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Dinosaurus!

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WOW! The last review on this movie is over 7 years, ago!...I have been looking for this movie for a long time. I Got it on EBay for $6.23 Brand New Factory Sealed!...some sellers are going as high as $90.00 or more.....I couldnt find this movie because I couldnt spell it,..try it, I bet youll miss the first time. I was 11 or 12 when I first saw it... Yes out dated special effects, but so is King Kong and Godzilla.(A Man In A Rubber Suit)...You cant get any more basic than that, and look how we never tire of them,...atleast I dont...Anyway, this is all rubber stop motion, and low budget effects. It is a great story of a Re-animated Cave Man,a nasty Tyrannosaurus.. and boy befrinding a Brontosaurus,(Try spelling those 2 one without looking)... and even riding on its back... Back then this was the stuff of Great Childhood Fantasy... Dated, but hey..2:35 Wide Screen,and bright colorful Transfer... Remember Cinemascope?.. Alot of movies today look like they were shot with a home Cam...and some, really are! If your addicted to CGI, this movie will feel campy/corny..but hey, thats what I think the producers were aiming for. Not for everyones tastes, but a great time capsule for us Baby Boomers..Highly Recomended family fare.

Stop-Motion fans should check this out for it's stop-mo dinosaurs. It was made in 1960 and was double-billed with The Blob. Producer Jack H. Harris went on to produce Equinox ( 1971 ), The Blob ( 1988 remake ) and several others. The brontosaurus model later apeared in a TWILIGHT ZONE episode.

Hey, I know it's no Jurassic Park, but it was 1960, what do you expect? This movie has a LOT to offer, pretty cool dinosaurs by that day's standard (at least they aren't lizards or crocs with fins glued on them!), and it also has another important element: comedy. The Caveman is simply there for comic relief, and he fills those shoes (or should I say furry little slippers) nicely. And don't forget all the typecast characters: the beautiful blonde femme fetale, the handsome dark haired hero, his forgetable dark haired buddy, the little goofy kid, the fat man, the drunk Irish guy (dinofood...), and don't forget the evil guy and his two stupid flunkies. Drop them on a Carribean Isle with a bunch of "natives"/extras and a pair of dinos and a caveman, stir, and serve. Get the picture? But hey, it works. I saw this on TV as a child, stayed up all night to watch it on Horror Incorporated (the Twin Cities Saturday nite midnight movie show), and the DVD version blows the TV versions away. For a 1960 movie, the picture is great, and the sound isn't too bad. Plus it's enhanced for widescreen TVs! What else do you want? It has a trailer and stills too! GET THIS MOVIE! And then put it next to Jurassic Park on your shelf, you'll be glad you did!

Dinosaurus is a fun movie that helped cap off the 1950's giant- monster-mania. Although it doesn't have Harryhausen-quality ffects, it still does a lot better than some of its predecessors. This is a nice movie for a rainy saturday afternoon, unless of course you're a member of the new brain-dead generation that thrives on computer-generated graphics and are unable to follow any type of a story line.

During a movie-buying frenzy, one of the films I wound up with was the classic dinosaur film from 1960 Dinosaurus!

Dinosaurus is set on a small island where engineers are busy blasting the seabed to improve access to the harbor. The blasting unearths a pocket of ice wherein are two frozen dinosaurs, a tyrannosaurus and a brontosaurus. The local boss quickly sees how money can be made from these bodies. He also discovers a frozen Neanderthal. Well, the bodies thaw and revive. Now there are two dinosaurs and a caveman roaming the island.

The island's population are really quite good at handling the threat the monsters impose. The locals all flock to an old fortress where they dig a trench and fill it with oil. The Neanderthal, a woman, a young boy and the island boss all cause interesting plot twists and complications until the film's finale between the people in the fortress and the tyrannosaurus.

This is one of the better dinosaur movies that were popular for so long. It makes the typical Hollywood mistake of mixing dinosaurs with cavemen (although there is a way to explain that one away in this film). Stop motion is used to animate the beasts while the Neanderthal is brilliantly executed in live action. It is almost worth watching the film for the Neanderthal alone as his scenes are very well done (especially his reaction to a modern bathroom). The rest of the acting is quite good and the story has the characters reacting in believable ways. Definitely a fun film even in today's age of digital dinosaurs.

This film has long been a childhood favorite of mine. The DVD is now sadly out of print, so hurry and pick up a copy (new if you can still find one, or used). Simply put, this film looks nothing short of INCREDIBLE on this release. According to the liner notes, the film was remastered from original camera elements - and it shows. If you didn't know better you would swear it was shot yesterday and made to resemble a 50's monster movie. The picture is crystal clear and it sounds great!

Kids and the young at heart will love this movie. It is a cool adventure film with some fine comedy moments. The scenes with the caveman will seem pretty cornball to some, but the kids were laughing out loud and it's become a favorite to re-watch whenever there's nothing else on and the weather outside is crummy. Great stop motion footage from Wah Chang and the Fantasy II boys. Why don't movies ever feature characters with funny names like "Dumpy" anymore?

I was so surprised by the picture quality of this DVD. The colors are vivid and the picture is sharp. They really did a wonderful job transfering this to digital. The movie itself is a classic full of good drama and laughs. I remeber seeing it on TV years ago and as a kid it was one of my favorites. The price was good too. If you are a collector of older films you'd better grab hold of a copy soon because this one's out of print and the price for even a used copy is bound to "saur".

I saw this movie with my older brother at a drive-in, so the movie is an experience for me, maybe more than just a film.

If it were available in DVD, which wasn't an option I saw when I bought it, I would have bought a couple more for my grand kids.

I really liked this movie alot! It has been years since I have seen it. I love all the old dinosaur movies this is a little different it has a lot of comedy about it. I liked the part where the caveman and the little boy ride the brontosaurus!! I bout fell off the couch laughing. If you like old dino movies, you will love it as much as I do!!

"Dinosaurus!" is a fun little b-film. It's got stop-motion and "puppet" dinos, a hot blonde bombshell, a kooky caveman called "Caveman" (!) and a funny little kid who befriends him. Lots of scenes (especially the one where the T. Rex attacks the steam shovel) Jurassic park influence perhaps? Who knows but you're sure to enjoy this film and purchase a great DVD transfer and one that you'll pull out again for many viewings!