The Mole People – ABC Film Challenge – Horror – M – The Mole People – Movie Review
Director: Virgil W Vogel
Writer: László Görög (Screenplay)
Cast
- John Agar (Sands of Iwo Jima)
- Cynthia Patrick
- Hugh Beaumont (Leave It to Beaver)
- Alan Napier (Batman: The Movie)
- Nestor Paiva (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
Plot: A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia.
Runtime: 1 Hour 17 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Mole People starts when Dr Roger Bentley (Agar) finds a tablet referring to an ancient society. The Shadow Dynasty was believed it was destroyed. As they go in search of an entrance and after an earthquake reveals one the team enter it.
However, once they enter the cave, they find an ancient temple. That isn’t the biggest problem, The High Priest Elinu (Napier) doesn’t want to let people into their kingdom. Now, the doctors need to escape before becoming the latest sacrifices.
Verdict on The Mole People
The Mole People is an adventure horror following scientists looking for answers to the mysteries within the Earth. They find a society that has ritual beliefs and clash when they are trying to escape.
Like many movies of this era, we get a story that is exploring the chance of finding something new in undiscovered locations. It uses the idea of an unknown society in Earth with mysterious creatures involved. There is the typical mystery about what is going on, while never being as scary as it imagines it is. This fills the typical 1950s-style movie and makes you feel like you are in the era.
Final Thoughts – The Mole People is a typical 1950s-style movie with a great environment we are placed in.