The Lost World

The Lost World (1925)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (3,127 ratings)

This adventure virtually butchers its source, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel. But with stop-motion photography and special effects that were incredibly innovative in 1924 and 1925, who cared? These effects were the whole film, and Wallace Beery's inspired performance was a bonus. The… More

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Jun 22, 1925 Wide
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Critic Reviews

  • Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com

    It built the mold for much of what came afterward, and those of us who enjoy fantastical films have much to thank it and Willis O'Brien for.

  • Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com

    This DVD release, in fact, restores 50 percent more footage than any version generally available since the 1930s, and presents the most definitive restoration possible.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The tremendous special effects of Willis O'Brien, who later did the same for King Kong, make this film essential viewing for film historians.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Highly entertaining, if somewhat clumsy, silent special effects film.

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  • AJ V


    Slightly better than all the other mysterious dinosaur island movies that have been made since. It's watchable, it has good special effects, and has a good beginning. Overall it's not bad.

  • _kelly .


    This is an essential film for students. May seem a bit intolerably slow, which is why I always screen it at 1.5x or 2x the speed which makes the action a lot more visceral and animated and less like time lapse creatures slowed by the occasional misplacing (special effects was always… More

  • Dillon L


    Really nothing more than a typical adveunture film, but very innovative special effects that would later greatly influence King Kong.

  • Caesar M


    I've always been fond of silent movies ever since I saw my first Charlie Chaplin short movie as a kid. So going into The Lost World I was excited as little kid, and I was not disappointed. So the plot resolves around a ridicule professor for claiming that Dinosaurs still roam… More

  • Brandon K


    Points off, obviously, for the blackface character, but the things they did with coloring the film and the effects all make this movie worth a watch. I'm impressed with the stop motion, considering the year it was made and it moves nice and quickly.

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