Carnosaur (1993) User Reviews

Not as bad as I expected

[not_so_foppish · 4/10 · 23 February 2008]

Well, what can I say? I'm a huge fan of b movies, so I've seen some great big piles in my life. I was going into this expecting a poorly-shot, bad-humor-filled, crappy-effect-infused, pox-ridden Corman romp of "Night of the Blood Beast" or "Wasp Woman" proportions. I was rather surprised, actually. The effects were nothing to write home about, but they weren't horrible. At least this was before CG was on the open market, so they stuck with practical effects (which, in my opinion, are underrated). The acting was par for the course, but I feel Diane Ladd did a pretty good "mad scientist" with Tiptree. Mainly Raphael Sbarge was a good washed-up drunk with Doc Smith. Some things made the movie a little tedious (the romantic plot between Thrush and Doc, Clint Howard's character, etc.) but I found this an overall enjoyable cheesy gore-ride of fun weirdness.

Watch if you are used to horrifically cheesy movies.

4/10

a missed opportunity

[TheUnknown837-1 · 5/10 · 18 October 2008]

"Carnosaur" is a film that can probably blame its obviously low budget on it being a missed opportunity. This movie contains many good elements including a very wonderful performance by Academy Award-nominee Diane Ladd. About half of the time, this movie kept me entertained in its own unique way and the other half of the time I was bored to tears. Thus, I give it two stars out of four. Half and half. Sounds fair to me.

"Carnosaur" is loosely based on a novel by John Brosnan about a mad scientist (Diane Ladd) who is disgusted by the human race's destruction of the planet and plans to wipe it out with a killer virus while genetically engineering dinosaurs so that they can take over the planet once again.

I was really surprised that film critic Gene Siskel, who had given the Oscar-winning masterpiece "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) a negative review found this movie appealing and gave it a marginally positive review. But now that I've actually seen the film, I can agree with him part way. I still give it a negative review, but I do see why he might have enjoyed it. First of all, like I mentioned earlier, Diane Ladd plays a terrific villain in this movie. Even though she was given some awfully poor lines to act on, she somehow managed to keep me interested and even a bit frightened whenever she was on the screen. I'll say this; she is a lot more interesting than the dinosaurs in this picture. Perhaps the reason "Carnosaur" was even made was to beat Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" (1993) to the big screen and make a little cash, which it did despite negative reviews from both critics and audience members. The film was made on a low budget and you can tell by the bad acting (excluding Diane Ladd, of course) and the poor special effects. The dinosaurs are seldom convincing at all. They are portrayed using rubber puppets and even though they are shot at night, they do become revealing at times. Sometimes painfully revealing. I also felt that the amount of blood and gore used in this film was way overdone, but that is typical of films of this grade.

And there is also one major plot problem in this movie. If the Diane Ladd character wants to wipe out the human race, why not just create the virus and not even bother with the dinosaurs at all? Why go through all the trouble and risk being caught? Of course, the dinosaurs were thrown in one because of the novel source and two to get people interested in seeing the movie, but still it almost seems as though "Carnosaur" would have been better, at least more logical, if there were no dinosaurs in it at all. And it also doesn't make any sense that she only breeds carnivorous dinosaurs and no herbivores. There are some strangely appealing elements to "Carnosaur", much to my surprise, and there are some ludicrous and unbelievably poor elements, as anticipated. It is just too bad I wasn't surprised more while watching this movie. A few re-writes of the script and a slight ante in the budget would have done it wonders.

