WAR OF THE GODS TAB SERIES

But in truth, the name and loose association with that fad was pure marketing meant to capitalize on the popularity of the Corman-Poe cycle of movies.

WAR OF THE GODS TAB SERIES

From that perspective, the film fits neatly in the series of Poe adaptations starring the incomparable Vincent Price which were trendy in the 1960s and into the early 70s. Price reciting a few lines from the Gothic rhyme. In other parts of the world, this low-budget sci-fi B-horror flick is known as 'City Under the Sea,' which is also the film's original title taken from one of Edgar Allan Poe's lesser appreciated poems, 'The City in the Sea.' As if often the case with many of the horror movies of the period claiming to be adaptations of Poe's works, the production actually has little to do with the original poem other than maybe being very loosely inspired by it and Mr.

Price is a delightful charismatic screen presence and the overall production is wildly imaginative, but the problem is an enthusiastically strange plot involving an underwater city with mermen, a volcano and chickens. As the gentleman pirate Sir Hugh, regularly referred to as The Captain by the other well-dressed buccaneers, Price keeps the others in line and in fear with his familiar menacingly deep voice and trademark sinister glower - his face showered with just the right amount of shadows to make his nose pointier than usual as he hollers commands with distinct articulation in every word to sound especially threatening. Price, of course, because, as usual, he delivers a captivating performance as a man who rules over a large group of bearded men with an iron fist. Screen legend and icon of horror Vincent Price stars as the leader of a bizarre cult of human immortals in 'War-Gods of the Deep,' a particularly fascinating piece of fantasy schlock not often mentioned in Price's impressive and somewhat intimidating film canon.

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