Many reviewers call this a rip-off of Jaws. Rolling human heads, half bodies, bloody deaths, it’s a real dino-feast going on here! There are some incredibly hokey parts, too, including a Japanese country singer at a festival honoring the lake monster. The film has blood and angry gnashing of teeth, not recommended for young children. Some impressive scenes make up for the less aesthetic parts. In the fight scene, they try to ramp up the action but the lack of control of these puppets becomes awkwardly noticeable. The two dinos in this are not men in suits but puppetronics. The film was produced by Toei Productions (a Toho rival) that had sci-fi success earlier with The Green Slime. Eventually the Plesiosaur and the Rhamphorhynchus fight, as a volcano erupts, an earthquake hits and the land reclaims the dinosaurs. (Fossils of the actual creature show it as the size of a small dog, but in this film it’s the size of a plane.) The flying reptile heads straight for the populated beach area to cause havoc and terror. The explorer says, “Hey look, a giant egg,” to which the egg replies, “Hey look, dinner.” Out comes this giant flying reptile which resembles a Rhamphorhynchus. They enter a big cavern and discover some giant eggs. Meanwhile, two explorers at the base of a mountain explore some caves. She fights, screams, punches and kicks, hanging upside-down, her leg bleeding profusely. There’s a violent attack as the monster grabs one woman out of the raft by her leg. Two marine biologists go out exploring on the river to investigate the legend of a sea serpent. Camps hold activities, people fish, people explore, and people get eaten by a giant Plesiosaur in the lake. Rare and Obscure Dinosaur films The Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)ġ977, in the shadow of Mount Fuji, lay the unspoiled land of lakes, mountains, and caves.
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