Cheap. overly talky and total nonsense, but I was expecting much worse

[TheLittleSongbird · 4/10 · 7 July 2013]

Reading about Carnosaur, I was expecting a terribly cheap movie and for it to be blatantly derivative of the Steven Spielberg classic Jurassic Park. While far from a good movie, and certainly nowhere near as fun, thrilling or intense as Jurassic Park, I was expecting far worse than what I saw. Diane Ladd relishes her mad scientist, and this is one totally bonkers mad scientist, and the baby carnosaur is genuinely scary. Carnosaur is also gorier and bloodier than JP, and the gore is actually quite good and has moments where it is used inventively to the extent that you may be put off eating for some time after. Carnosaur is a very cheap-looking movie though, the sets lack colour and the camera work and editing lack finesse and cohesion. But I agree about the special effects and the animatronics on the dinosaurs faring worst in this regard, they are truly dreadful and definitely some of the worst dinosaur effects I've seen for any movie in my life. The score is not particularly rousing and has nothing that leaps out as memorable. It doesn't distract from what's going on as such but it just doesn't add anything either, it's just there and fails to make much of an impact. The script doesn't work either, nor does the story. The dialogue is stodgy, cheesy and overly-talky, while the story- not doing much with a decent if rather silly concept- apart from some inventive gory scenes is stripped of suspense, scenes that should scare can be unintentionally funny instead, the romantic plot line is mawkish and slows things down in the middle and the prehistoric rampage antics do get predictable quickly. The characters read of every cliché the writers could find and are poorly developed, no scratch that, the movie certainly knows what it tries to be which is good but while it does strive for some fun and scares(though not really succeeding) the characters are almost completely forgotten in the process. Of the acting only Ladd makes any kind of impression, the rest just sleepwalk through their roles and don't seem to care less about their characters' situations. Overall, could have been worse, especially considering what I'd read, but not a good movie. I recommend it partially for those who want a bit of silly fun without having to think too much, but for those who does know what to expect but still want to see some kind of quality put into it they may want to look elsewhere. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Shockingly dreadful

[KillerCadugen · 1/10 · 12 February 2004]

Considering the three positive reviews right there on the cover of the DVD (one from Gene Siskel, no less) and its clear attempt to profit from Jurassic Park, I figured this movie would at least be passable - but it wasn't. It was shockingly dreadful. The creature LOOKED fake and when it walked, the camera angle made it look like a puppet. The acting was terrible, too, as was the entire concept. God, why did I waste two hours of my life on this?

It's no Jurassic Park!

[Rain85 · 5 June 2005]

When I bought, payed for and viewed Carnosaur, I took into account its budget limitations, it was, after all, made possible by legendary 'B' movie producer Roger Corman. I also tried my hardest not to make too many comparisons between this film and the mega-budget Jurassic Park, despite more than a few nods made to the movie in the script ("It would make a great theme park!", Diane Ladd being the mother of Laura Dern, a main cast member in Jurassic Park and a cool-acting cop who seemed to be modelling himself on Samuel L Jacksons role.)

In 'B' movie standards, this film should rate quite highly (I'm sure its Oscar material compared to the later 'B' flick 'Dinosaur Island', and at least this film generates a bit of an effort, some of the supposed 'great' films out there have a far higher budget and still fare worse than Carnosaur.

The narrative is simple: a mad scientist develops mutant chicken eggs that hatch deadly dinosaurs that grow big! Small dinosaurs escape, multiply and kill whilst a suspicious virus takes its toll on a quiet town. Much of the plot is interspersed with boring, confusing and sometimes irrelevant, badly scripted dialogue between second-rate characters. Diane Ladd, who plays the crazy scientist, brings the movie up a few pegs and one wishes her part was a little larger.

The actual dinosaurs render the whole film comedic as they resemble plastic models one plays with as a child. I couldn't help thinking that a dinosaur toy was being filmed in close-up! The dreary Nevada setting doesn't add any interest to the movie and the blatant Coca-Cola sponsorship just gets annoying! For comedy, there is a giant T Rex kept amongst lasers in a basement and a scene showing Diane Ladd trying to lay an egg before attempting Cesarean section and encountering her own 'Alien' style John Hurt moment!

