{"id":77756,"date":"2024-02-26T09:56:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=77756"},"modified":"2024-02-26T09:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:56:29","slug":"have-you-seen-dinosaurus-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=77756","title":{"rendered":"Have you seen&#8230; &#8216;Dinosaurus!&#8217; (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By JOHN BILLINGER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1950s, the science fiction genre was in a golden age, and as such, movies featuring Dinosaurs running amok were very popular. You had stuff like \u201cThe Beast From 20,000 Fathoms\u201d or \u201cThe Beast of Hollow Mountain.\u201d I suppose that one could count Japanese imports like \u201cGodzilla\u201d and \u201cRodan\u201d as a part of this movement. Today\u2019s film was a part of this whole thing. The film in question is 1960\u2019s \u201cDinosaurus!\u201d You have to love a movie with an exclamation point as part of the title. Viewed today, it doesn\u2019t have much merit, but it definitely has its moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced and directed by \u201cBlob\u201d alums Irvin Yeaworth and Jack H. Harris, \u201cDinosaurus!\u201d stars a cast of nobody. I\u2019m not joking. If you go on Wikipedia, only one actor who starred in this has a Wikipedia page (Paul Lukather). Steve McQueen (who had starred in \u201cThe Blob\u201d in 1958) was supposed to be in the film, but he ultimately chose \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d and \u201cThe Magnificent Seven\u201d over this. There&#8217;s not much else to say about the production side (except for the effects, but we\u2019ll get to those), so on to the movie itself.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plot is as follows\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a tropical island in the Caribbean Sea, an excavation company is working on a beach to uncover something that is never made clear. They soon discover that buried underneath the beach are the frozen remains of a Brontosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus, and a Caveman. Now, you might be wondering how those three beings ended up in the Caribbean as they never coexisted together, let alone the fact that these dinosaurs never lived in that area, but I\u2019d say you\u2019re thinking about it too hard. Anyway, that night, there is a lightning storm which resurrects the three. They begin to rampage across the island, and you get your money&#8217;s worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dinosaurus (1960) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RYzQ9tAHSFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The plot itself isn\u2019t really anything to write home about. It\u2019s fun in a comic book sort of way, but it\u2019s nothing really special. The characters that we follow are mostly bland and stock. The actors themselves do a decent enough job portraying them, but that\u2019s about it. The only character and actor that is actually memorable is the Caveman. He pretty much plays the stereotypical caveman type, but he\u2019s at least different from the rest of the cast and occasionally funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The special effects are the real highlight of the film. We have stop-motion Dinosaurs in the film, which is always a highlight. As I said in my <a href=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=73611\">review of \u201cPlanet of the Dinosaurs,\u201d<\/a> there are times when the effects are the best part of the movie, and that\u2019s the case here. And while the stop motion is not up to the standards of Willis O\u2019Brien (who worked on \u201cKing Kong\u201d) or Ray Harryhausen (who is the GOAT of stop motion), they get the job done fine. Speaking of King Kong, Marcel Delgado (who created the original stop-motion puppets for \u201cKing Kong\u201d) created these puppets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, \u201cDinosaurus!\u201d certainly does have merits. It\u2019s not great, but if you\u2019re looking to kill 85 minutes and love some Dinosaur killing action, you\u2019ll find enjoyment here. If I were to give it a rating, I\u2019d give it a 6 out of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you are interested in a more detailed review and discussion of this movie, check out <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kxGsov1YVaY\"><em>episode 3 of \u201cIt Came From The DVD Collection,\u201d<\/em><\/a><em> a new podcast featuring John Billinger and Connor Keating reviewing monster movies. 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