a movie with a T-rex that looks like Gorosaurus and sound like Godzilla that fights off another dinosaur while trying to eat people all in one movie is..... a movie that deserves to be remade!
I saw this movie when it aired on NBC in '77. Nealy pissed my pants laughing when the rock bounced of his skull and made an indentation. A true classic of the "made-for-T.V" genre.
Fun fact: The dinosaur suits were later reused for the Tsuburaya anime/tokusatsu hybrid Dinosaur War Izenborg. The T-rex is renamed "Ururu" (which to me, sounds like a Sgt. Frog character). And in addition to Izenborg (or Aizenborg, if you prefer), the dinosaur suits were also used in another Tsuburaya show, Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon/Kyoryu Sentai Koseidon (NOT to be confused with Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, which was the inspiration for the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers).
6:15: You're right, that's a Uintatherium. And it's a mammal. 7:07: Oh hi there, Toto! 10:22: OK, did Methuselah from Godzilla: King of the Monsters took cues from that Triceratops?
I absolutely love the theme song, especially at the ending. It's so overly melodramatic, and I love this kind of stuff. And Japan in the 70s and 80s was the goddamn master of the ballad!
The company that did the special effects for this film was none other than Tsuburaya Productions, the company that made the ever-sensational Ultra Series. In fact, the Tyrannosaurus suit, as well as the Triceratops, were reused costumes from their previous show, "Dinosaur Eizenborg", which fused live-action with anime.
Does anyone else feel like when they pitch this movie that went in and said James Bond villain fights Godzilla. Even the theme song sounds like a Shirley Bassey Bond song.
Tyler Shewchuk A little typo, it's Uintatherium, and they were built more like elephants but I don't fault you, lots of places call it rhino-like, only because of its horn thingies I suppose.
Saw this as a kid (around 10 years old) as it premiered on tv and loved it. The theme song was awesome. I crafted a home-made crossbow after this that shot clothesline pins. Helped my friend make one too so we could go "Dinosaur hunting."
Interestingly, this was produced by Rankin Bass, with music by Maury Laws who scored both their Tolkien adaptations, and Richard Boone voiced Smaug, thus making him both a dinosaur and a dragon 🙂
I am so glad I found this channel last night. You have reviewed so many movies from my childhood that this channel feels downright nostalgic. I was raised on monster movies.
My rose-tinted nostalgia goggles take on this was that the schlocky outdated dinosaur concepts (complete with a prerequisite screaming Japanese stomping victim no less) and the outdated chauvinistic white bwana concepts got left behind in an isolated environment to duke it out. While the new modern 70's woman and the new modern sensitive hairy chested 70's man hopped into the high tech silver phallic symbol and bored their way back to a better world and future. I can't see them remaking this without totally obliterating that. Unless they keep it set in the 70's and something like that was already attempted by that neck bearded Kong director who threw a sissy fit on twitter after CinemaSins ripped his precious period piece homage a new one.
Holy Cow! I saw this epic movie when it made its premiere on ABC I think. As a kid I loved it, since any movie with dinosaurs was my favorite! I remember reading that weeks TV Guide planning my weekend around it! Thanks for the memories Brandon!
I remember discovering this in a small video store. I also remember the box cover had a screencap that did not appear anywhere in the movie, where a very fake looking T. rex was surrounded by red lasers. It would only be years later I'd realize that screencap was actually from Carnosaur. How a shot from Carnosaur made it to the box cover of a completely different dinosaur movie I will likely never know. 🦖
8:00 Right around this time, I started wondering about the cast of Jurassic Park's reaction to this movie...and at least a few of them might have seen it...maybe. And then the reference came up. I am now happy with my subconscious
09:58 Ambush. Remember the scene in Jurassic Park when then the Rex ambushes a Galimimus (which is more difficlult then this one since its a much faster target) and the Carnotaurus at the beginning of Dinosaur (I don't really remember it)? Its also widely speculated among paleontologists that Tyrannosaurs and other large single theropods over time in evolution became more solitary ambush attackers instead of gangs as they were growing from size to size (e.g. Nanotyrannus > Dasplateosaurus > Lythronax > Tarbosaurus > Tyrannosaurus).
