Prehysteria!

"The Family Movie You've Been Waiting Ages For!"

1993 1h 24m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 68

FamilyDramaFantasyComedy

Synopsis

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A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs which hatch to reveal a brood of baby dinosaurs.

“The Family Movie You've Been Waiting Ages For!”

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Cast

Brett Cullen
Frank
Colleen Morris
Vicki
Samantha Mills
Monica
Austin O'Brien
Jerry
Tony Longo
Louis
Stuart Fratkin
Ritchie
Stephen Lee
Rico Sarno
Tom Williams
Whitey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charles Band
Writers: Mark Goldstein, Greg Suddeth, Michael Davis
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Prehysteria Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Charles Band, shot by Adolfo Bartoli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Band. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Margeret-Anne Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Brett Cullen and Colleen Morris and Samantha Mills carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Charles Band directs. Adolfo Bartoli behind the camera. Richard Band scores. Margeret-Anne Smith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
233 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4Part of the "Prehysteria Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Charles Band, shot by Adolfo Bartoli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Richard Band. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Margeret-Anne Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Brett Cullen and Colleen Morris and Samantha Mills carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The Family Movie You've Been Waiting Ages For!".
10IMDB entry: tt0107870 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 68 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Adolfo Bartoli
Original score: Richard Band
Editing: Margeret-Anne Smith
Production design: Milo
Costume design: Mark Bridges
Makeup / hair: Keith Hall
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Prehysteria! (1993)

Part of

Prehysteria Collection

Prehysteria! is a series of three family-oriented, non-horror, monster movie films made in the early to mid-1990s about the adventures of five miniature baby dinosaurs named after famous pop musicians. The dinosaurs were Elvis, a male Tyrannosaurus rex, Paula, a female Brachiosaurus, Jagger, a male Stegosaurus, Hammer, a male Chasmosaurus, and Madonna, a female Geosternbergia (despite having the crest of a male). The films were made by Moonbeam Entertainment, the family-oriented sub-brand of B-movie producer Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment. Richard Band, Michael Bishop, and Fuzzbee Morse composed the music for the movies.