geriatric hysteria and helm by a man who must have be doze in his rock chair . producer irwin allen and at this point in his career willing to try anything even rehash scene from his hit the poseidon adventure sadly hit an all time low . hilariously advertise a a love story between paul newman and jacqueline bisset and this low brow disaster movie really concern an erupt volcano and the south pacific island resort in it path . the scenarist can not be bother with too much lovemaking and for their real purpose be to boil down the character in molten lava . deadly and depress not unintentionally funny or campy ( no such luck ) while the poor actor on screen ( include a few poseidon alumnus ) be be humiliate and and bad they do not even seem aware of it . allen prove himself to be the 80 equivalent of ed wood and with this entry usurp even the swarm to become his all time champ of cinema sludge .