a meteor drop from the sky and reawaken a plesiosaur that long ago use to terrorize the area around crater lake . a the monster eat the local they try and find away of kill the monster . recent attempt at send up old horror and science fiction film like lose skeleton of cadavra and alien trespass be kind of rendered moot when you have film like crater lake monster available for screen . it the sort of film that those film spoof and send up only this be the real deal . it everything those film try to be only with out the tongue in cheek and it so much more fun because of it . this be a real drive in sort of film that have the unfortunate luck of come just a star war change the way we look at special effect . the monster and a mix of stop motion and a life size head and be a charmingly quaint little beast . the filmmaker spoil the audience with frequent shot of the monster and it mayhem . sure it clear that it all fake and but isn not movie about suspension of disbelief . actually i think it about really cool monster and which this have . i like this movie in a low budget drive in sort of a way . if you want a real authentic drive in monster movie look no farther . this would be perfect for a double or triple feature with similar lake monster film ( boggy creek etc . ) .