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Entertainingly stupid hokum from producer / director Roger Corman, notable mostly for that hilariously long title. People shouldn't expect anything from it other than undemanding fun for lovers of micro budget schlock. We've got a very attractive cast in sexy outfits, being made to deliver some truly (and truly funny) awful lines. The special effects are anything but special, but they're endearing in their own way.A gang of viking women are really missing their men, who have been lost at sea for three years. Accompanied by a token dude, Ottar (Jonathan Haze), they build their own boat and set sail. Their boat attacked by an ocean phenomenon dubbed "The Vortex" and, yes, a huge sea serpent, they wash ashore on an island populated by a hostile tribe called the Grimolts. They refuse to be treated as prisoners or slaves and fight back with passion.At least Corman knows to fill the cast with some stunning looking women: Abby Dalton as our heroine Desir, Susan "The Wasp Woman" Cabot as the duplicitous Enger, June Kenney as Desir's innocent younger sister Asmild, and Betsy Jones-Moreland as Thyra. Richard Devon, a Corman regular during this time, looks weary as our villain Stark, and Bradford Jackson is a gas as he stiffly and ineptly portrays Desir's love interest Vedric. Jay Sayer is appropriately wormy as Starks' cowardly, useless son Senya. Gary Conway from "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" plays the small part of Jarl.This isn't totally lacking in atmosphere, and in addition to the (unintended?) laughs provided, there's also a fair amount of action and a nice, rousing score composed by Albert Glasser.Be warned that the title sea serpent doesn't get to do all that much.Five out of 10.

***SPOILERS*** Worth watching just for the sexy Nordic looking viking women in it who after three years without the companionship of their menfolk, who were lost as sea, decide to track them down and get back to the business of making love and having babies as men and women, or male & females, were created for and meant to do. Lead by the stately as well as take charge looking Desir, Abby Dalton, the girls go north, in a a viking long ship, towards what is now called Greenland where their men were last spotted. It's later that the women find hidden on the boat a man Ottar, Jonathan Haze. This very lucky guy was somehow left behind by the rest of the man vikings and, in three long years, for some strange reason kept himself scarce and never had any contact either social or sexual with the man hungry viking women!Things get a little hairy as the women and one man reach shore when their attacked by the Monster of the Vortex who forces them to beach their boat and end up stranded on the beach without food and water. But lucky or unlucky for them their discovered by the brutish and Mongolian looking Grimolts who live on the island and are taken captive by them to, with the exception of Ottar, become their future sex slaves! That's the bad news but the good news is that their menfolks just happen to be on the island as well including Desir's true and one and only love Vedric, Bradford Jackson, who are forced to work, until they drop, in the island's slat mines. The beautiful as well as being able to take care of herself Desir saves the Grimolts' King Stark, Richard Devon, wimpy son Serya's, Jay Sayer, life from a wild boar attack that instead of being grateful to her he develops a deep seated hatred for Desir. Even though she gave Serya all the credit for killing the wild boar he known that as a man an hair to the throne of the Grimolts warrior clan he needed a women,Desir,to save his candy a** behind. This lead to a love hate obsession with Desir to the point of trying to have her and her lover Vedric burned alive that in the end turns out to be fatal for Serya. There's also the very sexy Enger,Susan Cabot, who's really hot for Vedric who after he rejects her advances turn on him and her fellow vikings. That by joining the Grimolts just to get even with both the two star struck lovers, Desir & Vedric, by having them sacrificed by fire to the Grimolt's Sky God.***SPOILERS*** It's later that Enger sees what a mistake she made and gives up her life in saving her fellow vikings, both men & women,who were at he time fleeing from their Grimolts captors. Still the vikings had to confront the Monster of the Vortex to make their escape plans successful which the brave and gallant Vedric easily solved. That by him turning the monster, with a viking sword stuck in its nose, against the perusing Grimolts and deep sixing them together with itself! Typical Roger Corman movie with bottom of the barrel special effects and an uneven script, the film at one point seems to have forgotten it plot and started a new one, but the super sexy viking women in it more then made up for all that!

Lo, the shield-bearing Norsemen, the wolf-skins of the North, turn in shame, for the shadow of the Corman Film fell over their land, bringing absurdity and scorn.In all seriousness, though, this is a VERY entertaining movie, though I wouldn't recommend it without the MST3K commentary, which handles it well enough to where you can actually follow the story (well, what there IS of a story) and still enjoy laughing with Joel and the bots. As has already been stated, the title really has nothing to do with the movie. I'm not even sure these gals are Vikings, being a descendant of Vikings myself and priding myself on knowing a good deal about Norse history and culture. But since Hollywood is STILL churning out historically inaccurate garbage, I shouldn't even bother touching on that for this movie.First of all, there ARE some positive things about this movie, such as a relatively talented cast (with only a few truly agonizing performances) decent dialog (for the most part) and a running time of only 66 minutes. Also all the Vikings are easy on the eyes, since apparently it's a law to make all Norsemen/women gorgeous and flaxen-haired.Okay, the acting is pretty decent, as I said. Abby Dalton (Desir) was not only gorgeous but also rather capable and Amazonian looking, and her acting was quite natural. Susan Cabot (Enger) was a scene stealer with her dark personality but underlying nobility, great at the cold, silent stare and the fiery outburst of rage. The character of Ottar was supposed to be comic relief, or something, but the actor did a fine job at it. You rooted for the little guy. Um, Vedric was painful to watch. Really...PLEASE ACT. The guy who played Stark was pretty good too. He spends most of his time ogling Desir (not sure if that was his character or just him) or looking like he just got over a hangover, but he was a good blend of creepy and just nasty. I only took issue with the costume. The prince? GIVE THAT MAN AN Oscar.Obviously not much is to be expected of this movie, being low budget and a CORMAN film, but it's entertaining. If you can't get hold of the MST3K version, get a bunch of friends together and just have fun watching it and laughing about it. It goes great with a tall plate of waffles.

When you consider that this was the 9th film that Corman produced and directed for AIP in 1957 it's a miracle he didn't have a heart attack on the set and have it turn out as entertaining and semi coherent as it is.Ncholson and Arkoff who were marketing masters basically took the hype from the anticipation of post production Kirk Douglas epic The Vikings and threw in some babes and a monster and beat the big studio release to the punch by almost four months.It's 0bviously Corman's biggest production until that date with extras and horses and matte paintings and you can tell his energy is mainly concerned with just getting it done on time rather than adding his signature quirkiness that you would find in Attack Of The Crab Monsters,Day The World Ended or Bucket Of Blood. COmpared to it's co-feature The Amazing She Monster the proceeding are intricate and lavish.Like most low budget drive-in flicks from AIP you just go with the flow and enjoy the goofs and the good looking dames. ANything else and your just fooling yourself into thinking you're a real film critic. ;-)