At The Earth's Core (1976)

I was always pretty hung up on these kind of films as a kid, even if the intrepid explorers often uncovered lizards which were made out to look monstrous! Still, this is still a great adventure story produced in Britain by Amicus who made the occasional atmospheric spooker.
A Victorian scientist, played by Peter Cushing and a big money-maker companion, played by Doug McClure, decide to test out a new drilling machine in the Welsh mountains only to disturb an untrodden world of flying reptiles and the likes.
Sure the film takes on the same premise as so many others, and let's face it, the basic plot of 'man meets monster' has been done time and time again, but this little movie isn't the worse you'll see, even if it ends up as a dire love story.

3/5