This silly adventure appears to be taking place on a painted island occupied by slow moving brontosaurus toys being pulled along by strings in dirty water, men in rubber T-Rex suits barely waddling, a toothy lizard that seems to be on wheels and a man in a gorilla suit with a fanged head described as a giant sloth. Then there's the boat captain (Barton MacLane) who sneers, leering constantly at Virginia Grey, girlfriend assistant to filmmaker Phillip Reed, and the drunken Richard Denning who is basically forced to go back to the island, warning Reed and Grey of the dangers there that are indeed a living nightmare.
If it isn't the ridiculousness of the ancient creatures that will make you laugh, it's the absurdity of the performance of MacLane, one of the most ridiculous villains in film history. The paunchy and obnoxious MacLane claims from his first appearance that he will land Grey, ogling her every chance he gets, and trying to insight Denning to get drunk so he'll be able to manipulate him. A group of native men as his crew attempt a mutiny, and are threatened to be made shark food so by the time they get onto the island, you long to see MacLane become dino chow. This is laughably bad in every way, obviously not a film that influenced "Jurassic Park" at all other than for Spielberg to know how not to make it.
If it isn't the ridiculousness of the ancient creatures that will make you laugh, it's the absurdity of the performance of MacLane, one of the most ridiculous villains in film history. The paunchy and obnoxious MacLane claims from his first appearance that he will land Grey, ogling her every chance he gets, and trying to insight Denning to get drunk so he'll be able to manipulate him. A group of native men as his crew attempt a mutiny, and are threatened to be made shark food so by the time they get onto the island, you long to see MacLane become dino chow. This is laughably bad in every way, obviously not a film that influenced "Jurassic Park" at all other than for Spielberg to know how not to make it.