Overall, this film has a good idea but fails to develop it. Diane Ladd's attempt to recover a lush, earthly environment seems admirable and is far away from her counterpart Richard Attenborough's vision in Jurassic Park. If the film was made with a better script, a larger collection of good actors' and a better setting it could do a lot better. If, however, you enjoy watching opulent, expensive and technically excellent films-this movie will only serve to put you off your food...especially eggs!

Yuck.

[DidMyTime · 1/10 · 28 November 2003]

This movie was a plain disaster, I saw on T.V and decided it's cheesier than mostly any Sci Fi movie out there. A scientist who's trying to destroy mankind with a breed of dinosaurs? The plotline is ridiculous and the acting is terrible. The dinosaurs all looked the same, fake and cheap-looking. The gore of the film is revolting and highly unrealistic. This film was far from scary, and a complete waste of time. I could go on bashing this movie but I have a word of advice for those curious ones out there. If you really want to this disaster film rent it don't buy it because you'll find yourself regretting it.

I find Chris Anderson (drmrvandertramps)'s "Special Moments" quite amusing. Disco Dinosaur indeed...

The worst hour and a half of my life!!

[jofbennett · 1/10 · 10 May 2004]

Like many others, I enjoy movies of the Mystery Science Theater quality. This film, though, was not even worth that. The story was horrible. I spent so much time just trying to figure out what was happening in the disjointed plot that I missed most of the acting and directing. The special effects were horrible. Many movies from the 50's and 60's had better special effects. The dinosaurs were horrible. Too many cheap, plastic toys. I've seen movies of better quality that have been made by people when they were high. It was so bad that I had to stop the second one after five minutes. Watching water drip from a faucet is a guaranteed 10 out of 10 compared to this movie.

Funny dino splatter - watch immediately after Jurassic Park

[Bogey Man · 5/10 · 13 May 2002]

This little Roger Corman produced film is pretty funny. It has some crazy scientist who thinks that people have violated and exploited nature and also animals for so long, that it is now the time for a payback. The plot is pretty confusing (as usual) but soon very hungry and angry dinosaurs are eating people alive in hilarious trash scenes.

The effects are OK and you'll love this if you like trash cinema. This is not great movie, but great in its own little category which has to be understood. If you only like mainstream s*it like Armageddon or Jurassic Park 1-3 then you'll hate this and laugh yourself alive. But viewed as a trash picture without significant cinematic or artistic values Carnosaur is OK. I haven't seen the sequels but will pick them up if opportunity appears.

5/10

I Like Trash Movies, Like "Braindead", "Tromeu and Juliet", 'Bad Taste" etc... But "Carnosaur" is a Crap Movie

[claudio_carvalho · 2/10 · 24 March 2005]

Dr. Jane Tiptree (Diane Ladd) is a geneticist, who wants to destroy the human kind. She releases a lethal virus and a dinosaur with this purpose. A guy, called "Doc", finds her plans and try to avoid the destruction of the human race. "Carnosaur" is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It is impossible to write a summary of such a crap. The story does not make sense, the characters are horribly developed, the "special effects" looks like one of those dinosaur "Made in Paraguay or China". When I saw the name of Diane Ladd in the credits and a production of Roger Corman, I imagined a big joke with "Jurassic Park", since Diane Ladd is the mother of Laura Dern. But the movie is so cheesy that never works. I like trash movies, like "Braindead", "Tromeo and Juliet", 'Bad Taste" etc... But "Carnosaur" is not a trash, but a crap Movie. If I can give an advice, I would say: Do not waste your time watching it! My vote is two.

Title (Brazil: "Carnosauro" ("Carnosaur")

rrrrriiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhhtttttt

[metallica182182 · 1/10 · 11 April 2002]

As solid as swiss cheese, as scary as Toy Story, as dumb as "Dude, Where's my Car", as cheesy as "godzilla versus the ice gnomes" and as about as confusing as the people who liked it. HOW ON EARTH COULD THIS MOVIE MAKE MONEY!! I guess suckkers like me rented it for the cool cover, and ended up blowing chunks EVERYWHERE! Why were the blood spots over the victims before they were even bitten? Why couldn't they get more realistic dinosaurs? ANd the mother of ALL questions is WHY ON THis #!%^@* EARTH ARE THERE SEQUELS!!!

