Let’s face it — not every dinosaur movie is destined to be Jurassic Park! Today, we’ll look at six dorky dinosaur movies that are all about bad rubber suits, claymation, and clowning around:
Tammy and the T-Rex
From our review: “Because what we have here is a movie that was solely made because the writer and director got unfettered access to a T. Rex animatronic and wrote an entire movie around it.”
Planet of the Dinosaurs
From our review: “It’s as if I can hear a full cadre of animated clay dinosaurs growling their hideous dino-laughs in the direction of Star Wars. GWAAARRRAARRRRRRAAAAHA HA HA HAAAA!”
Theodore Rex
From our review: “The best I can describe Theodore Rex’s vibe is that it’s kind of a mix of that old Dinosaurs sitcom, Howard the Duck, and the Super Mario Bros. movie with a bit of Demolition Man’s clunky cyberpunk future.”
Carnosaur
From our review: “This Roger Corman production makes me proud to be a film lover. In a shameless attempt to earn a quick buck, Carnosaur was thrown together and launched into theaters before that other dinosaur movie hit the screens in 1993.”
My Science Project
From our review: “Maybe it does save all its best ammo for the last half-hour, but when you get there, it’s a blast as the kids wander through a school fighting dinosaurs, neanderthals, Roman gladiators, and post-apocalyptic mutants with Vietnam War weapons.”
House II: The Second Story
From our review: “Here, the forces of the skull are causing time rifts in various rooms — ‘You see this in old houses all the time,’ Bill says — and so we get glimpses into places like the dinosaur age and the Old West as the events progress.”
Woah woah woah woah woah! How can you possibly leave the Prehysteria film series off this list?