The Tyrannosaurus used the "Jason Vorhees Teleporting" technique ALOT in this film. He walks off in the other direction but somehow beats the group back to the camp first and kills the Dr?
8:32 : While it is possible for a bolt action rifle to jam, the causes of it would be dirt, a lack of adequate lubrication, or worn down parts. Things that a master hunter such as the great Maston Thrust would have never allowed on any of his prized rifles. Also, when I saw this film as a kid, I never once questioned why a Triceratops would come out of a mountainside. Of course it would, right?
As long as I live I'll never forget that scene of the catapult rock rolling through and denting the T-Rex's rubber head at the end. This was a Saturday morning movie staple growing up along with the various kaiju movies.
Holy shit. I just got hit by a wave of memories. I must have saw this when I was like 4 or something, and Ive never seen or hear of it since. For just a second there, it was like I was 4 years old again, remembering this movie. That was such a weird experience.
Fun fact; the special effects for the movie, as well as the shooting location, were handled by Tsuburaya Productions. The same company behind the Ultraman franchise.
Oh man I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid. Can't help but think this set the standard for dinosaur fights pre-Jurassic Park."You Ding Dong!" LMAO!!!
I saw this as a little kid when it was first released. I remember being very confused during the whole movie because I was trusting TV to make sense and it didn't. Great review.
your monter movie opening comments about where you saw them. you didn't ask, but for me as a kid my exposure was on our local Boston UHF channel 56. each Saturday during the 70's from 1-5pm WLVI 56 aired Creature Double Feature. War of the Gargantua's was the most memorable. the screams they did? and the eating people and spitting out the clothes still sticks in my head. Godzilla vs The Smog Monster had the most memorable commercial though.
Brandon, I love how your videos have gone untainted by time. Your videos today have the same feeling as these, it's almost like they can take me back to a humbler time.. and still make me laugh
The future Brandon thats so far in the future that he has transcended into a being of the universe and does all the 4th wall editing for every version of himself...but thats just a theory (yes i know this is from years ago)
I loved this stupid movie when I was eight. There were three reasons: 1. T-Rex kills loser Triceratops (usually the reverse happens) 2. T-Rex survives til the end and the geriatric hunter is clearly not gonna be able to kill him alone. 3. Dinosaurs rule!! However, eight year olds today would hate the pacing and outdated effects. Ah, well.
Well, you should have shown the end, where Thrust and Hazel meet up and make eye contact. No shit. And then, she follows him into the distance. So, he’s not alone after all and has a prehistoric booty call at his disposal.
Ironically having this slow T. rex is closer to an accurate T. rex speed than Jurassic park, with T. rex actually being pretty slow at 12-15mph. But you know, it didn’t get killed by getting it’s guts spilled by the triceratops while simultaneously being easy to defeat, so I guess it evens out.
Watched this as a 5 year old and loved it. For years my nightmares were usually me running from the T-Rex. Can't believe how cheesy it looks now. I still like it though
I think the triceratops and rex was the prehistoric equivalent of clouseau vs kato. Everytime he leaves his den. The trike hides and tries to jump him.
Now that MST3K is coming back, I'm rather hopeful this movie gets featured on the show, because really, it's tailor-made for them. Made in the 70s, co-produced by the Japanese, terrible special effects, a Joe Don Baker-esque lead performance by Richard Boone...it's a gold mine for them. And you can already hear the screams of disgust at the sight of Boone bedding Joan Van Ark.
Holy crap I thought I was the only person alive who had ever seen this movie. Had it on a VHS recorded from late-night TV. Loved it to death when I was 5, in the dark days before Jurassic Park where you took whatever Dinosaur action you could get.
