Product Details

• Actors: Brett Cullen, Colleen Morris, Samantha Mills, Austin O'Brien, Tony Longo
• Directors: Albert Band, Charles Band
• Writers: Greg Suddeth, Mark Goldstein, Pete von Sholly
• Producers: Charles Band, Debra Dion, Keith S. Payson
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: July 8, 1997
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302768047
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,886 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prehysteria is hysterical, August 25, 2000

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Veronica Rodriguez (Lafayette Hill, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prehysteria [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is excellent for kids. There is no violence, though there are some uses of words of doubtful taste. There is an explanation of how the movie was made, how the dinosaurs were designed and created. Very creative and a cute vision of those violent animals that is not scary for the young children.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where it all began, December 9, 2008

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The Whatever Dude (houston, tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prehysteria [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Stardate: Wednesday, November 25, 1998. That was the first time I had ever saw this adorable film, though it is still not my favorite in the series (That trophy goes to Part 3), but still adorable otherwise. I was 9 years old when I first rented it from the now-closed Hollywood Video on Woodway.

Anyway, the film starts off with a somewhat typical family of the 90s, The Taylors. The father is widowed and works as a raisin farmer, the son is into Elvis, and the daughter seems to be on the verge of rebellion. But then their lives change when the past comes to them. They discover miniature dinosaurs, which the 2 kids name after various music icons, like Elvis, Paula, Jagger, Hammer, and Madonna. But it's not until the sleazy museum curator, Rico Sarno (Played by Stephen Lee from Dolls, The Pit and the Pendulum, Ghoulies III, Robocop 2) wants them back. He was the one who had originally discovered the eggs that the dinosaurs hatched out of, in South America.

Like I said, this film is a childhood favorite. Now that I'm older, I will admit it is silly at times, but what's to expect? It's still the childhood favorite that I remember.

Recommended.

EXTRAS: The Paramount VHS (Which I own and sourced to DVD-R) has no trailers at the beginning, but the Videozone has an intro by Full Moon CEO Charles Band, where he talks about The Shrunken City and Remote and in depth details about Moonbeam, a behind the scenes, an interview with Peter and Andrea Von Sholly, and a trailer for Remote (1993)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dino Ditsy, June 5, 2007

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C. A. Luster "The Rook" (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prehysteria [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Okay this is kind of a cute kids movie that some adults will enjoy as well. Granted the miniature dinosaurs aren't up to Ray Harryhausen standards, but then it is still overall a lighthearted movie that most kids will enjoy. When some eggs are taken from a South American temple the curse seems to fall on the bad guys stealing them rather than the kids trying to protect them from commercialism. This one is not out on DVD yet so if you don't have access the the VHS you have to try and catch it on TV.