his john dark kevin connor fantasy adventure be a mainstay of summer holiday movie in the day before star war represent they weren not masterpiece and they do not boast state of the art special effect and but they be exactly what an audience of kid want from a film back in the mid 70 . at the earth core catch just the right tone for the appropriately name burroughs pulp adventure about victorian inventor peter cushing and the inevitable doug mcclure end up in the underground world of pelucidar and battle it evil telepathic fighting dinosaur . this time the puppet be go in favour of men in monster suit and which be a lot more fun if youre willing to suspend your disbelief and and if youre not there always caroline munro cleavage to look at . aside from what may well be peter cushing bad performance and an irritating but dotty rehash of his movie dr who ( you can not mesmerise me and i be british . ) and it easily the best of the john dark kevin connor doug mcclure fantasy adventure and surprisingly well direct and boast an atmospheric use of colour . never especially good at exterior scene and alan hume photography gain immensely from the control a studio set give him ( the film be shoot entirely on soundstages ) to paint a luridly vivid world worthy of a pulp novel cover . not high art but definitely great saturday matinée fun .