Apparently dinosaurs just go into hibernation by "phasing" (thank you, Kitty Pryde) into cave walls. I mean, the Thrusting Bore's drill scrapes the rocks away from the triceratop's eye and it IMMEDIATELY SPRINGS TO RUBBERY LIFE, smashing through the rest of the wall. As awful as Boone looks, at least it suits his character. I can't take "Chuck" seriously because my eye is constantly drawn to the huge gap in Steven Keats' teeth, so large that David Letterman could park a Volkswagen Beetle in there. I'm surprised it wasn't the first place Thrust! checked when the Boring Thruster went missing. The Polish Thrustar itself is hilarious. Almost as roomy as the space capsule in "Monster A Go-Go", this thing's surface detail wouldn't prevent the body from simply spinning in place the instant the drill bit into rock, tumbling the occupants to death like a lethal laundry dryer.
So your honor....what is your judgement? Is this a good bad movie or an awful bad movie? Is it worth adding to a cult film collection or is it better left to the $5 dollar bins of history?
I love it, but it's strictly for B-movie fans and even then it may be an acquired taste. If I were compiling a list, it would rank higher than "Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds," "A*P*E," "Mystery on Monster Island" or the later first-run Gamera sequels like "vs Zigra," but lower than "At the Earth's Core" or "The People That Time Forgot." In fact, I'd put it neck-and-neck with its closest cinematic relative, "The Land That Time Forgot," with a slight advantage for that theme song.
Thank you for this post...Also thank you for showing these movies the love and attention they deserve.I miss TNT's Monster Vision too,thanks for bringing back "the good old days".
OMG! I just noticed at 17:55 on the right hand side of the screen, there appears to be part of a giant HUMAN skeleton hanging from a tree in the T-Rex's lair!!!!
At this point in the movie, he had just eaten the Japanese scientist who was part of the research crew. That was probably him. True, there were cave people in this movie as well, but I think they were too savvy and knew the area too well to get caught by a TR.
This movie is amazing. The badness has so much charm, and the plot is inventive to say the least. I owned this movie on VHS as a kid, and own it now on DVD.
*y o u d I n g d o n g* 😂😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣 (Edit) 13:18 how the hell can that human sized boulder be strong enough to topple a T. rex and did I hear someone called it a dragon
Great review, but I kept waiting for you to mention that it was produced by Rankin Bass, the same company behind holiday favorites like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman"!
I watched this movie on TV when it came out in the late 1970's. I remember thinking that it had potential but in the end, the only real redeeming quality it had was the theme song.
And he had no lines! (Which was probably a contract issue, as actors with no lines, even if they are not cameos, make less money). In addition, the only two crew members who get eaten are the Japanese guy and the Black guy! That TR is a white supremacist!
Last Dinosaur, Valley of Gwangi, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Lost Continent (Hammer), and Green Slime every weekend! Lost Continent was the only one that was hard to find on DVD, but I finally got all of those!
The Last Dinosaur I love washing this movie as a kid on TV hell i even have the VSH that my dad got me at Jamesway good times i do miss the 90s TV we did have some awsome tv shows in movies now then
The film premiered as an ABC Movie of the Week in February 1977. My theory is that the triceratops was covered in a rockslide until he T. Rex unwittingly dug it out. Although the cast was mostly American, this film was made in Japan, and Japanese movie monsters would often emerge from underground. And yes, the title could refer to the T. Rex or Masten himself.
A hippo-like body, sharp tusks, and the feet of an elephant. That is the powerful Uintatherium. He’s a prehistoric ungulate that is related to the rhinoceros.
So, despite his fearsome appearance and gait, he was a vegetarian? (I guess that is why everyone simply got out of his way rather than run for the hills when they saw him).
Actually its an extremely primitive Ungulate that predates the rhinoceros family by several million years. Its overall place in evolution is hotly debated but is thought to be only very distantly related the modern hoofed animals.
00:46 Human Skeleton just hanging out on a dead tree in the foreground. I guess the T Rex stripped the poor guy like a pork cube on a skewer then tossed the remains.
Thanks. I was born in 1978 and we had this on VHS, likely lifted from cable. Hadn't thought about it in at least 20 years. You provided the perfect trip down memory lane while saving me from feeling any need to re-watch it or subjecting my boys to it.
The writer of this film was at a convention and confirmed that the title referred specifically to Maston and NOT the dinosaur.
Well, that's kind of on the nose with the theme song playing as you learn how his life went. Better ask him about the Triceratops in the mountain.
