BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Scott LeBrun 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.

bensonmum2 I'll try, but I'm not sure I can write a plot summary that's as long as that crazy title. A band of Viking women set out in search of their missing Viking men. Along the way, they run into a sea serpent and a whirlpool (I'm not really sure how it all happened. The women meet this really horrible looking sea serpent that terrorizes them when all of a sudden, they are being pulled into a whirlpool. Are the two things related? – Honestly, I don't know.) The Viking women find themselves washed up on the shores of a strange land where they are to be slaves. They discover their men are also being held as slaves and are working in the mines. Can the women free the men and escape to their homeland?The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (the name I actually saw the movie under) is a Roger Corman quickie – and it shows. I'd be shocked to learn that it took more than a weekend to shoot the movie. And I'd be even more shocked to find out that anyone spent more than 10 minutes writing the thing. The plot is utterly ridiculous. The sets and costumes seem to have been leftovers from other Corman movies. The special effects in the form of the sea serpent are as low rent as you'll likely run across. And the acting, with the exception of Susan Cabot, is nothing to write home about. Overall, not one of Corman's better early efforts.And to make matters worse, The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent does not make for a very good episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 either. I cannot remember laughing even once. Very much below average and worthy of a 2/5 on my MST3K rating scale. (However, the short that precedes the movie in Episode 317 called "The Home Economics Story" is often laugh-out-loud funny. I'd give the short a 4/5 on its own.)

mlraymond Anyone looking for sheer fun with a movie should enjoy this Corman classic. Some of the most unconvincing Viking women ever seen set out on a dangerous voyage to rescue their lost men. Blonde Hollywood starlets like June Kenney and Abby Dalton do their best to portray fierce Viking women. They look great, especially Betsy Jones-Moreland as a stunningly sexy beauty. The always reliable Susan Cabot slinks around amongst the blonde maidens with her unique brand of sexy villainy. She gets to sneer and smirk and raise her eyebrows a lot, and manages to seduce just about any man she meets, with her come-hither eyes and menacing purr. She steals the picture from all the " good girls". In the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version, one of the robots remarks that : "You can tell she's the bad one, 'cause she's got black hair!"Richard Devon is fairly impressive as the warrior king, though his palace suggests a high school cafeteria with a few strategic wall hangings for atmosphere. Jay Sayer, who was a total creep as one of the gang members in Corman's Teenage Doll, plays another total creep here, as the obnoxious son of the king. Jonathan Haze gets to display plenty of virile vigor, as he continually leaps on the bad guys ,and wrestles everyone in sight. The title sea serpent isn't really that bad, considering the extremely low budget. Overall, this movie is quite enjoyable, if you like Fifties drive-in flicks and Corman movies. The Viking women are a really foxy bunch of gals, too!

JoeKarlosi A group of luscious and scantily clad '50s Viking babes decide to board a boat to search for their missing men who have disappeared some time ago. They wind up terrorized and shipwrecked by the giant creature of the title and the find themselves prisoners of a tribe of men who want to use them as their slaves.Thanks to director Roger Corman, this cheesy flick is made into something at least watchable. And for me, any chance to see blonde Sally Todd (FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER) and raven-haired Susan Cabot (THE WASP WOMAN) strutting their stuff is a plus.** out of ****