Pterodactyl (2005)

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writer:

Mark Sevi (writer)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Ptowering Pterror

Plot:

A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch... |

Plot Keywords:

Volcano | Covert Operation | Prehistoric Egg | Prehistoric Monster | One Word Title

Cast

Cameron Daddo	...	Prof. Michael Lovecraft
Coolio	...	Capt. Bergen
Amy Sloan	...	Kate Heinlein
George Calil	...	Serling
Ivo Cutzarida	...	Yolen
Steve Braun	...	Willis Bradbury
Mircea Monroe	...	Angie Lem
Jessica Ferrarone	...	Zelazny
Danna Lee	...	Gwen Kemper
Howie Lotker	...	Jason Donaldson
Duke Faeger	...	Burroughs (as Dusan Fager)
Todd Kramer	...	Clarke
David Nykl	...	Herbert
Petr Jákl	...	Tezo
Mikulás Kren	...	Berk (as Miki Kren)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:18 | UK:18 | Canada:14A | New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:16 | USA:Not Rated | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Milin, Czech Republic

Company:

American World Pictures (AWP)

Trivia:

Many of the characters are named after famous science-fiction and fantasy writers - Burroughs (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Clarke (Sir Arthur C. Clarke), Donaldson (Steven Donaldson), Heinlein (Robert A. Heinlein), Herbert (Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert), Lem (Stanislaw Lem), Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft), Serling (Rod Serling), Yolen (Jane Yolen) and Zelazny (Roger Zelazny).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Angie's arm gets ripped off by the pterodactyl and you see bloody strands on the severed arm but in the next shot it's clean and neat as if it were cut instead of torn off.

Quotes:

Angie: [teasing] Professor Lovecraft...

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

not the worst movie I've ever seen, but pretty close

I gave this movie 2*'s to save the rating of 1* on the chance that there are worse movies out there. It's possible. The acting was horrible, but I've seen worse (usually when they decide they need *real* athletes to play roles). The special effects were bad, but I've seen worse (they're usually 50 years old though). The dialog was ridiculous (trying to remember when I've seen worse, but nothing comes to mind -- oh wait, maybe some of the dialog in the recent Star Wars movies). As giant-monster-terrorizing-helpless-people movies go - they're not known for deep character development - this one stood out as being exceptionally bad, as none of the characters behave at any time in any way that a normal human would reasonably be expected to behave under the circumstances. That's quite an accomplishment in itself. This movie might have been funny with a roomful of good friends and lots of tequila. Unfortunately, I had neither at the time.