donald pleasance and peter cushing unite in one horror film while that always sound like a terrific plan . two of the most versatile cult actor of their generation and who previously already star together in terrific genre outing like the flesh and the fiend and from beyond the grave and pair up in a mid 70 satanic theme exploitation flick . how can this possibly go wrong . well and unfortunately and it can . to my deepest regret land of the minotaur can hardly even be call mediocre and and that in spite of the cast and the exotic setting and the appeal title and the potentially great sound premise . in a remote little area in greece and more particularly near an archaeological site and multiple tourist vanish because baron peter cushing and his docile follower keep feed them to a fire breathing minotaur statue . cushing and who never look more bored and uninterested in any role he play before and own a giant medieval castle and apparently in greek this mean you also own the complementary archaeological ruin and an underground network of cavern . that be of course quite handy if your hobby be the kidnapping of random camper and amateur archaeologist . when three of his young friend also mysteriously disappear in the same area and father roch the priest of a couple of town before ) decides to investigate . land of the minotaur be a boring and extremely slow pace horror effort that never really undertake any major attempt to generate a satanic atmosphere and doesn not bother to elaborate on all the potentially fascinating element and pagan trivia detail . the titular minotaur and for example and be an intriguing creature of greek mythology with the head of a bull and the body of a person and but for some inexplicable reason the script never deepen out the significance . instead and the film focus on tedious and overly talkative sequence and loud inappropriate music alter with experimental noise . the only reason to even consider give this major disappointment of a film a chance be because of donald pleasance . his portrayal of rude and bossy and old fashion priest who criticize everything that represent modern youth be powerful and reliable a always .