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Prehistoric Women [VHS]

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This is a classic 50's bad film, so bad it's hysterical. And at a running time of slightly over an hour, even if you hate it, it's over fast. Every cliche of the genre, and then some, is exaggered to unintentionally comic effect. If you like this kind of thing, you will love "Prehistoric Women."

See two tribes of clean, well groomed savages discover the basic principles of science in a couple of weeks! Thrill to the flight of the duck-a-dactyl! Cringe from the giant Guati and wonder if that poor guy got paid anything over scale! Get a sandwich as the girls dance and know not why!

As an aside, modern audiences will be amazed that this was once considered racy fare, perhaps because of the bathing-suit-like fur outfits sported by the dubious "beauties" in this film. Hubba hubba!

This film is about a group of beautiful cavewomen lead by their leader Tigri, as they hunt and capture handsome but slightly smart cavemen in order to make them their mates. Along the way the cavewomen are confronted by a giant called Guati and battled him with the help of the cavemen. This was fun to watch and this film was probably the first film to be shown in color in 1950.

A classic Sci Fi tale of prehistoric women. These women, and there queen, dispise men. They hunt and capture them for the necessary evil of reproduction.

A great title brought back to life with DVD.

Thank You!

Great Quality!

A charming little movie to fall asleep to on the couch when sick or on a lazy saturday. Otherwise, buy a movie that is not from the 50's. This is a great film, don't get me wrong. I am actually surprised there was no re-make of this particular movie.

Great picture and sound.
Excellent product!

Was interested in this title when someone off hand referenced it in conversation. This movie is very old, but the plot holds up in this time. Although the acting in the 50's and 60's weren't the best, but still the cast keeps it entertaining.

Good pick if you have the time!

In the standard prehistoric tribal environment the women are rightfully subjugated. One rebellious woman has a problem with authority figures and opts to correct that with a rock to the male cranium.

Realizing that this might provoke the other males, she heads for the woods or jungle with a handful of women and girls. Of courses being a moral film in the time so censorship the females must be punished so they get dragged off by a giant; thus they leave a hand full of girls to be brought up without males by a wise old woman.

We come to the opening scene where the women not knowing what they are missing have to dance to exhaustion (we get exhausted watching).

Soon after being told that men can be useful for propagating, they set out to subdue some pretty feeble men for this nefarious purpose.

In the process we see the invention of fire and its consequences.

I recommend that this film should not fall in the hands of women.

This film is relentless. Not only is it badly scripted and acted, but also it has some of the worst production values ever. The print used for the DVD transfer is choppy and grainy, and while the movie claims to be in color, I count really only two colors in the film: gray, and slightly darker gray. In fairness when fire is depicted on screen you can see a hint of orange cast, but that's about it. Parts of the print are so dark it is very difficult to see what is actually going on, but enough about the film's good points.

This is a kind of primitive story of indentured servitude, rebellion, and revenge, and boils down to men versus women. In the beginning of the film we are introduced to the cast by an anonymous narrator, who unfortunately drones on and on through most of the film. We see that the heroine of the film, Tigri, and other women have to dance under the spell of a full moon and they just don't know why. (A village elder explains that they need men.) Through a few intergenerational flashbacks we understand that the women fled from the men after a woman threw a rock at a man. Since that time opposite gender contact has been strictly forbidden on both sides.

The male lead, Engor, enters the picture in a big way: he goes tiger hunting using sticks and a pit. He slays the tiger and later the girl's pet panther (which is obviously a very young and small cat.) Remember in 1950 that animal cruelty laws did not exist as they do today. The way they actually treat these cats is reprehensible by today's standards (although some of the panther wrestling is quite bogus.) Ultimately, Engor gets hurt by the panther and the women vow vengeance.

I could go on about the plot twists, but suffice it to say that both sides take prisoners, Engor discovers fire, Tigri explains how levers work (really), and all of this is an indirect result of the hilarious scene where Engor gets chased through the jungle by a bull elephant. There is a fight with a python, a fight with a big hairy ogre, and many episodes of infighting within the groups. They also learn rudimentary barbecuing skills.

The sole reason that I gave this film two stars (I had originally considered only one) is due to the scene where Tigri is attacked by a flying dragon, which is described by the narrator as "the scourge of the skies," but in fact looks a lot like "The Giant Claw" from the movie of the same name (if you have not seen "The Giant Claw" go and order a copy now!) I am not sure what this flying creature was (the focus and clarity of the film make it hard to examine), whether it was a model made of plaster and cardboard, or was a duck with a snood and beak taped on, but either way, this is one of the most unintentionally hilarious scenes in film history. You will be pleased immensely by the comic resolution of the flying dragon crisis.

As an added annoyance, the soundtrack features a lot of drum (bongo) music playing at every opportunity. There are several pointless scenes where women dance to this music, including a very poor ceremonial wedding dance, and overall the percussive effect is much like being at an Allman Brothers concert. There are no bonus points for guessing how the film will end: it ends exactly as you would expect, with a midnight mass marriage ceremony involving (you guessed it) a lot of dancing and some stupid customs.

This movie is really terrible, but does have a few fun moments. It is pure camp, and in the right mindset it can be quite enjoyable. This is inoffensive (feline torment aside) dumb fun, and is a prime example of the genre of bad caveman films that were so popular in the 1950s.

WOw, this is a funny and outdated movie that purports to be archaeologically accurate. My daughter and I watched with a constant stream of laughter, she being a serious student of archaeology.

A band of tough women - all clean cut and covered above and below - have decided they need to claim mates. They were separated off from another tribe when very young, due to the bad treatment their mothers received as women slaves. Now these women will knock out some boys and take them on their terms. Once the boys are taken captive, they discover fire and claim dominance in their turn. Then, in a mutual fight against an evil giant, they truly bond and found their own tribe.

Not only is the story preposterous, but the acting is not all that great and the science is rather questionable. That being said, we did enjoy it, granted more as an object of ridicule than a film experience.

Not recommended unless you can get a free copy.

The only thing going for this movie is the girls and their outfits and that's it,but what do you expect from a cheap movie??Bad effects,bad acting and so on...THE perfect movie for MST3K....Rent first,then buy,but hey,it's only 7 bucks or so,right???

The women of a prehistoric tribe has had enough and flee from their brutal males. The women take the girl children to form their own tribe away from male oppression.

But a ten-foot giant kills all of the women and the girls are raised by a wise woman. Eventually the girls grow up and have strange feelings. The wise woman sends them out to capture some men.

Well, now the women are the oppressors as they boss their males around. Eventually, this is worked out in the end so that all are happy.

This could have been a better DVD release, but the night scenes are so dark it is hard to tell what is happening. This is made even more difficult by the fact that they speak a cave language.

Also, much of the movie seems to be an excuse for the leopard-skinned young ladies to jump up and down around the campfire in primitive dance (at least three long scenes like this).

All in all it is really quite silly. But is bouncing young women are what you want to watch, that's pretty much all you'll see in this one.