The
storyline revolves around a giant plesiosaur that emerges from Crater
Lake. As people are attacked by the monster, the Sheriff investigates
along with a group of scientists in order to stop the creature.
The
story really begins when a meteor crashes into Northern California's
Crater Lake, and unearths a dinosaur egg. The heat from the meteor
causes the egg to hatch, and the Crater Lake Monster starts
terrorizing everyone around the Lake.
With
that said, let's just get real here. This movie is bad in every
sense. It may well be one of the worst movies ever made. Everything
about this is bad and yet I still recommend this as a good movie to
watch.
It's
not too realistic as it uses stop motion effects to show the monster
and the characters are witless, dumb and silly. In other words this
is a great flick for young kids to watch. It lacks the realistic gore
of what is produced today.
The
score is canned, and is often just ridiculously placed, the acting is
bad, and this is what makes this Monster flick funny. It has an
assortment of characters that are funny in what is supposed to be a
scary flick.
The
main character and co-writer Richard Cardella recounts: Crown
International was part of the financing and they just screwed up
everything. They pulled their support for some key scenes (that would
have explained a lot and plugged some of the obvious holes), added a
canned score that really sucked, and turned it over to some hack to
edit. The asshole didn't even use a fade or dissolve in the whole
freakin' picture!
No
matter what anyone says this is a good movie to let your kids
complain about...so, get your popcorn and hot chocolate and feast on
this turkey. If you don't fall asleep during this film, maybe you'll
be laughing and critiquing it along with your kids. They'll probably
laugh at you and say where did you find this horrible movie? If
you're laughing and having a fun evening, regardless of the movies
quality then it's well worth the time.
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Side note - We also like to watch old Godzilla movies where the words
spoken don't match the lip movements, we just laugh and think it's
funny.
Don't
get wrapped up in things that seem too real, you'll find yourself
more engrossed and having less fun.
If
you want to stream it, check the link below
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you want to download it, get the web browser extension below.
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Initial
release: 1977
Director:
William R. Stromberg
Box
office: 3 million USD
Budget:
100,000 USD
Written
by: William R. Stromberg and Richard Cardella
Cast:
- Sheriff Steve Hanson - Richard Cardella
- Arnie Chabot - Glenn Roberts
- Mitch Kowalski - Mark Siegel
- Richard Calkins - Bob Hyman
- Dan Turner - Richard Garrison
- Susan Patterson - Kacey Cobb
- Ross Conway - Michael Hoover
- Paula Conway - Suzanne Lewis
- Senator Jack Fuller - Marv Eliot
- Blackmailer - Garry Johnston
- Waitress - Susy Claycomb
- Villager - Jim Goeppinger
Despite
being a critical flop, the film was a commercial success having made
$3 million with a $100,000 budget. Since its release, the film, has
been re-released on VHS, and then later again on DVD. More recently, it has also been
released on Blu-ray disc. You'll likely find it in bargain bins or
maybe a resell shop.
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