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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131067996
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: April 27, 1999
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 86697
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 1967
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Deep in the African jungle, great white hunter David Marchant (Michael Latimer) discovers a secret Amazon society where blondes don't have more fun. Captured after trespassing on the sacred grounds of a dangerous tribe of albino-rhino worshippers, he escapes execution by entering a hidden land where women in fur bikinis have enslaved the men, and the brunettes are served by subservient (and quite buxom) blonde slaves. Naturally David falls for cleavage-endowed Saria (Edina Ronay), who believes he is their legendary savior, while the vicious, dark Queen Kari (Martine Beswick) decides to make him her own personal servant to cater to her... every need. Director-producer Michael Carreras (who also wrote the film under the pseudonym 'Henry Younger') reused leftover sets from One Million Years B.C. and never leaves the confines of the studio for this campy bit of jungle-woman cheese, which threatens to become overwhelmed by its claustrophobic atmosphere. We get tribal 'hoochie-koochie' dances, a Vegas floor show by the blondes, sacrifices to the 'devils of the darkness' (with such regularity you have to wonder how they haven't run out of candidates), and Queen Kari takes a milk bath à la Cleopatra. Beswick is the only performer who hits the right note of overheated melodrama; the other cast members seem to be taking this goofy claptrap far more seriously than it deserves. Beware the white rhinoceros! --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "Your presence has disturbed the spirit of the white rhinoceros!"
`Beware the lash of the savage goddess - ruler of a kingdom of women - where men are chained... tortured... and made slaves to desire!'
Hammer were infamous for coming up with a title, a tagline and a poster before they ever bothered with anything as mundane as a script, and never was this more apparent than with the truly bizarre quota quickie Prehistoric Women, which spliced their caveman pictures and recycled sets from One Million Years B.C. with the lost city/evil queen aspects ... Read More
Rating:  - Very poor
This is without doubt one of the worst Hammer films that you can currently buy. It is mercifully short (under 90mins) but even this is too long. There are numerous scenes of dancing and singing which drag on and in truth the film need only have been about an hour in length.
My understanding is that this was made after "One Million Years BC" using the same set and costumes, which obviously enabled Hammer to get another film out very cheap (probably as a B movie). However the acting is ... Read More
Rating: - If your interested in DVD transfer quality read this
This review will be fairly short and sweet,as lots of other reviews cover the film etc.
Anchor Bay do not have a good track record when it comes to the quality of transfers of films made by Hammer.
Prehistoric Women is also unfortunately a poor quality transfer.
If your viewing on a progressive display like a PC,LCD or a Plasma Screen then the problems are very noticeable.On an ordinary TV using an interlaced display (most people) then the creases will be ironed out.So really ... Read More
Rating: - Beware of this one, Bwana...
I really didn't have high hopes for Prehistoric Women (1967) on the outset, but I never one to shy away from the potential goodness to be had in a film with fur-lined, bikini clad, prehistoric women, so I decided to give it a try. Then I saw the opening credits...produced, written and directed by Michael Carerras?! This is the man responsible for other Hammer Studios bum rides as The Lost Continent (1968) and Shatter (1974). It might as well have said 'Abandon all hope ye who enter here...' Oh well, ... Read More
Rating:  - Defines "camp classic"
Rhino-worshipping jungle brunettes dominate hapless jungle blondes who strive to be free in this fantastic nonsense-movie. For a film with such a simple dynamic, there are a surprising number of diversions from the main plot. These are very entertaining (dances, weddings, catfights) although they're obviously filler, padding out the film to feature length with eye candy. Definitely a late-night or rainy Saturday afternoon feature.
Some reviewers have said that "Prehistoric Women" is missing ... Read More
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