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Carnosaur 2
''Carnosaur 2'' is a 1995 action horror film, and the sequel to the 1993 film '' Carnosaur''. It is the second of the ''Carnosaur'' film series. It stars John Savage, Cliff DeYoung, Rick Dean, Ryan Thomas Johnson, Arabella Holzbog and Don Stroud. The film is about a team of technicians who go to the Yucca Mountain nuclear mining facility to investigate problems concerning power and communications. They discover that the facility has been overrun by cloned dinosaurs. The film's plot shares many similarities with the 1986 film '' Aliens''. Before its predecessor had completed production, ''Carnosaur 2'' was already being planned by executive producer Roger Corman. Effects artist John Buechler returned for the sequel, which re-used his dinosaur models from the original ''Carnosaur''. Filming took place during an 18-day shoot, including a week of filming at a power plant near Castaic Lake in California. ''Carnosaur 2'' was released direct-to-video in mid-February 1995. It received m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Elliott (filmmaker)
Mike Elliott is an American film producer, film director and writer. He has produced or co-produced over 100 films, with a special focus on direct-to-video sequels. Early life Mike Elliott was born in Ventura, California but raised just outside Bend, Oregon. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Soviet Studies. Career After landing intern positions at various television and film companies, Elliott found his footing interning for independent filmmaker Roger Corman and eventually became a vice-president at Corman's Concorde New Horizons, serving as liaison and producer with partner companies such as Showtime. Elliot has said that “It got to a point where we shrugged our shoulders and slowly realized theatrical was about prestige more than it was a sales factor ... The box and the cast became more important." In 1995, Elliott co-founded Capital Arts Entertainment with Rob Kerchner and Joe Genier. Elliott and Capital Arts Entertainment would become pioneers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |