Raptor
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. 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.
Why it matters
A modestly executed early-2000s creature feature that blends dinosaur cloning with military sci-fi paranoia, delivering straightforward thrills for fans of B-movie monster madness.
- Practical effects and animatronics aim for nostalgia over realism, evoking pre-CGI creature features.
- Corbin Bernsen’s mad scientist adds campy gravitas, anchoring the familiar “mad bio-researcher” trope.
- Echoes of Jurassic Park and Aliens offer genre comfort food, if you crave dino terror without blockbuster polish.
- Best suited for viewers who appreciate earnest low-budget creature flicks and early millennium sci-fi horror mashups.
Director
29 horror films in catalog
Chopping Mall 1986
Not of This Earth 1988
Transylvania Twist 1989
The Return of Swamp Thing 1989
The Haunting of Morella 1990
Sorority House Massacre II 1990
Scream Queen Hot Tub Party 1991
976-Evil II 1992
Ghoulies IV 1994
The Wasp Woman 1995
Sorceress 1995
Vampirella 1996
Raptor 2001
Project Viper 2002
Cheerleader Massacre 2003
The Curse of the Komodo 2004
Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness 2004
The Thing Below 2004
Komodo vs. Cobra 2005
Witches of Breastwick 2 2005
The House on Hooter Hill 2007
Bone Eater 2008
Vampire In Vegas 2009
Dinocroc vs. Supergator 2010
Camel Spiders 2011
Piranhaconda 2012
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Scared Topless 2015
Giantess Battle Attack! 2022
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
57
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
0
Supernatural
0
Creature
73
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
67
Cerebral
0
Survival
66
