able to overcome its low-budget origins, despite having former screen idol Cesar Romero in a leading role. A later review clearly identified the main issue: " . . . a good third of the movie is spent showing our characters climbing the same styrofoam set prop from different angles . . . The pacing is pretty slow: the first twenty minutes is spent introducing the characters; the next 20 is spent having them climb up a mountain, and then jamming what little action there is into the remaining run time—all of which you would have seen in the trailer". AllMovie also gave this film a negative review. MST3K Lost Continent was featured in a Season 2 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank taunted Joel Robinson before the film began with the words "Rock Climbing.") In a host segment Michael J. Nelson portrayed actor Hugh Beaumont as a member of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Lost Continent episode of MST3K was released by Shout! Factory as part of their Volume XVIII series DVD boxed set. See also Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) 1951 in film List of science fiction films of the 1950s References Notes Bibliography Warren, Bill. Keep Watching The Skies Vol. I: 1950–1957. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1982. . External links Original soundtrack for Lost Continent Said MST3K episode on ShoutFactoryTV 1951 animated films 1951 films 1950s science fiction films 1950s fantasy films Films about dinosaurs Films directed by Sam Newfield Films set in Oceania Lippert Pictures films Lost world films 1950s stop-motion animated films Films scored by Paul Dunlap American fantasy adventure films American science fiction films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films