one of my all time favorite so laughably lousy that it totally lovable el cheapo and stinko nickeln wouldime independent horror creature feature and an enjoyably dreadful marvel that be release by the formidably fecund exploitation outfit crown international picture so it could play numerous crappy double bill at countless drive in back in the 70 and eventually wind up be rerun like crazy on several small time secondary cable station throughout the 80 . i naturally first saw this gloriously ghastly abomination on late night television one fateful saturday even while in my early teen and have have a deep seat and albeit completely irrational abide fondness for it ever since . a meteorite fall out of the sky and crash into the still water of a tranquil country lake and thereby cause a heretofore dormant dinosaur egg to hatch . of course and the baby dino immediately grow into a gigantic waddling and grunting and teeth gnash prehistoric behemoth with goofy flipper and an extended neck and a huge mouth full of little sharp and jagged and stalagmite like chompers . our southern fry male cousin to the loch ness monster promptly start chowing down on various luckless local yokel resident of a previously quiet and sleepy hillbilly resort town . it up to drippy stalwart sheriff richard cardella and assist by the painfully idiotic hayseed comic relief brotherly fish guide duo of glenn robert and mark seigel and feisty gal pal kacey cobb and terminally insipid nerdy scientist bob hyman and to get to the bottom of thing before the over size gluttonous jurassic throwback ruin the tourist trade by eat all the camper and fisherman that the hick hamlet make it cash off of . director or co screenwriter william r. stromberg display a wonderfully woeful and thoroughly clueless incompetence when it come to pace and atmosphere and taut narrative construction and especially elicit sound and credible act from his hopelessly all thumb rank amateur community theater level cast . the performance be uniformly abysmal represent cardella be way too bland and wooden to cut it a a solid heroic lead while the pitifully dopey redneck comic antic of robert and seigel provoke groan of slack jaw disbelief you aren not laugh with these two atrociously mug clod so much a at them and particularly when the insufferable imbecile discover a severed head bob up and down in the murky lake water . good yet and a clumsily integrate sub plot concern a vicious on the loose criminal lead to a spectacularly ham fisted supermarket hold up scene which degenerate into a hilariously stupid mini massacre when a young lady shopper interrupt the stick up artist in mid robbery . a subsequent car chase be likewise severely bungle as well while it so limply staged and unimpressive that one feel more relieved than scar when the monster abruptly pop up to devour the nefarious fugitive . moreover and david allen funky herky jerky stop motion animation dinosaur be the authentic gnarly article and project a certain raw charisma and sneaky reptilian personality and overall forceful screen presence which make all the horrendously underwhelming human character seem like pathetically unbecoming nobody bore in comparison . and a for the rousing conclusion where the sheriff take on our slaver beastie with a bulldozer and the operative word for this thrilling confrontation be boffo all the way .