Stupidly beautiful. This movie epitomizes the 'so bad it's good' genre of films. The only two talents in it are Richard Boone and Joan van Ark, and only Boone is any good. It's kind of sad that the man who rose to fame as Paladin should wind up in this ugly pile of celluloid. While he turns in a fantastic performance, I couldn't help but feel that he so outclassed all his fellow actors in this piece that he shouldn't even have been there.The effects in this film are laughable, but fun. The idea of a dinosaur being buried in the wall of a cave and suddenly coming to life is B-movie gold. When the 'triceratops' gets killed, watch how it falls. It's clear that the stunt performer in the FRONT of the costume knows the timing best. He falls to the ground, well before the back half of the dinosaur follows suit.Speaking of 'suits', there is nothing good to say about the purple tyrannosaur, in this flick. It seems to have some kind of stealth technology, since Bunta (reputed to be the best tracker in the world) twice fails to notice it until it's within biting range of him. I don't know how all the prints are, but in the version I own, the Tyranno's roar contains Godzilla's trademark bellow.This is loads of fun, to watch, if you like bad movies. I love them, and especially bad monster movies, so I consider this the gem of my collection. If bad movies are your thing, definitely get this one.

Before I start this comment, I'd like to say that before I wathced this movie, I watched this show in the early 90's called DENVER THE LAST DINOSAUR. This show ran in the early 90's. This film has no relation ship with that silly old cartoon. But speaking of silly, some scenes in the film were kind of silly. The dinosaurs were men in rubber suits. The pterodactyl was a puppet on a string. The triceratops, the uintatherium, the turtle, and the T-Rex were guys in suits. When I heard the T-rex roar, it sounded a bit like Godzilla. Funny yes,like the cave-girl went into the guy's tent and the guy woke up and got scared. Plus the cartoonish scene with the catapult that fired a boulder, and rolled on the dino's head. I like the catchy theme music, and the theme music. The special effects was like those of Godzilla. The plot is like a combo between THE LOST WORLD and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. I thought the ending would be that Masen Thrust will capture the dino and send it to exhibition. Or escape the lost world. But I didn't see it coming that Masen Thrust ended up stayin' at the land. Sad ending eh? The film was shown on ABC on February 1977. Another Rankin Bass monster effort they did that was shown on TV was BREMUDA DEPTHS (1978). Film includes a giant turtle.

I'm not sure if these other people saw the movie - some apparently couldn't follow the "complicated plot". He's a billionaire who owns an oil company who ALSO happens to big game hunt - wow - that's really far fetched. Any way - his new "drilling machine" happens to break through a glacier and on the other side is a world seperated from our own time where dinosaurs and cavemen wander around. Nothing ground breaking about this but it certainly isn't ludicrous. Anyway the rest of the movie is about this T-Rex they find (which the billionaire, Boone, claimed was there) hunting them and them hunting it. Look - it's an old made for TV movie - of course the special effects look cheesy - they didn't have CG - they did the best they could and for a MFTVM they did a hell of a job for the time. This movie should be remade for the big screen - I'd love it and I'd be the first one in line. Seeing that Dinosaur with modern day special effects stalking those guys would be great!

I remember watching this stinker as a young kid. Richard Boone makes this movie. Salty-ass ham baby!! Stalking around prehistory sounding like Tom Waits' dad and wearing some funky, disco duck clothing. Always ready to kill the dinosaurs with his trusty 30-06. Not to nitpick or anything....but is that a big enough rifle to take down a dino? I mean, you have to have a pretty big slug to down an elephant quickly right? I'd bet bagging a dinosaur would be even tougher than dropping Dumbo.