Carnosaur

Carnosaur (1993)

  • 11% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 17% of users liked it
    (6,423 ratings)

One of the more popular features from Roger Corman's "B"-factory Concorde/New Horizons, Carnosaur perpetuates the grand Corman tradition of zeroing in on a big-budget Hollywood studio moneymaker, then dashing off a quick-and-dirty poor man's version before moss gets a chance to… More

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In Theaters
May 21, 1993 Wide
Concorde/New Horizons Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Michael H. Price, Fort Worth Business Press

    The anti-'Jurassic Park' -- meaner and more provocative but intolerably cheap.

  • Gabe Leibowitz, eCinemaCenter.com

    Few movies have ever been more inept and ridiculous...but maybe that's the point.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Just about as bad as it sounds.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Spielberg, take note: Dinosaur attacks should be GORY!

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  • Luke B


    Roger Corman and his B-Movie pals make the world a much better place to live. Carnosaur is unashamedly bad. From the wonky crooked dinosaur puppets, to the acting which stumbles between remembering lines and confusion as to where they are. Rather than going for the simplistic take of… More

  • E.J. B


    In 1993, two dinosaur movies came out. Jurassic Park was one of them. But a month before that film was released, out came Carnosaur, a ridiculous B-movie with effects comparable to the Godzilla movies. A mad scientist decides to wipe out humanity and return dinosaurs to the kings… More

  • Caesar M


    We don't get to see enough Dinosaurs on screen mostly because a majority of the time the movie sucks. There been a few exceptions like King Kong, The Lost World, and the Jurassic series where Dinosaurs were awesome. Unfortunately we have more movies like Carnosaur that kill… More

  • Steven V


    This movie is lame. It have a weird story of how women are impregnated with dinosaur eggs. The special effects are terrible.

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