Raptor (2001)

When Sheriff Jim Tanner investigates a string of unexplained and grisly killings, he uncovers a prehistoric terror.

Directors:

Jim Wynorski (as Jay Andrews), John Blush

Writers:

Frances Doel, Michael B. Druxman

Stars:

Eric Roberts, Corbin Bernsen, Melissa Brasselle

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Roberts	...	Sheriff Jim Tanner
Corbin Bernsen	...	Dr. Hyde
Melissa Brasselle	...	Barbara Phillips
Tim Abell	...	Capt. Connellly
William Monroe	...	Capt. York
Harrison Page	...	Deputy Ben Glover (as Harrison Paige)
Lorissa McComas	...	Lola Tanner
Frank Novak	...	Lyle Schell (as Frank Novack)
Grant Cramer	...	Josh McCoy
Teresa DePriest	...	Karen
Eric James	...	Brady
James Cromwell	...	Benny
Alexandra Raines Lewinson	...	Devinger (as Alexandra Raines)
GiGi Erneta	...	Henderson
Adam Gordon	...	Deputy Mike Baltin

Storyline

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. 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.

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Plot Keywords:

sex scene | mad scientist | velociraptor | mexican standoff | gore | 

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Taglines:

Fear will never be extinct

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for creature violence/gore, language and a scene of sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Purex Poultry truck is a Mitsubishi Fuso.

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Goofs

In many scenes in this movie you can see that the location of the events changes, from one place to another totally different place. Even in the same scene the location may change between shots. This happens because the movie took most of its scenes from other movies.

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Quotes

Lewis: Animal, vegetable, mineral?
Capt. Connellly: What? Are those things you've had up your ass?

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Our VHS Collection (2019)

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Soundtracks

Trip Upriver
From the score to the film "Humanoids from the Deep"
by James Horner
[also used for the end credits]

User Reviews

Corman strikes again

Oy vey... Jurrasic Park got Corman-ized. As usual the plot is wafer thin, from 1 foot tall dinosaurs that weigh 150 pounds and leave tracks bigger than they are, to inexplicable science which uses lasers to keep the dinosaurs in check and poultry trucks which have chickens loose in cages large enough for big dogs (I've seen chicken trucks they are all in cages the size of shoe boxes). And all that is in the first 15 minutes of this disaster of a film. All the male actors are imbeciles (thinking a grizzly might be loose in the desert, constantly dropping items to give the raptor an easy kill) and the female actors all look like they just came from a modeling shoot for Fredrick's of Hollywood. The raptor itself is the worst thing since the Hobgoblins (from the movie of the same name), it looks like they had a hand puppet version and a plastic model for the "motion" shots. If you want a good movie to sit around and heckle MST3K style, this is gold. If you want competent film making and good acting... don't watch a Roger Corman film. Acting gets a 4 out 10, some of the players upon this stage did try. Story gets a 2 out of 10, it reads like a drunken storytelling session gone bad. Special effects gets a 2 out of 10, I've seen worse, but not many.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Raptor

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concorde-New Horizons

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min 89 min (special uncut DVD) 82 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1