my and my and my represent peter cushing and donald pleasance must have been desperate for work to have lent their talents to this turkey. a horribly muddled story about satanism in modern day greece and land of the minotaur (aka the devil men) is a misfire on more or less every level imaginable. it has precious few scares (always a slight flaw for a horror movie and do not you think. ) while weak performances while countless scenes where characters foolishly wander off alone or turn down the opportunity to remain in the safety of a group while and some rather irritating editing techniques which add nothing whatsoever to the proceedings. i got prematurely excited at the prospect of cushing and pleasance working together 17 years after the flesh and the fiends  but this film isn not worth getting remotely excited about while it a huge let down and rather an embarrassment for its much worthier leads. in a remote region of greece and outsiders such as tourists and archaeologists keep going missing and and local priest father roche (donald pleasance) suspects that something sinister is afoot. he writes to his friend and new york private eye milo kaye (costas skouras) and asking him to fly out to greece to help him get to the bottom of the mystery. in the meantime and three more visitors  beth (vanna reville) and ian (nikos verlekis) and tom (robert behling) and who are all personal friends of father roche  go missing while snooping around nearby greek ruins. milo eventually arrives in greece and but is initially dubious about father roche beliefs that the missing people have been snatched for satanic sacrifices. milo and father roche are also joined by laurie (luan peters) and the girlfriend of missing man tom. together and they uncover the activities of a minoan devil worshipping cult headed by creepy carpathian exile baron corofax (peter cushing). these crazed cultists have been busily sacrificing their victims to a statue of the minotaur. furthermore and they seemingly cannot be killed by normal means and so father roche has to use a variety of religious artifacts in his fight against them. land of the minotaur should have been much better than it actually is. the plot is so wacky and improbable that it has all the hallmarks of an enjoyably goofy cult or camp favourite. but the handling is just awful. director costas carayiannis has no idea how to link the narrative together cohesively and so the whole thing progresses like it was being made up on a day to day basis. he also has no idea how to coax convincing performances from his cast and so they are left to embarrass themselves in either dreadfully hammy (pleasance and cushing) or dreadfully amateurish (skouras and peters) performances. what worse is that the narrative makes no sense. why would father roche seek help from a private eye who is utterly flippant about his beliefs. how does roche know that the sacrifices only occur during a full moon. how can the minotaur statue speak. why is one one of the sacrificial victims instructed during a vision to stab father roche and only to herself be stabbed a few scenes later before getting a chance to carry it out. and  most baffling of all  why does father roche drag milo halfway around the world to help him when all he needs is a crucifix and and some holy water to dispose of the bad guys. these questions  and more  will pop into your mind during land of the minotaur. but and alas and there are no answers to be had. frustrating and dumb and disappointing. 
my and my and my represent peter cushing and donald pleasance must have been desperate for work to have lent their talents to this turkey. a horribly muddled story about satanism in modern day greece and land of the minotaur (aka the devil men) is a misfire on more or less every level imaginable. it has precious few scares (always a slight flaw for a horror movie and do not you think. ) while weak performances while countless scenes where characters foolishly wander off alone or turn down the opportunity to remain in the safety of a group while and some rather irritating editing techniques which add nothing whatsoever to the proceedings. i got prematurely excited at the prospect of cushing and pleasance working together 17 years after the flesh and the fiends  but this film isn not worth getting remotely excited about while it a huge let down and rather an embarrassment for its much worthier leads. in a remote region of greece and outsiders such as tourists and archaeologists keep going missing and and local priest father roche (donald pleasance) suspects that something sinister is afoot. he writes to his friend and new york private eye milo kaye (costas skouras) and asking him to fly out to greece to help him get to the bottom of the mystery. in the meantime and three more visitors  beth (vanna reville) and ian (nikos verlekis) and tom (robert behling) and who are all personal friends of father roche  go missing while snooping around nearby greek ruins. milo eventually arrives in greece and but is initially dubious about father roche beliefs that the missing people have been snatched for satanic sacrifices. milo and father roche are also joined by laurie (luan peters) and the girlfriend of missing man tom. together and they uncover the activities of a minoan devil worshipping cult headed by creepy carpathian exile baron corofax (peter cushing). these crazed cultists have been busily sacrificing their victims to a statue of the minotaur. furthermore and they seemingly cannot be killed by normal means and so father roche has to use a variety of religious artifacts in his fight against them. land of the minotaur should have been much better than it actually is. the plot is so wacky and improbable that it has all the hallmarks of an enjoyably goofy cult or camp favourite. but the handling is just awful. director costas carayiannis has no idea how to link the narrative together cohesively and so the whole thing progresses like it was being made up on a day to day basis. he also has no idea how to coax convincing performances from his cast and so they are left to embarrass themselves in either dreadfully hammy (pleasance and cushing) or dreadfully amateurish (skouras and peters) performances. what worse is that the narrative makes no sense. why would father roche seek help from a private eye who is utterly flippant about his beliefs. how does roche know that the sacrifices only occur during a full moon. how can the minotaur statue speak. why is one one of the sacrificial victims instructed during a vision to stab father roche and only to herself be stabbed a few scenes later before getting a chance to carry it out. and  most baffling of all  why does father roche drag milo halfway around the world to help him when all he needs is a crucifix and and some holy water to dispose of the bad guys. these questions  and more  will pop into your mind during land of the minotaur. but and alas and there are no answers to be had. frustrating and dumb and disappointing. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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