Prehysteria! (film series)
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Directed by | Paramount Home Video |
Release date | 1993–1995 |
Running time | 250 minutes (3 films) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Prehysteria! is a series of three
Development
In the early 1990s, Charles Band was working on a new label from Full Moon Entertainment, called Moonbeam Entertainment. Moonbeam Entertainment was created specifically for family, science fiction and fantasy films created for children and adults with no "hard edge" to them. Around the same time, storyboard artist Peter von Sholly, approached Band with a concept about creating a movie about miniature dinosaurs. Band, intrigued with the idea, thought that it was perfect to be the first Moonbeam film. David Allen Productions and Mark Rappaport created the special effects for all of the films.
The first Prehysteria! was co-directed by Charles and Albert Band and it was released in 1993. The film was a huge success, gaining over $100,000,000 in rental sales.[
Films
Prehysteria!
Released in 1993, Prehysteria! tells the story of Rico Sarno, a museum curator, who enters a
Cast
- Brett Cullen as Frank Taylor
- Colleen Morris as Vicki Vandell
- Samantha Mills as Monica Taylor
- Austin O'Brien as Jerry Taylor[1]
- Tony Longo as Louis
- Stuart Fratkin as Ritchie
- Stephen Lee as Rico Sarno
- Tom Williams as Whitey
- Frank Welker as Elvis, Paula, Jagger, Hammer and Madonna
Reception
TV Guide called it "the worst kind of kids' film".[2]
Prehysteria! 2
Prehysteria! 2 was the sequel to the first film and was released in 1994. Mr. Cranston is a friend of the Taylors and he watches the mini-dinosaurs while they are on vacation. The five mini-dinosaurs break out of the Taylors' farm and accidentally get shipped into a crate of
Cast
- Kevin Connors as Brendan Wellington
- Jennifer Harte as Naomi
- Dean Scofield as Mr. Wellington
- Bettye Ackerman as Miss Winters
- Owen Bush as Mr. Cranston
- Greg Lewis as Ivan
- Michael Hagiwara as Mr. Hiro
- Larry Hankin as Ketchum
- Alan Palo as Killam
- Frank Welker as Elvis, Paula, Jagger, Hammer and Madonna
Prehysteria! 3
Prehysteria! 3 is the third and final film of the series, and was released in 1995. This time, the five dinosaurs fall out of the back of Mr. Cranston's truck, and they make their way to another family's home. The dinosaurs help the MacGregor family, who is struggling with their mini-putt golf course. Ella MacGregor (Whitney Anderson) is in love with her Scottish culture, but is sad that the mini-putt golf course is going under. She finds the dinosaurs, and with her family's help, they re-build the golf course with a dinosaur theme, which helps them a lot. But Ella's evil uncle Hal MacGregor (Bruce Weitz) is determined to take over the course by all means, and Ella and her parents must hide the mini-dinosaurs to protect them from danger.
Cast
- Whitney Anderson as Ella MacGregor
- Owen Bush as Mr. Cranston
- Dave Buzzotta as Heath MacGregor
- Thomas Emery Dennis as Dole
- John Fujioka as Mr. Yamamoto
- Matt Letscher as Needlemeyer
- Pam Matteson as Michelle MacGregor
- Michael R. Thayer as Jeff
- Bruce Weitz as Hal MacGregor
- Fred Willard as Thomas MacGregor
- Frank Welker as Elvis, Paula, Jagger, Hammer and Madonna
Home media
By 1995, all of the three films in the Prehysteria! series were out on VHS and
In 2018, the first film of the series received a Blu-Ray release[3] with a new transfer from the original 35mm camera negative.
See also
References
- The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ "Prehysteria". TV Guide. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Kauffman, Jeffrey. "Prehysteria! Blu-ray Review". Blu-Ray.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
External links
- Prehysteria! at IMDb
- Prehysteria! 2 at IMDb
- Prehysteria! 3 at IMDb