Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Here we go with yet another 75 minute movie that has 30 minutes of people walking in silence.When they do talk, it just non-sense. It's a bad story that is quite boring.

THE MOLE PEOPLE breaks no new ground (...), but it's not a bad way to spend some Time. The filmmakers make extensive use of some stock mountain-climbing footage and so the story progresses, accordingly, one step at a time; this makes for some slow going, to be sure, but the Mole People of the title more than make up ("makeup," giddit?) for it once they're introduced. The articulation in what's normally referred to as "the hero mask" is excellent: he chomps his lips hungrily as he lurches after his victim(s) and the fact that his mouth appears to open and close VERTICALLY only adds to the Horror... John Agar once again comes through with flying colors, as does Hugh Beaumont as his sidekick, but the abrupt death of a third character may catch viewers by surprise.

This isn't exactly a horror movie, more like an adventure movie actually, but nevertheless, it's a lot of fun! Sure, the prologue is pretty dumb and the first twenty minutes or so are typical of a 50- 60's-B-movie, but after that, it sure gets good! The king of the people living under the ground is amusingly played by Alan Napier and slightly outshines all the other not-so-good actors! The mole people look cool and it's nice to see a monster movie where you can feel sympathy for the monsters instead of being scared by them, as that was pretty unusual for old monster movies. The dialog is cheesy but kinda funny. The ending brings mixed feelings to me though and the majority of the acting is crummy, but when it's good, it's really good! Thumbs up for the mole people!

Virgil Vogel directed this science fiction story about a group of archaeologists(played by John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Nestor Paiva) who uncover an ancient temple after an earthquake that leads to an underground passage that opens to a lost and isolated culture ruled by high priests(Alan Napier plays the leader) who are very suspicious of the outsiders, until they discover they have the power of projecting light(their flashlight!) which makes them honored guests. They meet a beautiful local girl called Adad(played by Cynthia Patrick) who is outcast because she isn't Albino like the others. They also discover an exploited and abused sub-class of "Mole People" that disturbs them, and they plan to free them, which leads to their falling out of favor... Silly but enjoyable film with good performances and mole makeup. Pulp-like story is fun in this guilty pleasure, and Cynthia Patrick is most appealing(though a sadly tragic character.)