With plenty of alcohol and very little food and water, emotions run high and their delusions become a reality.
The producers pull out all the stops for the climax which features a creature with the body of an Orangutan and the head of a Doberman.ĭenning, here playing an alcoholic ex-soldier, would go on to star in quality sci-fi fare like "Target Earth" and "Creature From the Black Lagoon". Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for. Harpoon 2019 83 minutes TV-MA Horror Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for survival. They bump into and fall over each other like a surreal cross between "The Banana Splits" and the shambling zombies from "Night Of The Living Dead". Judging by the stumbling movements of the "dinosaurs" it seems they recruited their actors from the local drunk tank. At least with the older films you were always guaranteed some pretty impressive stop motion creatures but here they're replaced by the dreaded man in a rubber suit gimmick. This late entry has none of the artistry of it's earlier counterparts. The advent of World War II killed off that particular sub-genre, the idea of Americans sailing off to their doom in the Pacific had sadly become a reality. The harpoon or, as one character is repeatedly corrected, spear gun plays a pivotal role in kick-starting the central predicament that befalls the unlucky trio at the movie’s heart, but it isn’t necessarily the focus. In the wake of "King Kong" in the early thirties we had a bunch of great pictures featuring expeditions to strange islands inhabited by bizarre creatures "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Island of Lost Souls" being two of the best. Harpoon‘s title is deliberately misleading Hatchet or Velvet Buzzsaw this ain’t. Usually that means you're in for a fun time but "Unknown Island" is for the most part just dull. Perhaps rubber costumes took a lot longer to construct in the forties than today? It might be shot in glorious technicolor but don't let that fool you this is most definitely a B-movie. I can only assume the film-makers were really poor at time management as there is nothing on screen to warrant such a lengthy production.
This movie's original tagline read "So spectacular it took one year to produce!".
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