The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage To the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent is pretty much exactly like you'd imagine a movie called The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage To the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent to be like, with the exception that the sea serpent only appears on the screen for a couple of minutes.

As the film opens, we discover a group of Viking women deciding whether or not to try to find their men, lost at sea. Obviously the decision is to go, because otherwise there would not be a movie, and eventually they come upon a hostile tribe of folks who capture and enslave them. The film was made by Roger Corman, who can sometimes do nice things with minimal budgets, but not here.

Still, there is something kind of charming in the way it all plays out. The movie is not as exploitative as the title makes it sound (perhaps because this was 1957); actually it has a breezy feel and pace to it, and one or two character scenes are just convincing enough to sustain interest. But let's face it. This is not a good movie, and anyone (foolishly) expecting it to be will surely be disappointed if not outright appalled at how shallow the acting is and how thoughtless the plotting is.