Product Details

• Actors: Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning, Barton MacLane, Dick Wessel
• Directors: Jack Bernhard
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000ICHN
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,886 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Unknown Island" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Almost 50 years before jurassic park an amateur photographer his fiancee and their companions take a perilous journey to a place where dinosaurs giant sloths and other prehistoric creatures thrive. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 01/02/2001 Run time: 76 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unknown Island, December 24, 1999

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This review is from: Unknown Island [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw this movie around 1950, and in my opinion it still holds up well today. The dinosaurs are not up to computer generated standards, but at least they are not lizards. And the movie avoids my least favorite cliche, that of an exploding volcano. The movie does follow the template for a lost world story, with the deliberate buildup, being stranded, character conflicts, attacks by monsters, etc, but it has a good script within these limitations and the characters are well acted. I was also pleasantly surprised by the tape quality, the colors especially not being faded. All in all, a classic movie of its type.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really fun island/jungle adventure!, October 5, 2007

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Patrick W. Crabtree "The Old Grottomaster" (Lucasville, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unknown Island (DVD)

I really enjoyed this film, although I never saw it in my youth. It was shot in Cinecolor which, I think, must have been a "two-strip" process. As a result you see a lot of cheesy pastels but the skin tones are great. Now granted, the monsters are pretty hokey in this one and it's clear that the "beach" is a studio one... but, somehow, I still liked it. This flick is sort of a King Kong rip-off with no central monster to love or to hate. So, the principals shoot at darn near every one that they see. There are some cool weapons and the casting is near perfect, even though there are no big stars here. All in all, as a baby boomer and horror/sci-fi film nut, I find this film a nice nostalgic return to the good old days.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite movie as a kid, November 6, 2000

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William M. Johnson (Manassas, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unknown Island (DVD)

This was the first dinosaur movie I saw as a kid. I still think it's a great flick. It helped kindle a life long interest in dinosaurs. So what if the monsters are fakey.