Prehistoric Women/Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Woman

Prehistoric Women

Partially filmed at Whittier, CA, and at Hollywood’s General Service Studio, this low-budget exploitation melodrama featuresLauretta Luez as Tigri, the head of a tribe of Amazonian women charged by an elder (Janette Scott) to find and capture husbands by the next full moon. Tigri finds and captures Engor (Allan Nixon), but a rival, Arva (Mara Lynn), also claims the handsome cave-dwelling tribesman. Tigri, however, manages to hold on to her man, but Engor gets the upper hand after accidentally discovering how to make fire by striking two stones together. The women are soon turned into slaves, but this little idyll is rudely disrupted by the arrival of Guaddi, an eight-foot giant who threatens to destroy them all. The giant is eventually slain by the men and Tigri, who has fallen in love, persuades Engor to return with her to the women’s camp where the elder marries them. Sold on the independent exploitation circuit, Prehistoric Women reportedly made a mint for its producer, Albert J. Cohen.

1950, 74 minutes

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

Earthling astronauts crash land on exotic Venus and find themselves assaulted by terrible monsters in this sci-fi adventure. Fortunately, the planet’s other residents, beautiful women, come to their aid and help them to return home. Much of the film is comprised of scenes from two other films, Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet and a Russian film Planeta Bur. The film is the directorial debut of Peter Bogdanovich.

Mamie van Doren, Mary Mark, Paige Lee, Aldo Roman, Margot Hartman

1966, 78 minutes