of 1976. Amongst contemporary critics, however, The New York Times was not impressed: "All the money used to make 'At the Earth's Core' seems to have been spent on building monsters with parrotlike beaks that open, close, and emit a steady squawling as if someone were vacuuming next door. Close up, the monsters look like sections of rough concrete wall and the decision to film them in closeup is only one example of the total lack of talent or effort with which the picture is made...the movie is a kind of no-talent competition in which the acting, the script, the direction and the camera-work vie for last place." More recently, in more positive vein, BFI Screenonline said, "Extravagant, colourful and thoroughly preposterous, At the Earth's Core is utterly without pretension but has the exuberant charm of the best of its decade." The film was featured in the season finale of the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000, the show's eleventh season overall, released on April 14, 2017, through Netflix. Featured Animals Homo habilis, or is it Paranthropus? (Sagoth): The furry servants of the Mahars who are lighter in build than a gorilla. Inostrancevia Koolasuchus (In the movie, A fire-breathing Amphibian) Megacerops (identified by its synonym Brontotherium): Incorrectly having a pair of horns on its head and razor-sharp teeth. Psittacosaurus Rhamphorhynchus (Mahar): Incorrectly having a bird-like beak, dragon-like wings, and the size of an oversized Vulture. Tanystropheus (Hydrophidian): Poster only See also The People That Time Forgot (film) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 direct-to-video film) – A direct-to-DVD American film sharing similarities with this film References External links MGM – Official Site At the Earth's Core at BFI Screenonline 1976 films 1970s fantasy adventure films 1970s science fiction films British fantasy adventure films British science fiction films Films based on American novels 1970s English-language films American International Pictures films Amicus Productions films Films directed by Kevin Connor Films set in the Victorian era Films based on works by Edgar Rice Burroughs Films set in Wales Films shot at Pinewood Studios Films about the Hollow Earth Lost world films Pellucidar Travel to the Earth's center British science fantasy films Films about dinosaurs English-language Welsh films 1970s British films