Writers: Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen
Composer: Albert Glasser
Starring: James Warren, Lynne Roberts, Paul Cavanagh, William Schallert, House Peters Jr. , Marjorie Stapp, Helen Winston
More info: IMDb
Tagline: They Wanted Treasure...And They Didn't Care How They Got It!
Plot: A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, some thugs want the treasure alleged to be stored there, a bunch of mutated giant crabs living there attack them all.
My rating: 5/10
Will I watch it again? No.
This is a standard action adventure kiddie matinee flick with a beautiful movie poster. It clocks in at 57 minutes and it fills the time with intrigue, betrayals, villainous, greedy men, giant crab monsters, a damsel in distress, a pirate treasure and a volcanic island that rises from the ocean floor to reveal itself every few years.
SPOILERS AHEAD, MATEY!!!! YARRRRRRRR!!!!!
All six or so of the bad guys die at the end, the island sinks back into the ocean and our hero, the dame, and the happy-go-lucky pilot escape by the skin of their teeth and you just know that two of them are going to bang when they get back to land.
The print I watched was in horrible condition and it was barely watchable but I still got a little kick out of it. William Schallert is the only name and face I'm familiar with. He always brings it no matter how low the budget. Everyone does a good job for what it is. The studio system in some ways was bad for the stars but great for working actors. There was almost always work for solid actors working on B pictures so you rarely got bad performances and this is a good example. I'm sure not a single person who worked on this thought it was a good career move but it provided a lot of folks with a paycheck and a lot of kids with an hours worth of entertainment.
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