One of the Better Corman Produced Films

[CMRKeyboadist · 8/10 · 19 January 2006]

I remember watching Carnosaur years ago when it was released. This movie actually bothered me at the time, especially with its ending. The movie doesn't bother me anymore, but I do find it very enjoyable and has a great re-watch value to it.

Diane Ladd has created a disease that only effects females. This disease impregnates them and causes them to give birth to dinosaurs with extremely bloody consequences.

Apparently, this movie was based off of two different novels but I don't know how true it is to those novels. This film does have a few really good moments of gore and shock. Unfortunately, the special effects for the dinosaurs is quite lame. But the movie is still a lot of fun. Look for a few cult actors like Clint Howard. Also, this movie has 2 other sequels which I would highly suggest missing. 8/10 stars

Cheap, trashy, somewhat amusing movie from the producer King of "B" Movies:Roger Corman.

[hu675 · 6/10 · 8 December 2007]

A brilliant but deranged geneticist Dr. Jane Tiptree (Diane Ladd) finds a way to bring Dinosaurs back to life by using DNA from Chickens Eggs! Which these Dinosaurs gets bigger by eating flesh's and creating panic in a small town somewhere in the desert. Which slowly several different kinds of Dinosaurs starts to breed like Rats. Which Tiptree is planning to destroy the world by unleashing an lethal virus and letting Dinosaur ruled the world once more.

Directed by Adam Simon (Brain Dead) made an watchable but forgotten horror/sci-fi effort by that was made in the wake of Steven Spielberg's Big Budget "Jurassic Park". Which this movie was out a few weeks earlier before Spielberg's take on Dinosaur. Which oddly enough, Ladd's daughter is the lead actress in "JP". For all it's cheapness, the dinosaur sequences are well done (despite some funny unintentionally moments of the F/X sequences). Which it will recalls films of the special effects era from the 1950's. It is quite gory as well, which it's delivers the good often in a schlock way. Simon's film is surprisingly bleak with some moments of playful black comedy but it is not quite fun as we would expect from a Roger Corman production. A cast of familiar B cast tries to keep it lively. The third act of this thriller is extremely unsatisfying and the quite dark looking cinematography of this film could have better filmed. If u want to see Simon's better work, watch "The American Nightmare". Which it's a documentary on the horror movies of the 1970's. "Carnosaur" is more of a curio movie than someone might actually enjoying. I always find it funny on the VHS Cover of this effort, since the late Gene Siskel enjoyed it very much. If u enjoy this, it's followed by two direct-to-video efforts! Based on a novel by the late Harry Adam Knight (Who's real name is John Brosnan). Simon wrote the adaptation of this depressing movie. (** ½/*****).

CARNOSAUR

[TCurtis9192 · 5/10 · 27 February 2020]

First and foremost: THIS IS NOT A JURASSIC PARK RIPOFF. Stop saying and thinking that it is! It takes a minute to do some basic research and realise that. What it is is a CASH-IN. I believe that Corman bought the rights to the novel so he could a) use the cool name and b) lend his new film some notoriety, so he could say the CARNOSAUR franchise (which he owns...) predates Jurassic Park (which it does). He may also have bought it to prevent some other filmmaker doing it. But ENOUGH with the ripoff accusations. This is not about a theme park.

"CARNOSAUR" (1993, Simon) is a really weird film. It's a really nasty film that features a lot of gore but also some surreal gross-out stuff; some is reminiscent of Ridley Scott's "ALIEN", which is weird in a dinosaur movie.

