I was pretty excited when I found Carnosaur on VHS at the local outlet.I don't know what I was expecting.I don't think I was expecting anything GREAT but I wasn't expecting anything bad either.It was more bad than anything.I read on IMDb that there's a part 2 & 3.After watching this movie I can't believe they made a sequel & even more amazing, a third.I LOVE bad movies so if I had a chance I'd watch them though.If I didn't, I know I wouldn't watch them at all.I read a few reviews saying Carnosaur is just a Jurassic Park rip off since they both came out at the same time but I say who knows? who cares? I HATED Jurassic Park & Carnosaur wasn't all that great either but if I had to choose between the 2, I'd have to go with Carnosaur.At least Carnosaur was entertaining enough to keep me awake.When Jurassic Park 1st came out, I fell asleep in the theater.The thing that surprised me the most was the ending.It was pretty shocking & came out of nowhere.Maybe I have to give Carnosaur another shot 1 of these days to appreciate it but it won't be anytime soon

Here's a gory and campy fun movie from Roger Corman studios that does not take itself seriously, therefore belongs in the "so bad its good" category of silly B-movies. Diane Ladd is a brilliant biologist secretly experimenting with a deadly virus and a new species of dinosaur in a plot to wipe out human existence. Her genetic cross-breed is made possible by.... you guessed it, Chickens! The prehistoric predators are now lose in the desert outskirts of the bioengineering facility, and wreck gory havoc on the surrounding population, including environmental enthusiasts, teenage party-goers, a roughneck maintenance man, and of course, Clint Howard, who always seems to make an appearance in theses types of movies, and not to mention a climatic battle between a bobcat bulldozer and a T-Rex.It took two directors to put together this nonsense, and the formula consists of rubbery dinosaurs, plenty of limb ripping, grotesque monster births, and tons of gore and mayhem. Its fast-paced and hilarious, despite whether or not the laughs are achieved intentionally. The performances are well done, and the directors' use of lighting and camera trickery do it justice. If the big-budget hit, Jurassic Park is more to your liking, you will probably hate this little creature feature, but keep in mind the creators were probably spoofing the whole deal, and something is said about people who contribute to destroying the environment. Regardless of its philosophical ideology, its not meant to be analyzed. Approach it with a sense of humor, and you'll find this to be quite a ride.

I've been a huge dinosaur nut ever since I was 3 years old. Possibly even before that, but my memory of being one goes back to when I was 3 (Yes, I actually remember this) and I saw my very first look at a dinosaur – a rubber (and I've since been told a very annoyingly squeaky) toy Triceratops. My parents bought it for me and from that moment on, my life's biggest passion was born – Dinosaurs. Growing up (and still to this day), I have to see anything that has dinosaurs in it, no matter how good or bad. As a kid, that wasn't really a problem – until 1993 when my 8-year-old eyes befell a little VHS tape on the video store shelf called Carnosaur. The dinosaur on the cover looked just awesome (again, at the time and to my kid eyes), as I had never before seen a live-action dinosaur beyond old black and white movies (side note: When I saw Jurassic Park for the first time later that very same year, it blew my little mind). I looked at the pictures on the back of the box and instantly knew I just had to see this movie. However, when I went to go bring it to my parents to rent it for me, they had forbidden it because it had the dreaded R Rating that has a long and evil history of stopping many young kids in their tracks. Now, to my young mind, I couldn't understand why a dinosaur movie - something I had thought was a topic that was always kid-friendly - was R Rated. Over the years, I kept seeing not only Carnosaur but it's growing number of sequels – first Carnosaur 2 and then Carnosaur 3: Primal Species, always checking out the pictures on the back and thinking how awesome these movies must be. Then in 2001, once I entered Grade 10 in High School and I was able to go out and rent what I wanted, the next time I saw the Carnosaur VHS tape sitting in that video store, I snatched it up and watched it. And yes...it was bad. Very bad. Horrible. Dreadful even. And I loved every minute of it.

This film may not have had the budget or the big name actors found in Jurassic Park, but I find myself watching this movie over and over unlike Jurassic Park. Sure the dinosaurs look like they are hand puppets, but for me that is the fun of it. The gore is also way above what is found in Jurassic Park, and that is probably a selling point for me as well.The people in this film obviously worked hard at making it, even if they didn't receive the $20 million salaries. In fact the budget for the entire film was around $1.2 million, and in limited release grossed about $1.7 million, which is what Roger Corman was best at.Chicken DNA plus Diane Ladd = dinosaurs hatching from chicken eggs, and women infected with virus that induces them to give live dino-birth. DARPA conspiracies and Clint Howard gets eaten by dinosaur, and a very silly looking T-Rex make this film one of the all time low budget greats.