Ghost of Slumber Mountain? @@leeroyjenkins7325
Neat.
“You swore to all of us that you were not going to harm the dinosaur!”
*Y O U D I N G D O N G !*
"You ding dong!"
Best line ever.
Aww that is awesome.
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Haha yes it is
a movie with a T-rex that looks like Gorosaurus and sound like Godzilla that fights off another dinosaur while trying to eat people all in one movie is..... a movie that deserves to be remade!
Seriously??? I have a hard time believing -- on second thought, no, I do believe. Never mind.
No, it's not. It's a different suit. It's the same f/x team though
The dinosaurs in this flick were made by Tsuburaya, of course it's gonna be reminiscent of Godzilla.
@@koopapoopypanya9485 OH MY GOD GOROSORUS 8S IN 3 MOVIES
The cave woman started the tradition of carrying a purse.
I saw this movie when it aired on NBC in '77. Nealy pissed my pants laughing when the rock bounced of his skull and made an indentation. A true classic of the "made-for-T.V" genre.
Oldie but Goodie.
@jayvega9641 Lol, I saw it on TV at the time it came out, too, and still remember that specific scene.
Back when Tyrannosaurus in movies walked upright.
I just watched a T-rex get taken down Wile E. Coyote style; today is a good day!
Fun fact: The dinosaur suits were later reused for the Tsuburaya anime/tokusatsu hybrid Dinosaur War Izenborg. The T-rex is renamed "Ururu" (which to me, sounds like a Sgt. Frog character). And in addition to Izenborg (or Aizenborg, if you prefer), the dinosaur suits were also used in another Tsuburaya show, Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon/Kyoryu Sentai Koseidon (NOT to be confused with Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, which was the inspiration for the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers).
6:15: You're right, that's a Uintatherium. And it's a mammal.
7:07: Oh hi there, Toto!
10:22: OK, did Methuselah from Godzilla: King of the Monsters took cues from that Triceratops?
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Found you
Looks like you beat me to it by four years XD
I absolutely love the theme song, especially at the ending. It's so overly melodramatic, and I love this kind of stuff. And Japan in the 70s and 80s was the goddamn master of the ballad!
My grandma had this on VHS and gave it to me since I was obsessed wth dinosaurs when I was 2-10 or 12... AND I LOVED THIS MOVIE
I am in the same situation u r buddy. i do want this movie on dvd tho. love this movie.
What a great grandmother! That is so awesome of her.
Even the T-Rex was shocked when that thing came out of the side of the damn mountain!
I know I was.
It was a rare relative of the triceratops, theWaDafuqasaurus, the most stealthy and sneaky of saurapods
"YOU DING-DONG!!!!!!!"
@@randomguy2518 you mean ceratopsians? Sauropods are the long necked Dino’s.
I found tons of things buried in the sides of mountains
The company that did the special effects for this film was none other than Tsuburaya Productions, the company that made the ever-sensational Ultra Series. In fact, the Tyrannosaurus suit, as well as the Triceratops, were reused costumes from their previous show, "Dinosaur Eizenborg", which fused live-action with anime.
The Triceratops suit wasn't reused from Aizenborg. The Last Dinosaur had a different Triceratops suit.
YOU DING DONG!!!!!!!!
You *D I N G D O N G .*
Sorry, this a Christian comment section. No swearing.
YOU DING DONG.
*THEMS FIGHTING WORDS RIGHT THERE!*
Ooh you touch my tralala. Mmmh, my ding ding dong
*“YOU DING DONG!”*
Hey them’s fighting words right there!
The woman's LIB era, 1970's.
5:26 I'll never be able to look at Gamera the same again.
Look at Gamera good or bad lol
I swear this has to be the 5th review of yours I've seen where the monsters have incredible stealth. There must be a Kaiju Ninja Academy.
That actually sounds hilarious.
Does anyone else feel like when they pitch this movie that went in and said James Bond villain fights Godzilla. Even the theme song sounds like a Shirley Bassey Bond song.
"My name is Dong --- DING Dong."
