Dinosaurus!

Dinosaurus! (1960)

Alive with thrills that started a million years ago!

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.

Date of release
1960-07-20
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (52)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Director
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $400K
  • Filmed in: United States Virgin Islands

Dinosaurus! is a 1960 science-fiction film directed by Irvin Yeaworth and produced by Jack H. Harris.

Production

Parts of the film were shot on location, some of which took place on the island of St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The dinosaurs were filmed using the technique of stop-motion animation, with puppets for close-ups.

During special-effects work on this picture, the crew used their Brontosaurus model and miniature jungle set to film a shot for an episode of TV's The Twilight Zone (1959) called "The Odyssey of Flight 33". A shot of the T. rex was also borrowed for "The Secret of Gilligan's Island", a third-season episode of Gilligan's Island in which Gilligan dreams the castaways are all cave dwellers living on the island in the Stone Age.

The roars and growls of the T. rex were used numerous times for creatures in The Outer Limits in episodes, such as "The Invisibles", and can also be heard from various other film monsters.

The toy dinosaurs Julio shows everyone at the cantina were Brontosaurus and T. rex plastic figures made by Marx Toys.

The leading role was intended for Steve McQueen, who had starred in The Blob two years earlier, also produced by Harris and directed by Yeaworth. McQueen passed on the film to make The Magnificent Seven, instead.

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