Hollow earth 1950’s Universal horror jam that tackles some ahead of its time stuff is best watched on a lazy weekend morning or super late at night when everyone else is passed out. Love the rubber suit look of the mole people and the collapse of the weirdo underdweller albino hierarchy shit as the mole people revolt on them! 

Also, kudos on the very downer ending that feels totally uncharacteristic of a picture like this in the 1950’s.

Schlocky science fiction for those uninterested science fiction but really dig subterranean class stratification and fundamental subjugation within tyrannical albino hegemonies.

Now I want to go on an epic adventure and meet lost civilizations and their googly-eyed mole-men slaves..

Your classic going on an archeological expedition and stumbling upon a ancient subterranean society. The titular Mole People look cheap as hell but watching them revolt against their pasty tea bag masters was worth the watch alone.

I loved and was frustrated by this film in equal measure. It was a delicious slice of sci fi fantasy horror. I was living for those scenes when the mole people would pull people down through their holes and livid for them being whipped and given scraps. I loved the underground world and the booming music and the matte paintings and allsorts. But gosh it was just way too short and if this had just been a little later down the line this coulda been on the scale of epic spectacles like Jason and the Argonauts and Clash Of The Titans. So yeah I enjoyed it a lot for what it was but weep for what I imagine it being. Those mole people are rivalling The Werewolf for cutie of the week!

Lord Slaw's Incredibly strange films challenge.

"The Mole People" is a 1956 film directed by Virgil W. Vogel. A kitschy atomic age horror/science fiction piece, the film follows a group of explorers as the enter a Sumerian Temple to find an ancient race of humans who live within the Earth. The Mole People, as the title suggests, are actually enslaved by these people in which the explorers also deem as a threat in the subterranean layer. Pretty much a standard drive-in fare, the true charm of watching this is for the aesthetic of it all more than anything. With that, I don't really have to much to write home about other than I enjoyed the vibes even though the plot was a bit throwaway. I saw all that coming anyways as I swear I saw this on some episode of Svengoolie a long time ago.

Fell asleep... The mole people are cool tho.
5.2/10

This flick is so 1950s sci-fi crazy. It hits on hollow earth/flat earth, science vs. religion, and even has whitey enslaving an entire race themes. 

My favorite part is the brief subterranean claustrophobic creature vibes. My dad actually was commissioned to make an animatronic mole man for a late eighties cave creature feature. The movie fell through, so the completed monster just lived out it’s time in our basement. 
Not sure if the personal information has anything to do with the movie, but it probably has something to do with my high rating.