James Bond will return in... "The Last Dinosaur" 😁
6:12 that's actually a Unitatherium, a prehistoric rhino like mammal.
Not really prehistoric, man was around before it went extinct.
Tyler Shewchuk A little typo, it's Uintatherium, and they were built more like elephants but I don't fault you, lots of places call it rhino-like, only because of its horn thingies I suppose.
Was thinking about some other animal. Sorry.
Tyler Shewchuk yeah
Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd
Saw this as a kid (around 10 years old) as it premiered on tv and loved it. The theme song was awesome. I crafted a home-made crossbow after this that shot clothesline pins. Helped my friend make one too so we could go "Dinosaur hunting."
"Oh no, the greatest ninjas of all! DINOSAURS!"
Interestingly, this was produced by Rankin Bass, with music by Maury Laws who scored both their Tolkien adaptations, and Richard Boone voiced Smaug, thus making him both a dinosaur and a dragon 🙂
Uhh who realised that dinosaur looks exactly like Gorosaurus?
I like to call this movie the unofficial Gorosaurus origin story.
(Before, He meant King Kong).
Retr0bag but this was made long after Gorosaurus was first shown in 1968(Destroy all monsters)
I know, I just look at it as a prequel (of sorts)
Retr0bag ahhhhh I see
I love Gorosaurus and want to see him in King: Skull Island and maybe a Destroy all Monsters remake.
The idea of this and others like it being on TV regularly really does bring me back to my early 1980's childhood.
I am so glad I found this channel last night. You have reviewed so many movies from my childhood that this channel feels downright nostalgic. I was raised on monster movies.
Am I the only one who thinks this movie has the potential to be remade into an actually good movie?
It might work. I dunno. With JW2 in the works, have to be careful about market saturation.
It is a great concept, just badly handled - the sign of a truly good B-movie.
Yeah, it’s called Land That Time Forgot
My rose-tinted nostalgia goggles take on this was that the schlocky outdated dinosaur concepts (complete with a prerequisite screaming Japanese stomping victim no less) and the outdated chauvinistic white bwana concepts got left behind in an isolated environment to duke it out. While the new modern 70's woman and the new modern sensitive hairy chested 70's man hopped into the high tech silver phallic symbol and bored their way back to a better world and future. I can't see them remaking this without totally obliterating that. Unless they keep it set in the 70's and something like that was already attempted by that neck bearded Kong director who threw a sissy fit on twitter after CinemaSins ripped his precious period piece homage a new one.
It kind of already has been. Spielberg's Lost World, covers a lot of the same ground.
Holy Cow! I saw this epic movie when it made its premiere on ABC I think. As a kid I loved it, since any movie with dinosaurs was my favorite! I remember reading that weeks TV Guide planning my weekend around it! Thanks for the memories Brandon!
Me too! I even crafted a home-made crossbow that shot clothesline pins after seeing this.
I happened to look this up and found it loved it at 13 and the great Nancy Wilson singing
I cant fucking believe its been 7 YEARS since this video was uploaded, time really does fly when your having fun
And 2 more still, and he's just uploaded 'Def-Con 4' and is still goin' strong. (This kid doesn't age)
The theme song must have been inspired by those Connery era Bond film.
I remember discovering this in a small video store. I also remember the box cover had a screencap that did not appear anywhere in the movie, where a very fake looking T. rex was surrounded by red lasers. It would only be years later I'd realize that screencap was actually from Carnosaur. How a shot from Carnosaur made it to the box cover of a completely different dinosaur movie I will likely never know. 🦖
8:00
Right around this time, I started wondering about the cast of Jurassic Park's reaction to this movie...and at least a few of them might have seen it...maybe.
And then the reference came up.
I am now happy with my subconscious
I was 10 when I saw this. RIP singer Nancy Wilson.
09:58 Ambush. Remember the scene in Jurassic Park when then the Rex ambushes a Galimimus (which is more difficlult then this one since its a much faster target) and the Carnotaurus at the beginning of Dinosaur (I don't really remember it)? Its also widely speculated among paleontologists that Tyrannosaurs and other large single theropods over time in evolution became more solitary ambush attackers instead of gangs as they were growing from size to size (e.g. Nanotyrannus > Dasplateosaurus > Lythronax > Tarbosaurus > Tyrannosaurus).
