Product Details

• Actors: Diane Ladd, Raphael Sbarge, Jennifer Runyon, Harrison Page, Ned Bellamy
• Directors: Adam Simon, Darren Moloney, Louis Morneau
• Writers: Adam Simon, John Brosnan, Michael Palmer
• Producers: Mike Elliott, Roger Corman
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: New Concorde
• DVD Release Date: April 22, 2003
• Run Time: 166 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000087F29
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,493 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Carnosaur & Carnosaur 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Carnosaur: A brilliant geneticist, Diane Ladd, plans to expose a lethal virus to every human being on the planet. Her objective: to destroy humankind in favor of her new strain of prehistoric dinosaurs. Two people stand in the way of her diabolical plan, a cynical night watchman and a lovely idealistic environmentalist. The two must overcome their differences long enough to uncover the scientist's scheme and fight her carnivorous creations in a desperate battle against the extinction of the human race. Carnosaur 2: Trapped in a government nuclear facility deep underground, would be rescuers become bloody prey for genetically altered dinosaurs, stalking the innermost depths of the facility's dark tunnels. The mutant predators wreak havoc on their human counterparts and prove once and for all that extinction is a thing of the past. Format: Color, DVD, NTSC. Language: English. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.). Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1. Number of discs: 1. Rated: R (Restricted). Studio: New Concorde. DVD Release Date: April 22, 2003. Run Time: 166 minutes.

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3.0 out of 5 stars "Jurassic Park" with teeth!, February 5, 2011

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This review is from: Carnosaur & Carnosaur 2 (DVD)

For those of you who loved "Jurassic Park" but wished that Spielberg had been a little more ballsy and aimed for a more adult audience, "Carnosaur" is your movie. Made in the wake of the aforementioned blockbuster, the "Carnosaur" series takes the same basic premise -- genetically engineered dinosaurs on a rampage -- but goes for guts, gore, and horror.

On the one hand, it's a basic monster on the loose b-movie -- heck, it's a Roger Corman movie. Low budget, with decent effects, simple plot, and so-so acting. Cheesy humor -- mainly for adults. But the whole point is not to make an Oscar worthy movie -- it's all about the dinos and the gore. Regarding the dinos, if you compare the dino effects to "Jurassic Park," you'll be very disappointed... you might even find them laughable. Mostly stop motion, puppets (I think) or full mock-ups -- no CGI dinos here. Do they look realistic? Not really.

But if you love gore and love horror, and you think that low budget, 80s-type effects are cool, you'll love this movie. The dinos are blood-thirsty and unlike the aforementioned Speilberg movies, you see everything... dinos dismembering people, dinos chomping on limbs, dinos ripping people apart, blood everywhere.

"Carnosaur 2" is even better in that it ups the excitement factor.

With this 2-disc set, you get the best of the series. "Carnosaur 3" was a BOMB -- if you miss it, you'll be missing nothing. This set collects 1 & 2 and you get the best. If you don't have a strong stomach or dislike gore, avoid these and stick to Spielberg. Kudos to Roger Corman -- these are some of his better movies. Are they great? Depends on what you like.