''Dinosaur from the Deep'' is a 1993 French horror science-fiction

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by filmmaker Norbert Moutier and starring Jean Rollin, Tina Aumont and Sylvaine Charlet.

Plot

After the death penalty has been abolished in 2004, and not knowing how to deal with an abominable criminal recidivist, the FBI's experts and lawyers decide to send the condemned on a journey through time to a time when the sentence still applied. For financial reasons, this expedition is coupled with a scientific mission charged with tracing the first

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. They find they did exist, and the crew is in pursuit of the prisoner now at large.

Production

The film was produced to capitalize on the success of

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''. It was deliberately filmed on a low budget, with the dinosaurs being made of clay and papier-mâché. In some scenes, the animals “come to life” using

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animation; even a toy dinosaur is used for some shots with this technique.

Cast

* Jean Rollin as Professeur Harry Nolan * Tina Aumont as Nora * Sylvaine Charlet as Peggy Nolan * Guy Godefroy as Calvin * N.G. Mount as Kruger (as Bert Goldman) * Quelou Parente as Cave Girl *

Christophe Bier Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (given name), list of people with this name * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic str ...

as Lawyer *

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as Nurse * Gérard Stum as Avocado Man *

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as Photographer

Release

The film was not released theatrically in France, but only in VHS in 1994.

Reception

This movie has a current grade of 3.6/10 on IMDb based on 67 ratings.

References

External links

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''Dinosaur From the Deep''
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