Dinosaurus!

You kind of have to get a kick out of this sort of thing when you see it. This 1960s b-movie featuring stopmotion dinosaurs terrorizing a construction crew moves nicely and gets straight to the gist: the construction crew on a remote island in the Caribbean find two dinosaurs and a caveman frozen in ice; they get thawed out and chaos ensues because they're still alive. One dinosaur is friendly because he is an herbivore, and the other is dangerous because he is a carnivore. I assume they're both male dinosaurs. The caveman seems bewildered by the modern world in the meantime, which is a very understandable reaction.

I admire the contrast in seeing stopmotion dinosaurs interact with construction machines and people. It looks silly now in an age of high-quality CGI effects and even modern professional-grade visual effects, but there is a charm to it that seems lost in modern smaller filmmaking. Maybe that's because I've been burned lately with modern low-budget monster films using artificial intelligence. I also admire Harris and Yeaworth's confidence to bait 1950s and 1960s audiences into thinking their films would have sequels. They all end with the basic "THE END...?" trope. Keep the crowd on their toes and never deliver. That's Hollywood, baby!

You kind of have to get a kick out of this sort of thing when you see it. This 1960s b-movie featuring stopmotion dinosaurs terrorizing a construction crew moves nicely and gets straight to the gist: the construction crew on a remote island in the Caribbean find two dinosaurs and a caveman frozen in ice; they get thawed out and chaos ensues because they're still alive. One dinosaur is friendly because he is an herbivore, and the other is dangerous because he is a carnivore. I assume they're both male dinosaurs. The caveman seems bewildered by the modern world in the meantime, which is a very understandable reaction.

I admire the contrast in seeing stopmotion dinosaurs interact with construction machines and people. It looks silly now in an age of high-quality CGI effects and even modern professional-grade visual effects, but there is a charm to it that seems lost in modern smaller filmmaking. Maybe that's because I've been burned lately with modern low-budget monster films using artificial intelligence. I also admire Harris and Yeaworth's confidence to bait 1950s and 1960s audiences into thinking their films would have sequels. They all end with the basic "THE END...?" trope. Keep the crowd on their toes and never deliver. That's Hollywood, baby!

Everyone was far too calm for the circumstances at hand. Two dead dinosaurs are missing, you hear loud roaring sounds in the distance, and everyones blank face standing around:
🧍‍♂️”should I grab the walkie talkies?”

Everyone was far too calm for the circumstances at hand. Two dead dinosaurs are missing, you hear loud roaring sounds in the distance, and everyones blank face standing around:
🧍‍♂️”should I grab the walkie talkies?”

I found a copy of the comic and got it framed as a tribute to what kinda movie I should avoid making

I found a copy of the comic and got it framed as a tribute to what kinda movie I should avoid making

Low budget and fairly slow, with extremely tropey characters (including alcoholic Irish gut, obnoxious "Kenny" from Godzilla movies, macho man, and "helpless 1950s woman") it gets slightly more charming and fun when it becomes humans and Neanderthal vs dinosaurs in a goofy ending.

Low budget and fairly slow, with extremely tropey characters (including alcoholic Irish gut, obnoxious "Kenny" from Godzilla movies, macho man, and "helpless 1950s woman") it gets slightly more charming and fun when it becomes humans and Neanderthal vs dinosaurs in a goofy ending.