terrific theme song, and a surprising revelation concerning the life-cycle of ceratopsians.