cult film freak: michael forest

Written by James M. Tate / 10/09/2025 / No comments / abby dalton , betsy jones-moreland , fantasy , fifties , gary conway , jonathan haze , june kenney , lynette bernay , michael forest , richard devon , roger corman , sally todd , susan cabot

JUNE KENNEY, ABBY DALTON & SUSAN CABOT ARE 'VIKING WOMEN'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-yvfZWdGhrdVNqEINs4fGTcs-n6A7ii15r9Ab_2mqcG25NRyApY3NSRDS1t9ga6QXxVC6xHtxgLSb2r2DOEOj2J9WCytl_NDF_pdhV41wegBFZ9rnJvFk89p94jYZ9b0iNaolqUljbtvY1AD266DYOKYhTGqjNqZqpG18qbp3w_eQ3HouaURFolHySQi/s1626/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-10%20at%2010.49.22%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-yvfZWdGhrdVNqEINs4fGTcs-n6A7ii15r9Ab_2mqcG25NRyApY3NSRDS1t9ga6QXxVC6xHtxgLSb2r2DOEOj2J9WCytl_NDF_pdhV41wegBFZ9rnJvFk89p94jYZ9b0iNaolqUljbtvY1AD266DYOKYhTGqjNqZqpG18qbp3w_eQ3HouaURFolHySQi/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-10%20at%2010.49.22%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>British Shortened Title: THE VIKING WOMEN Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Director/Producer Roger Corman's b-epic THE SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN AND THEIR VOYAGE TO THE WATERS OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT only follows the title for the first 15-minutes after the titular women, lonely for their men who had left and never returned, take a short voyage, are attacked by the rear-projection of an enlarged sea-serpent puppet, and wind up where most of the surprisingly fulfilling sword-and-sandal adventure takes place...</p><p></p><p>An island ruled by women-less barbarians led by Corman antagonist Richard Devon with flamboyant son Jay Sayer and token henchman Michael Forest... and it's how Corman allows each of the female leads to have a creative purpose directly linked to the action-packed plot-line — of recusing their enslaved men and trying to get off the island...</p><p><span></span></p>

abby dalton, betsy jones-moreland, fantasy, fifties, gary conway, jonathan haze, june kenney, lynette bernay, michael forest, richard devon, roger corman, sally todd, susan cabot

JUNE KENNEY, ABBY DALTON & SUSAN CABOT ARE 'VIKING WOMEN'

British Shortened Title: THE VIKING WOMEN Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 Director/Producer Roger Corman's b-epic THE SAGA OF THE VIKING WOMEN...

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