7/10
Extremely Energetic Fantasy...Dense Color Drenched Playfullness
2 November 2016
Gaudy and Cheesy, but Charming and Colorful Fantasy aimed directly at the Children's Matinée. This is an Outrageously Ambitious (for its minuscule budget) Fun-Fest that is Energetic and almost Every Scene is Punctuated with Chintzy SFX and Puppetry with a Background of Candy-Colored Costumes and Sets.

The Small and Confined Studio is Loaded and Crammed with Wild Wonderment and Claustrophobic Calamity. It is one of those that is Fondly Remembered by Youngsters who were Entertained in Theatres and on TV.

Never Reaching the Artistry of Ray Harryhausen's Signature Series and had No Hope of Achieving Anything Near the Respect or Money Making Ability of other Similar Movies that were Popular at the Time, it made up for it with Audacity and Flaunted its Limitations Front and Center for Everyone to Ogle.

Guy Williams (TV's "Zorro" and "Lost in Space") seems to be having Fun, Frolicing through the Staged Fantasyland and Racing to Rescue the Princess. There are Villains about and Monsters to be Slain and Everyone, including the Audience, is having a Grand Ol' Time while it is all Unreeling.
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