Carnosaur
Short description
Dr. Jane Tiptree is a genetic researcher working at the food sciences division of a large corporation, where the poultry operation is producing remarkable results. In secret, she has been manipulating chicken DNA to bring dinosaurs back into the world, driven by the conviction that humanity has had its time and should be replaced by a species that will not ruin the planet. Her experiments hatch a carnivorous creature that soon escapes the laboratory, and the bodies turning up around town leave the police searching for a killer they cannot identify.
Adam Simon directed and wrote the film, his second feature after Brain Dead in 1990. Diane Ladd plays Dr. Tiptree, with Raphael Sbarge as Doc Smith, Jennifer Runyon as Ann Thrush, Harrison Page as Sheriff Fowler, Ned Bellamy as Fallon and Clint Howard as Slim Friar among a credited cast of 26. Mike Elliott produced the horror and science fiction film for New Horizons Picture.
Made for about 1 million dollars, Carnosaur took roughly 2 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 4.2 out of 10 from 119 votes. The low score suggests the film found little favour with viewers, and the modest return indicates it performed as a small-scale production rather than a major theatrical draw.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by John Brosnan.
- This picture is a blatant, cheap imitation of Steven Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park' (1993).
- Instead of using CGI technology, Roger Corman made do with miniature dinosaur models and outdated animation.
- With a budget of $1 million, the film grossed exactly that amount in the United States.
- Interestingly, Laura Dern, the daughter of Diane Ladd, starred in "Jurassic Park" in the same year (1993).
- The protagonists of the original novel are a couple of journalists in love, while the film’s protagonists are a caretaker and an environmental advocate who are not in love with each other.
- In the novel, the main villain is a man, while in the film, the villain is a woman.
- The storyline concerning the mass infection of women was completely absent in the novel.
- Initially, the novel attributes the killings to a snow leopard. In the film, a bobcat is named as the killer.
- In total, Diane Ladd was involved in filming this movie for five days.
- Some characters were named after real people: Dr. Jane Tiptree – James Tiptree Jr. (the pseudonym of writer Alice Bradley); "Doc" Smith – Edward E. Smith (who was known as "Doc").
- The film was shot in 18 days.
- The number of deaths in the film: 32.
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