Raptor (film)

Raptor
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Directed by	Jim Wynorski
Written by	Frances Doel Michael B. Druxman Jim Wynorski
Produced by	Roger Corman
Starring	Eric Roberts Melissa Brasselle Corbin Bernsen
Cinematography	Andrea V. Rossotto
Edited by	Max K. Atkins
Music by	James Horner
Production company	New Concorde
Distributed by	New Concorde
Release date	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Raptor is a 2001 American direct-to-video horror film directed by Jim Wynorski, produced by Roger Corman, and starring Eric Roberts, Melissa Brasselle, and Corbin Bernsen. It re-uses dinosaur footage from the Corman-produced Carnosaur film series, edited together with original footage shot by Wynorski. Raptor was produced by Corman's company New Concorde, which had worked on the Carnosaur films. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

When a series of unexplained vicious animal attacks strikes his community, Sheriff Jim Tanner and his assistant Barbara trace them back to a Dr. Hyde, a former military researcher whose government funding for a dinosaur cloning project was cut. ^[3] When the Pentagon discovers Hyde obtained foreign backing to continue his experiments, they send in a strike team to save Tanner and Barbara and stop Hyde.

Cast

• Eric Roberts as Sheriff Jim Tanner
• Melissa Brasselle as Barbara Phillips
• Corbin Bernsen as Dr. Frank Hyde
• Tim Abell as Captain Connelly
• William Monroe as Captain York
• Lorissa McComas as Lola Tanner, Sheriff Tanner's Daughter
• Frank Novak as Lyle Shell
• Bruce Nozick as FBI Agent
• Harrison Page as Deputy
• Grant Cramer as McCoy, Hyde's Henchman
• Brian Lynn Graham as The Coroner
• GiGi Erneta as Henderson

Reception

Psychotronic Video wrote that the dinosaur effects "are as painfully awful" as the Carnosaur films. ^[4] Riley Black, writing for Smithsonian in 2011, criticized the film's recycled footage for its lack of continuity. ^[5]

See also

• List of films featuring dinosaurs

References

1. Berry, Mark F. (2015). The Dinosaur Filmography. McFarland. p. 340. ISBN   978-1-4766-0674-3 . Retrieved November 20, 2020.
2. Gross, G. Noel (November 18, 2001). "Raptor". DVD Talk. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
3. "Raptor (2001) | Worsemovies". Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
4. "Raptor". Psychotronic Video. 2002. p. 65. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
5. Black, Riley (September 21, 2011). "Dinosaur Drive-In: Raptor". Smithsonian. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

External links

• Raptor at IMDb
• Raptor at TCMDB
• Raptor at Letterbox DVD