Undersea Kingdom, starring Ray "Crash" Corrigan, with Lon Chaney Jr.Here's the ultimate in escapist film: a journey to Atlantis by "Rocket Submarine" to thwart the evil mastermind who is causing cataclysmic earthquakes on the surface with his "Disintegrator," a fantastic Tesla-inspired machine. And that's not all: there are also murderous robots, careening horse-drawn chariots, magnetic weapons, rocket ships, and even an "Invisible Wall" of "atom rays". This classic 1936 chapter film is known as the "Silly Hat Serial" for its abundance of creatively absurd headgear, an example of which can be seen on the DVD cover above. Undersea Kingdom is filled with great "retro futuristic" imagery, and stars Crash Corrigan, a renowned stunt man and B-film actor who was particularly famed for his skill at performing while wearing a gorilla suit. Also featured is horror film legend Lon Chaney Jr. as a villainous Atlantean henchman.
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