I really like the aesthetic of John Beuchler's special effects. It's unapologetic in style but always goes the extra mile. The Deinonychus has a dreamlike quality to it. It's uneasy and never quite fits in but yet it's there all the same.

As an adaptation this film is a 0/10 because it is so far removed from the novel on which it is based that it might as well not have been an adaptation. "CARNOSAUR" was written by John Brosnan under the pseudonym Harry Adam Knight in 1984 and it is a good book that could easily have been adapted faithfully on a tight budget so why Corman opted for this strange sci fi horror is a mystery only answerable by understanding Corman.

Something about this film really irritates me but I just can't put my finger on what it is. The acting's not bad, it's off the wall and mad, and I at least like the sequels. Plus I would take the CARNOSAUR franchise over Jurassic Park purely because there's more onscreen Dino action.

A Z-Movie With A B-Movie Script

[fatfreddyscat · 15 October 2002]

Come on, did we really EXPECT a worthy rip-off of "Jurassic Park" here? If it's taken at face value, CARNOSAUR is a fun way to kill 90 minutes. The dinosaur effects are laughable at best, but overall it's better scripted than the average Roger Corman slaughterama, and Dianne Ladd gives an over-the-top performance that alone makes this one worth watching. You get the feeling that there was probably a decent movie here if only they'd had a big enough budget. It may not be saying much, but at least it's better than the two sequels that followed. If you're in the mood for a good, goofy, gory B-movie, CARNOSAUR shouldn't disappoint. Besides, you can buy it on DVD for only $5.99 (like I did). Can't beat that with a stick!

Bad, in a good way

[gionk · 3/10 · 7 December 2002]

I saw this film when I was 8 years old. Even then I was able to laugh at it. It wasn't a good movie, that's for sure. But the fact that I remember this film for its sheer mockability, well that alone is worth something. Not good, in fact it's terrible. Watch it if you want to be able to sit there and laugh at it with your friends. It's enjoyable in that sense, and isn't that the whole point?

Original title: Carnoturkey

[Spencer Dickson · 1/10 · 8 October 2001]

This is by far one of the worst movies I have ever seen and it has left a lasting impression on my mind, because it is so bad!

I don't understand how or why any sane person could write or direct such a terrible film. "Carnosaur" is a lame excuse for a horror movie. I didn't get scared once, instead I only wondered why the hell I rented it. There wasn't one character which I liked or cared about, there was hardly any character development, the dialogue is cheesy (as can be expected with this genre), the acting is laughable and melodramatic, the music is boring, the direction is bad, the makeup is fake and the dinosaurs...they look okay on the cover, but in the movie they move robotically and you'd have to be blind to not notice the cheap animatronics involved.

The biggest reason I disliked this film so much though, was because it was so dark. I'm not saying I'm a chicken when it comes to dark movies, I love them, but what I mean is most of it takes place in the dark, giving it a depressing feel and making it's low budget visible. Maybe the film makers thought that this made it more scary, but it doesn't.

Elements of the plot would have made great "X-Files" or "Outer Limits" episodes. Unfortunately the film makers decided to make this big steaming pile of doo-doo.

Whatever you do, don't subject yourself to this torture, if you are a movie lover you'll have unpleasant memories of this thing for the rest of your life. Go rent "Jurassic Park" if you want to see a great movie with lots of dinosaurs. 2/8

P.S. If you want to see one of the best movies ever made, rent "The Usual Suspects", now that's a great film!

Yeezis carp, whatta mutt

[knsevy · 1/10 · 28 October 2001]

This is as bad as made-for-cable ever got (and Junior, THAT's sayin' something). Bad story, bad scripting, bad FX, bad acting, bad directing. I'm glad I bought the tape out of the bargain bin, and this is coming from somebody who generally loves bad movies. The dinosaurs are really bad puppets and even worse stop-motion and one rubber suit worse than the other two put together. Like most made-for-cable horror/monster flicks, they go for the gore first and ignore everything else, particularly in the climactic ending which was almost directly ripped off from Dinosaurus, also a bad movie, but stylishly bad and highly recommended. If you can't rent Carnosaur for 99 cents, don't bother.

