dan-1315 As I understand it, Ib Melchior and Dave Hewitt had a falling out over 1964's The Time Travelers. Both are credited with coming up with the story, but Hewitt left the production and Melchior wrote the screenplay and directed this little sci-fi B-film classic himself. Hewitt wrote his own version of the movie and later directed it as 1967's Journey to the Center of Time, making just a slightly different version. I can't remember ever seeing what is essentially a remake arrive just three years after the first movie's release. But then again, both films were grist for drive-ins where few people probably noticed the similarities. These movies had me scratching my head wondering if I had seen it before on TV where, after repeated viewings, I was able to make the connection between the two films.

1bilbo This is a dreadful waste of opportunity.We have a group of scientists who have developed a time travel machine and then proceed to travel through stock footage of whatever bit of b/w film the director was given. Because of the total lack of soul on the director's part the film doesn't even have the quaintness of some of the awful 1950s sci fi. There is no plot and it seems like it was made up as they went along.Lack of budget is no excuse - watch "The Rhythm thief" which was made recently for under $1000 and is excellent.Ed Wood would have done better.

hawkstrega I have to comment that the ONLY redeeming visual aspect of this movie is Poupee Gamin... just don't listen to her speech on her species and how humanity's only hope is for them to warn the past about how war kills.The movie is filled with useless and repetitive scenes. So far this is the most redundant movie I have ever seen. The characters are complete idiots! Were the poor folk of the 60's deprived of good writers! They could have made this movie 100% better if only they would have re-written the script! A good story can at times make up for horrid special effects and appalling props.Should you watch this movie? Of course, you can then see how fun and easy it is to make your own home movies! Grab the wife and kids and a few neighbors and you too can make your own low budget re-make of Journey to the Center of Time (1967) ... and please, send me a copy :)

junk-monkey In the future all doors slide - this is a given fact of all SF movies from the days of Flash Gordon (possibly before that, it's a while since I've seen Metroplis) but this piece of junk goes one better than having the standard elevator sliding doors... the door of the "Time Vault" opens vertically as well as horizontally! it's the grooviest SF movie door since the The Monster from Morbius' Id came through the 'Krell metal' door in Forbidden Planet. I wonder where they stole it - because more time, effort, and invention went into making that door than into the whole of the rest of the movie put together and believe me it's the only reason to watch this really stupendously awful film.Having said all that I am giving it a 9 because it deserves more recognition as a classic bad SF film. It is up there with the Ed Woods. If you are in the mood for a masochistic do-it-yourself trepanning /lobotomy type movie then this is the one for you. It's great. I have drool coming from the corners of my mouth. Why do I do this to myself?