Raptor (film)
Raptor is a 2001 American direct-to-video horror film directed by Jim Wynorski, produced by Roger Corman, and starring Eric Roberts, Melissa Brasselle, and Corbin Bernsen. It re-uses dinosaur footage from the Corman-produced Carnosaur film series, edited together with original footage shot by Wynorski. Raptor was produced by Corman's company New Concorde, which had worked on the Carnosaur films.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Jim Wynorski |
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| Produced by | Roger Corman |
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| Cinematography | Andrea V. Rossotto |
| Edited by | Max K. Atkins |
| Music by | James Horner |
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| Distributed by | New Concorde |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
When a series of unexplained vicious animal attacks strikes his community, Sheriff Jim Tanner and his assistant Barbara trace them back to a Dr. Hyde, a former military researcher whose government funding for a dinosaur cloning project was cut.[3] When the Pentagon discovers Hyde obtained foreign backing to continue his experiments, they send in a strike team to save Tanner and Barbara and stop Hyde.
Cast edit
- Eric Roberts as Sheriff Jim Tanner
- Melissa Brasselle as Barbara Phillips
- Corbin Bernsen as Dr. Frank Hyde
- Tim Abell as Captain Connelly
- William Monroe as Captain York
- Lorissa McComas as Lola Tanner, Sheriff Tanner's Daughter
- Frank Novak as Lyle Shell
- Bruce Nozick as FBI Agent
- Harrison Page as Deputy
- Grant Cramer as McCoy, Hyde's Henchman
- Brian Lynn Graham as The Coroner
- GiGi Erneta as Henderson
Reception edit
Psychotronic Video wrote that the dinosaur effects "are as painfully awful" as the Carnosaur films.[4] Riley Black, writing for Smithsonian in 2011, criticized the film's recycled footage for its lack of continuity.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Berry, Mark F. (2015). The Dinosaur Filmography. McFarland. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-4766-0674-3. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ Gross, G. Noel (November 18, 2001). "Raptor". DVD Talk. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Raptor (2001) | Worsemovies". Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ^ "Raptor". Psychotronic Video. 2002. p. 65. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ Black, Riley (September 21, 2011). "Dinosaur Drive-In: Raptor". Smithsonian. Retrieved November 20, 2020.