Stardate 04.14.2025.D: Severin Films Exploring 1951's 'Unknown World' With An All-New 4K Blu-ray Restoration

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“A MUST-WATCH FOR ANY SCI-FI COMPLETIST…
The first full-length feature to tackle the Hollow Earth genre remains deadly serious and never relents
in its bleak cynicism.”
Scifist
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In this Cold War variation on Journey To The Center Of The Earth scripted by Oscar® nominee Millard Kaufman (BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK) – and possibly by blacklisted 2x Academy Award® winner Dalton Trumbo – ‘50s sci-fi took a startling turn into a grim abyss: As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear annihilation, a renegade scientist (veteran character actor Victor Kilian, uncredited due to his own blacklisting) assembles a team of experts to drill deep into the earth’s core in search of a new ecosystem where humanity can survive. Otto Waldis (ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN) and Marilyn Nash (MONSIEUR VERDOUX) co-star in this unjustly forgotten classic produced by visual effects artists Jack Rabin & Irving Block (ROCKETSHIP X-M, KRONOS), directed by Terry O. Morse (GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS!) and filmed in Carlsbad Caverns, now scanned uncut in 4K from the protection internegative for the first time ever.

Disc 1: Blu-ray

• Audio Commentary With Film Writer Stephen R. Bissette
• Victor Kilian: A Blacklist Legacy – Interview With Crawford Kilian, Actor Victor Kilian's Grandson
• The Unknown World Of Terrell O. Morse – Interview With Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner
• Special Effects Maestros Of The 1950s – Video Essay By Comic Book Artist Stephen R. Bissette
• Trailer

Disc Specs:

• Runtime: 75 mins
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions
• Region Free
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

*All foreign-language featurettes are subtitled in English.
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