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March 1977 (USA) moreTagline:
A beast more frightening than your most terrifying nightmare!Plot:
A meteor that crashed into Oregon's Crater Lake unearths a dinosaur egg. The heat from the meteor causes the egg to hatch, and the emerging dinosaur takes to snacking on the locals. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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A shoestring budget monster film that blew my expectation away. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Cardella | ... | Sheriff Steve Hanson |
| Glen Roberts | ... | Arnie Chabot (as Glenn Roberts) |
| Mark Siegel | ... | Mitch Kowalski |
| Bob Hyman | ... | Richard Calkins |
| Richard Garrison | ... | Dan Turner |
| Kacey Cobb | ... | Susan Patterson |
| Michael F. Hoover | ... | Ross Conway (as Michael Hoover) |
| Suzanne Lewis | ... | Paula Conway |
| Marv Eliot | ... | Sen. Jack Fuller |
| Garry Johnston | ... | Blackmailer |
| Sonny Shepard | ... | Robber |
| John Crowder | ... | Mechanic |
| Susy Claycomb | ... | Waitress |
| Hal Scharn | ... | Birdwatcher |
| Mike Simmons | ... | Store clerk |
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The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community and eats those daring enough to go into the lake, like a couple on a honey moon, a felon, and a mild-mannered fisher-man. Granted, the acting is bad (even though actor Mark Siegel went on to have a great effects career at Industrial Light and Magic)and the poor sound and picture quality of the crown international VHS (I just bought my copy of this film on DVD, much better video quality!), and the irritating flaws (How can that chick see "stars" in the middle of the day? How come a cop is driving over a course of 6 MONTHS to get to a dinner?), but despite the poor continuity and plot holes, I must admit that I did enjoy this film. The stop-motion special effects for the dinosaur are excellent, the suspense is adequate, the characters are quit funny, (unintentionally, most of the time) and it was pretty fun to watch and poke at the flaws.......enjoy!