The Tyrannosaurus used the "Jason Vorhees Teleporting" technique ALOT in this film. He walks off in the other direction but somehow beats the group back to the camp first and kills the Dr?
The guy is so rich, he BUYS the explanation of his fire place...
Now we know where chemtrails REALLY come from. All those elites with fireplaces on their planes.
Yeah as they are croaking from carbon monoxide poisoning…..
8:32 : While it is possible for a bolt action rifle to jam, the causes of it would be dirt, a lack of adequate lubrication, or worn down parts. Things that a master hunter such as the great Maston Thrust would have never allowed on any of his prized rifles.
Also, when I saw this film as a kid, I never once questioned why a Triceratops would come out of a mountainside. Of course it would, right?
2:25 His name is Denver, the Last Dinosaur He's my friend and a whole lot more
7:44 they combined godzillas roar with the 1962 king kong roar for that trex
10:40 That T-rex kidnapped the triceritops' daughter and it went Liam Neilson on it.
As long as I live I'll never forget that scene of the catapult rock rolling through and denting the T-Rex's rubber head at the end. This was a Saturday morning movie staple growing up along with the various kaiju movies.
The t-rex looks like groraosaures from toho
IT IS :D
Isaac Kelley but gorgo is awsome :(
Isaac Kelley oh sorry
Dino Gojira Guy gorgo its another film you oike gorosaurus
Nuptro Gt hi
Holy shit. I just got hit by a wave of memories. I must have saw this when I was like 4 or something, and Ive never seen or hear of it since. For just a second there, it was like I was 4 years old again, remembering this movie. That was such a weird experience.
The T Rex vs Triceratops fight in this movie is nostalgic
Fun fact; the special effects for the movie, as well as the shooting location, were handled by Tsuburaya Productions. The same company behind the Ultraman franchise.
Oh man I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid. Can't help but think this set the standard for dinosaur fights pre-Jurassic Park."You Ding Dong!" LMAO!!!
The only explanation I can think of for the Triceratops in the mountain is that it's Armadon from Primal Rage.
to this day i still remember seeing this premier on ABC and that title song is still stuck in my head
Made me LOL hard, especially the part about the Triceratops. There were definitely some absurdities to this movie, but I loved it as a kid!
I saw this as a little kid when it was first released. I remember being very confused during the whole movie because I was trusting TV to make sense and it didn't. Great review.
your monter movie opening comments about where you saw them.
you didn't ask, but for me as a kid my exposure was on our local
Boston UHF channel 56. each Saturday during the 70's from
1-5pm WLVI 56 aired Creature Double Feature. War of the
Gargantua's was the most memorable. the screams they did?
and the eating people and spitting out the clothes still sticks
in my head. Godzilla vs The Smog Monster had the most
memorable commercial though.
I remember buying the VHS in the early 90's when I was four at a Sam Goody store or something like that, loved this movie!
Brandon, I love how your videos have gone untainted by time.
Your videos today have the same feeling as these, it's almost like they can take me back to a humbler time.. and still make me laugh
If you were editing you then who was editing yourself editing yourself!
YoU DiNG DoNg!!
The future Brandon thats so far in the future that he has transcended into a being of the universe and does all the 4th wall editing for every version of himself...but thats just a theory (yes i know this is from years ago)
@@AevasHouse Solid theory.
" Have T Rex, Will Travel."
At least you weren't editing yourself.
I loved this stupid movie when I was eight. There were three reasons:
1. T-Rex kills loser Triceratops (usually the reverse happens)
2. T-Rex survives til the end and the geriatric hunter is clearly not gonna be able to kill him alone.
3. Dinosaurs rule!!
However, eight year olds today would hate the pacing and outdated effects. Ah, well.
Well, you should have shown the end, where Thrust and Hazel meet up and make eye contact. No shit. And then, she follows him into the distance. So, he’s not alone after all and has a prehistoric booty call at his disposal.
It used to be shown on UHF stations in the Boston area in late 70s/early 80s.