Its a bomb

[cid-11 · 1/10 · 31 October 1999]

Totally awful movie: SPOILER WARNING

1.Old Godzilla movies had better monster effects. Agree with another reviewer that it looked like the dinosaurs were supplied by Toys R Us. 2.No plot, please explain how women got impregnated with dinosaurs. What happened to the wounded guy who crawled out of the desert. How does the scientist rip open her abdomen using her own fingernails. Why does the only potential hero die in the end. 3.No character development-Why would a geneticist breed dinosaurs to wipe out the human race. 4.Horrible acting and directing.No script. 5.How do movies like this get produced, especially two sequels.

Original title: Carnoturkey

[Spencer Dickson · 1/10 · 8 October 2001]

This is by far one of the worst movies I have ever seen and it has left a lasting impression on my mind, because it is so bad!

I don't understand how or why any sane person could write or direct such a terrible film. "Carnosaur" is a lame excuse for a horror movie. I didn't get scared once, instead I only wondered why the hell I rented it. There wasn't one character which I liked or cared about, there was hardly any character development, the dialogue is cheesy (as can be expected with this genre), the acting is laughable and melodramatic, the music is boring, the direction is bad, the makeup is fake and the dinosaurs...they look okay on the cover, but in the movie they move robotically and you'd have to be blind to not notice the cheap animatronics involved.

The biggest reason I disliked this film so much though, was because it was so dark. I'm not saying I'm a chicken when it comes to dark movies, I love them, but what I mean is most of it takes place in the dark, giving it a depressing feel and making it's low budget visible. Maybe the film makers thought that this made it more scary, but it doesn't.

Elements of the plot would have made great "X-Files" or "Outer Limits" episodes. Unfortunately the film makers decided to make this big steaming pile of doo-doo.

Whatever you do, don't subject yourself to this torture, if you are a movie lover you'll have unpleasant memories of this thing for the rest of your life. Go rent "Jurassic Park" if you want to see a great movie with lots of dinosaurs.

P.S. If you want to see one of the best movies ever made, rent "The Usual Suspects", now that's a great film!

The worst sci-fi I've ever seen

[Ackbar-2 · 1/10 · 7 March 2000]

(SPOILER) This is an awful B movie from early 90's about a crazed scientist who makes a virus which makes (!!!) women lay dinosaur eggs and then die! Totally ridiculous. When I watched this movie I couldn't stop laughing. It's very boring too, the script is a swiss cheese, and there's no suspense at all. The final scene of tractors vs. t-rex was clearly done with wooden toys and catchup gore. A must-see for trash maniacs. Are there are actually 2 sequels to this THING? WHY???

This movie was awful

[masterchief3021 · 1/10 · 4 July 2006]

This movie is the most lousy movie out there, and the sad part is Jurassic Park came before this movie or the same year. If you are going to watch this one I recommend that you get ready to laugh, and when I mean laugh you really laugh because it thats bad. The movie looked like it came from the 60's with the horrible acting and the dinosaurs look like something out of Godzilla and Godzilla is twice the movie then this one. I would recommend watching the second one because that was even funnier then this one, but Jurassic Park and Godzilla beat this movie in the dirt. Please stay away form this movie. If you really want to see how horrible of a movie this is wait until it comes out on the Sci-fi channel or even on Showtime. Don't waste your money on this movie or any Carnosaur movies, even thought the second one was funny, but still don't bother spending 5 or even 10 bucks on this movie it should be destroyed.

The darkest dinosaur film I've ever seen!

