Pterodactyl (2005)

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...

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writer:

Mark Sevi

Stars:

Cameron Daddo, Coolio, Amy Sloan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

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...

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Plot Keywords:

volcano | pterodactyl | scientist | prehistoric egg | prehistoric monster | 

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Taglines:

Evil is in the air.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pterodactyl - A Ameaça Jurássica

Filming Locations:

Milin, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

American World Pictures (AWP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

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).

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Goofs

The boulder Angie sits on moves when she sits on it.

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Quotes

Captain Bergin: Don't move or I'll blow your nutsack off!

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Connections

Featured in Obscurus Lupa Presents: Sci-Fi Original Movie Double Feature #2: Pterodactyl (2010)

User Reviews

Prehistoric birds attacking human beings on the Turkish-Armenian border

The movie is developed on the Armenian-Turkish frontier where a students group(Amy Sloan, and a gorgeous Mircea Monroe, among them) and their professor(Cameron Daddo)undergo an archaeological expedition. In a dormant volcano closes an incredible secret, a nest of pterodactyls eggs, accurately preserved, are ready to hatch . Meanwhile a contra-terrorist team led by a tough commander(Coolio) tracks down Armenian dangerous terrorist. Then Pterodactyls spontaneously attack and the humans try desperately to escape and grisly death happen, while the soldiers use their technological weapons.

The movie delivers the goods with hair-rising chills and noisy scares when the Pterodactyls appear savagely stalking its prey and attacking. This is an OK amusing juvenile with thin characters and contrived plot but quite entertaining . It's remarkable for FX recreation the ferocious and carnivorous beast developing a bloodthirsty hunger for human eating. The actors give vigorous physical performances dodging the prehistoric giant birds recreated by the prolific computer generator, as usual. The Pterodactyls, themselves, of course, are the real stars, and they're marvellous terrifying astounding, and quite convincing. The motion picture is professionally produced and directed by Mark L Lester. He's a cool director and producer-American World Pictures- of B movies , his greatest success was during the 80s, when he directed hits , such as ¨Commando, Firestarter, Showdown in Little Tokio and Class of 1984¨ . No for small children for realistic, gory and violent attack scenes. Rating : Average but entertaining.