Ironically having this slow T. rex is closer to an accurate T. rex speed than Jurassic park, with T. rex actually being pretty slow at 12-15mph. But you know, it didn’t get killed by getting it’s guts spilled by the triceratops while simultaneously being easy to defeat, so I guess it evens out.
yeah I remember seeing real dinosaurs and confirming this.
Watched this as a 5 year old and loved it. For years my nightmares were usually me running from the T-Rex. Can't believe how cheesy it looks now. I still like it though
I loved this movie when I was little and my Grandpa would always watch it with me. I love this movie these days solely because of those fond memories.
I think the triceratops and rex was the prehistoric equivalent of clouseau vs kato. Everytime he leaves his den. The trike hides and tries to jump him.
The theme song has been rattling around in my head for decades, but I had forgotten everything else about the movie.
Now that MST3K is coming back, I'm rather hopeful this movie gets featured on the show, because really, it's tailor-made for them. Made in the 70s, co-produced by the Japanese, terrible special effects, a Joe Don Baker-esque lead performance by Richard Boone...it's a gold mine for them. And you can already hear the screams of disgust at the sight of Boone bedding Joan Van Ark.
+mst3KGf A petition needs to be circulated to make this happen!
Ooh, I hope it's in Season 12
+Tareltonlives nope hopefully 13th season
Your reaction about the guy that found the drill and then VERY easily push it back in the water was priceless and true!
1:28 ohh Brandon. Brandon, Brandon, Brandon... the gas fireplace fuels the jet engines. Duh!
13:14 now _that's_ the reason I watch your reviews.
I keep watching this REview when I get home from work, while I nap an Hour or two, and see where Auto-play takes me.
10:20 so that's where they got the mud wall scene for Rambo 2?
Well I'll be
Holy crap I thought I was the only person alive who had ever seen this movie. Had it on a VHS recorded from late-night TV. Loved it to death when I was 5, in the dark days before Jurassic Park where you took whatever Dinosaur action you could get.
When did Anguirus become a Triceratops?
I always pair this with the Bermuda Depths in my preteen early cable late nights fever dreams.
Apparently dinosaurs just go into hibernation by "phasing" (thank you, Kitty Pryde) into cave walls. I mean, the Thrusting Bore's drill scrapes the rocks away from the triceratop's eye and it IMMEDIATELY SPRINGS TO RUBBERY LIFE, smashing through the rest of the wall.
As awful as Boone looks, at least it suits his character. I can't take "Chuck" seriously because my eye is constantly drawn to the huge gap in Steven Keats' teeth, so large that David Letterman could park a Volkswagen Beetle in there. I'm surprised it wasn't the first place Thrust! checked when the Boring Thruster went missing.
The Polish Thrustar itself is hilarious. Almost as roomy as the space capsule in "Monster A Go-Go", this thing's surface detail wouldn't prevent the body from simply spinning in place the instant the drill bit into rock, tumbling the occupants to death like a lethal laundry dryer.
So your honor....what is your judgement? Is this a good bad movie or an awful bad movie? Is it worth adding to a cult film collection or is it better left to the $5 dollar bins of history?
I love it, but it's strictly for B-movie fans and even then it may be an acquired taste.
If I were compiling a list, it would rank higher than "Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds," "A*P*E," "Mystery on Monster Island" or the later first-run Gamera sequels like "vs Zigra," but lower than "At the Earth's Core" or "The People That Time Forgot."
In fact, I'd put it neck-and-neck with its closest cinematic relative, "The Land That Time Forgot," with a slight advantage for that theme song.
Move over Ed Wood…gorillas with diving helmets don’t stand a chance against the last dinosaur.
Thank you for this post...Also thank you for showing these movies the love and attention they deserve.I miss TNT's Monster Vision too,thanks for bringing back "the good old days".
OMG! I just noticed at 17:55 on the right hand side of the screen, there appears to be part of a giant HUMAN skeleton hanging from a tree in the T-Rex's lair!!!!
At this point in the movie, he had just eaten the Japanese scientist who was part of the research crew. That was probably him. True, there were cave people in this movie as well, but I think they were too savvy and knew the area too well to get caught by a TR.