[Big_Mike549 · 8/10 · 21 October 2002]

So much more horror then any Jurassic Park movie! Carnosaur is one of the only films that the genre falls into "horror" and "dinosaurs." From beginning to end it's a true cult-classic for a those few die hard fans that are out there. But let's hope they don't go extinct. The #1 complaint has been that the special effects suck. Okay, the T-Rex was too fake for me but the little green raptor really rocks. Like when it takes down those idiotic kids in their jeep to when it takes down those chained environmentalists. And I loved how the writer named all the major characters after birds. What an irony! And for the novel, every dino fan should read Harry Adam Knight's Carnosaur! I own the novel on paperback and it is no longer in print from what I've heard so run and find a copy from a used shop or the web. And I really thought it was funny how some of the characters would be eating chicken like Clint Howard and then get taken down by the dinosaur. How ironic! I would have given this movie a perfect 10 if it only if they had dropped the concept about "women giving birth to dinosaurs"! But a movie like this is so rare to find and so fun to watch. And you'll never look at chickens the same way again!

8/10

The world-famous dinosaur movie from 1993!

[Coventry · 6/10 · 25 December 2023]

Well, here's a movie that for sure doesn't need an introduction! It's the biggest commercial success of 1993, or perhaps even of the entire 90s decade, and simultaneously the film that was single-handedly responsible for generating a massive dinosaur-hype that is still ongoing today! It's the...

Wait, what is it you say? Not this one?? Steven Spielberg?!?

Okay, "Carnosaurs" isn't "Jurassic Park", but surely proud producer Roger Corman never wanted this to be anything more than a joyously trashy and gore-soaked B-movie for undemanding audiences. You can't even call it a rip-off or an uninspired attempt to cash in on the success of Spielberg's hit, because "Carnosaur" unfolds like a typical 70s or 80s exploitation horror flick set in a remote little town and featuring deranged scientists and monsters on the loose.

While her daughter Laura Dern shines on the big screen in "Jurassic Park", Diane Ladd really steals the show here, as the brilliant but utterly bonkers Dr. Tiptree who allegedly works for the US Military but secretly performs experiments with dinosaur DNA, and somehow manages to hatch T-Rexes and Velociraptors via the eggs of regular chickens. Her mission: give the planet back to the dinosaurs, and thus, soon after, rapidly growing and always-hungry monsters are munching their way through the population of a little desert town.

Look at the poster image. Look at the names involved. In case you were disappointed by "Carnosaur", and co-responsible for the current IMDb rating of barely 3.6 out of 10, you only have yourself to blame. You can't expect great cinema in terms of plotting and suspense, or expensive special effects. However, you may expect a massive body count, unhinged and gooey splatter effects, and old-fashioned and dedicated handicraft effects (remote-controlled robots, suits, and puppets). Oh, and for the fans of dystopian Sci-Fi and horror, there's also a bleak and unhappy ending.

Crap-o-saur

[vampi1960 · 1/10 · 2 August 2006]

carnosaur came out a little after Jurassic park,and the idea was there make a movie a little like Jurassic park on a meager budget,some of the Dino effects are awful to OK.the t Rex looks OK in some scenes . there's really disgusting gore effects like people getting arms bitten off and etc;Jurassic park had laura dern,carnosaur has her mom;Diane ladd as a scientist experimenting with Dino DNA and chicken eggs.its lowbrow stuff.Clint Howard makes an appearance as a local also stars beautiful blonde Jennifer Runyon as an extremist.the movie is sick, not funny and a depressing mess.i usually like roger corman movies but not this one.i think the sequels were a little better,the last one was pretty good it was called raptor and it starred Corbin bernsen,and Eric (not as famous as his sister)Roberts and sexy Melissa brasielle. to quickly cash in on Steven Spielberg's great Jurassic park on a low budget dinosaur movie is terrible.the cast is wasted in this.Raphael sbarge(the hidden 2)also stars.after seeing carnosaur you may not look at chicken eggs the same again.trash o Rama,so bad its real bad.