Starring
Austin O'Brien, Brett Cullrn, Colleen Morris, Samantha Mills, Tony
Longo, Stuart Fratkin, Stephen Lee. Directed by Charles & Albert
Band. (1993/83 min).
AVAILABLE
ON BLU-RAY FROM
Review by Stinky the Destroyerđź
At
the start-up of this disc, there's a trailer with a montage of
several Full Moon Features cult horror classics to promote the
company's Amazon channel. Many of the clips contain violence, blood
and sex. One might initially question why something like this would
precede a family film, until you realize that anyone who enjoyed
Prehysteria! back in the day are now in their mid-to-late 30s, and I seriously doubt any kids today would be interested in a movie like
this. Full Moon knows damn well who their audience is.
Since
90s' nostalgia appears to be a thing now, those same thirtysomethings
who grew up on Full Moon's economic brand of straight-to-video
entertainment might hold the same reverence for Prehysteria!
that my generation did for The Shaggy D.A. In retrospect, both are
terrible films, but sure enjoyable when we were too young to know any
better. And sometimes it's fun revisiting childhood pleasures.
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| This snack comes with a prize. |
Full
Moon Features is, of course, known for horror movies, but did produce
a number of fantasy-oriented family films under the Moonbeam
Entertainment banner. Of those, Prehysteria! is arguably the
only one to really find an audience, who were probably more enamored
with the concept than the story itself: What kid wouldn't love
the idea of miniature dinosaurs scuttling around the house,
especially after Jurassic Park just made them cool again?
Naturally,
Prehysteria! is no Jurassic Park...or We're
Back...or even Carnosaur. The dinos are cute-but-clunky,
the humor is eye-rolling, the performances are pedestrian and the
story nearly non-existent. Anyone reading this probably already knows
that and doesn't care. For them, this Blu-ray is a silly little
trip back to the good ol' days of perusing the
local Blockbuster armed with indiscriminate tastes.
EXTRA
KIBBLES
"VIDEOZONE"
- Full Moon was including making-of features on their VHS releases
before DVD was a glint in anyone's eye.
AUDIO
COMMENTARY - By Charles Band & Austin O'Brien
TRAILERS
- For numerous other Full Moon films
DVD COPY
KITTY CONSENSUS:
NOT BAD...AS A SILLY TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR 90s KIDS.
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