It was bigfoot.
Of all the movies I've seen reviewed on this show, this was the first I sought out wand actually watched after. Totally worth it.
No reference to Denver the last Dinosaur !
The T-rex suit in this movie was also used in a movie that was a combined anime/live action feature called ATTACK OF THE SUPER MONSTERS
This movie is amazing. The badness has so much charm, and the plot is inventive to say the least. I owned this movie on VHS as a kid, and own it now on DVD.
I don't even know why, but yesterday I remembered this movie and now I want to see it again, especially after this amazing review.
*y o u d I n g d o n g* 😂😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣
(Edit) 13:18 how the hell can that human sized boulder be strong enough to topple a T. rex and did I hear someone called it a dragon
I watched it the night it debuted in 1977!
Great review, but I kept waiting for you to mention that it was produced by Rankin Bass, the same company behind holiday favorites like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman"!
Been waiting for you to re upload this one. It's my favorite episode you've done. Love this movie!
I watched this movie on TV when it came out in the late 1970's.
I remember thinking that it had potential but in the end, the only real redeeming quality it had was the theme song.
I remember seeing this when I was a kid.I frickin loved dinosaurs and still do!
2:26 When The Last Dinosaur sounds just like a Bond villain.
3:52 A black guy playing a supporting role in a prehistoric adventure romp. He's toast.
And he had no lines! (Which was probably a contract issue, as actors with no lines, even if they are not cameos, make less money). In addition, the only two crew members who get eaten are the Japanese guy and the Black guy! That TR is a white supremacist!
Last Dinosaur, Valley of Gwangi, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Lost Continent (Hammer), and Green Slime every weekend! Lost Continent was the only one that was hard to find on DVD, but I finally got all of those!
"You Ding Dong!!!"
MASTON THRUST!!! One of the coolest and funniest character names ever! And hey, Joan van Ark was a looker back in the day, man.
9:09 YOU DING DONG!!!
The Last Dinosaur I love washing this movie as a kid on TV hell i even have the VSH that my dad got me at Jamesway good times i do miss the 90s TV we did have some awsome tv shows in movies now then
I've always loved this movie. One of my favorites.
The film premiered as an ABC Movie of the Week in February 1977. My theory is that the triceratops was covered in a rockslide until he T. Rex unwittingly dug it out. Although the cast was mostly American, this film was made in Japan, and Japanese movie monsters would often emerge from underground. And yes, the title could refer to the T. Rex or Masten himself.
I really like this movie. The goofy dinosaurs add to an already way-out-there discombobulated movie.
14:15 the way he moves the drill thing it looks like an inflatable toy....
13:19 my favorite scene.
The real Last Dinosaur was the Richard Boone we made along the way
A hippo-like body, sharp tusks, and the feet of an elephant. That is the powerful Uintatherium. He’s a prehistoric ungulate that is related to the rhinoceros.
So, despite his fearsome appearance and gait, he was a vegetarian? (I guess that is why everyone simply got out of his way rather than run for the hills when they saw him).
Actually its an extremely primitive Ungulate that predates the rhinoceros family by several million years. Its overall place in evolution is hotly debated but is thought to be only very distantly related the modern hoofed animals.
this was the first film i have memories of...the music takes me back wow
00:46
Human Skeleton just hanging out on a dead tree in the foreground. I guess the T Rex stripped the poor guy like a pork cube on a skewer then tossed the remains.
Where?
Gorgomoloch
Look to the right of the triceratops
Old ass comment of mine, but looking at it again it's probably just some kind of dead animal that suspiciously looks like a human skeleton.
So the T-rex in this movie is like a shrike?
i love who he said *YOU DING DONG*
I don't understand the confusion about the triceratops coming out of the ground to attack the t-rex. Where do you usually find dinosaurs? Duh!
Thanks. I was born in 1978 and we had this on VHS, likely lifted from cable. Hadn't thought about it in at least 20 years. You provided the perfect trip down memory lane while saving me from feeling any need to re-watch it or subjecting my boys to it.