Theo Robertson And the most misleading poster award goes to ISLAND OF THE LOST . I mean if you've got a poster with a screaming face of a creature with yellow eyes , green skin and very sharp teeth you might think you're going to be watching a horror film . It really is a fantastic poster - for another film entirely and it's amazing if the marketing men didn't run in to any trouble with this . It's an incredibly stupid idea too because no responsible parent is going to let their children watch a gory horror . And yet ISLAND OF THE LOST is a Walt Disney type family film ! It wasn't until halfway through watching this family friendly non horror film that I realised I'd seen it many years ago one morning on ITV circa 1983 . It's hardly unforgettable must see cinema but the reason I remember it is because it's got some of the most bizarre monsters ever seen on the silver screen - vicious murderous ostriches with horns on their head , that kick their victims senseless and eat them alive which if nothing else shows an imagination of sorts even if it's by default . There is another jarring aspect and that is the teenage lad never resists the opportunity to play a tune while his siblings put on a sexy dance show Listen sonny these are your siblings you're drooling over . I suppose it could have been worse with the family shipwrecked in the Vatican or BBC television centre , but not much worse

modern_fred There's nostalgic charm if you're a fan of the films of this era. I happen to hugely admire the Ivan Tors film and TV projects. This is possibly a script from the 1950s, as it was co-written by actor Richard Carlson, who made SF films with Tors in the 1950s. It's certainly creaky stuff that seems outdated even by the mid-1960s when it was made. It's far more a fantasy than the usual Tors material, which strove for believability and achieved it. This doesn't. The animal sequences, which were always top-notch in Tors films thanks to trainer Ralph Helfer (inventor of affection training), but here they are awkwardly shot and silly. The cast is likable but the script is just not up to making anything work to its advantage.

Arlis Wow this one was weird. I didn't know what to expect, but I was in for an unforgettable adventure....Unforgettable doesn't mean good.All jokes aside I liked it, but It was without a doubt stupid. A scientist sets off to find an island which everyone but him doesn't believe to exist . He knows if he finds it that he will find "the missing link". What he finds is amazing to him and his family, but to me setting at home watching TV I laughed out loud. Killer ostriches with little spikes on their head and an alligator with some weird ass helmet on its head and they're suppose to be prehistoric. The headhunters could've added so much to the story, but they are about as funny as the "creatures". Fun movie, I love when they're so bad that they're good...this is the epitome of that.Don't miss this one - wish I could change my vote, I might go as far as 8 LOL

Chris Gaskin I obtained this title from a mate last year (2001). I had been after it for a while.Robin Hood star Richard Greene and family, including Luke Haplin from Flipper end up on an uncharted island in the South Seas and encounter dangers such as sabre tooth dogs and ostriches withfins attached. They end up shipwrecked when their boat gets destroyed in a storm and they build their own raft to escape at the end of the movie. Through all of this, they are being watched by natives who try and capture them, but they fail.I enjoyed this movie and is worth getting hold of if you are lucky.Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.