DINOSAUR DESTROYER is one in a dozen of short horror films made by child filmmaker Donald F. Glut back in 1959. This one's a kaiju tribute in which a poorly-animated dinosaur lays waste to a toy city before meeting its match. The film benefits from crude stop motion effects and a good sense of fun and amusement that makes it a nice little watch, and there are enough references to B-cinema to delight fans. It's nice to see Glut going back to his roots after spending a couple of years shooting Universal horror film tributes exclusively.
2 Reviews
Classic Homage with a lot of Imagination
Michael_Elliott10 August 2011
Dinosaur Destroyer (1959)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Extremely creative and entertaining amateur movie from Donald Glut. A spaceship crashes on Earth and an egg rolls out and soon out hatches an alien dinosaur, which soon goes on a rampage. Fans of the monster movies from the 1950s are really going to enjoy the mood and downright pleasure this short gives off. There's no question that the kid behind the camera has a passion for all things monsters and this jumps off the screen so vividly you can't help but wish many of the filmmakers at major studios and places like AIP during this era had as much love for their craft. Yes, the special effects are rough but I was still very impressed with how they ended up looking. Just take a look at the stop motion effects for when the dinosaur is walking or trying to bring a building down. Yes, the edits are very obvious but this is an amateur movie after all. There's a very good sequence inside a kid's bedroom where we get to see comics from this period, a Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and a RODAN poster. All nice touches and these images certainly contain some great value of horror history. If you're a fan of the monster movies from this era then this here is a must see.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Extremely creative and entertaining amateur movie from Donald Glut. A spaceship crashes on Earth and an egg rolls out and soon out hatches an alien dinosaur, which soon goes on a rampage. Fans of the monster movies from the 1950s are really going to enjoy the mood and downright pleasure this short gives off. There's no question that the kid behind the camera has a passion for all things monsters and this jumps off the screen so vividly you can't help but wish many of the filmmakers at major studios and places like AIP during this era had as much love for their craft. Yes, the special effects are rough but I was still very impressed with how they ended up looking. Just take a look at the stop motion effects for when the dinosaur is walking or trying to bring a building down. Yes, the edits are very obvious but this is an amateur movie after all. There's a very good sequence inside a kid's bedroom where we get to see comics from this period, a Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine and a RODAN poster. All nice touches and these images certainly contain some great value of horror history. If you're a fan of the monster movies from this era then this here is a must see.
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