June 19, 2025

This Day in Halloween: The Hammer Films horror adventure "The Lost Continent" opens across the U.S. in 1968. / Illustration by Quinn Moody

The Lost Continent opens across the U.S. in 1968. The Hammer Films horror adventure about people on a tramp steamer marooned with mutated conquistadors and monsters is based on a Denis Wheatley novel, receives an X rating on its release and flops, but has developed a cult following.

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