Stewart Raffill directs Denise Richards, Paul Walker and Terry Kiser in this teen sci-fi romantic comedy where a cheerleader’s new crush is injured in a gang incident and a deranged scientist puts his brain in an animatronic dinosaur.

The epitome of a cult item. When this was released and I was very much the target market (a rent anything video store teen) I had no idea it even existed. It features stars before they went on to become household names and to act in (slightly) better projects. It was seemingly only made as a movie producer bought a second hand animatronic dinosaur and needed to use it in a film. And the theatrical release removed all the black comedy gore to secure a more family friendly rating. We watched the uncut version, lovingly rereleased by 101 Films. The end result is kinda sweet and very bonkers. The violence is occasional but full on. The support characters are so pantomime that their hamminess wins you over. When the special effects cut corners they make no apologies and just lean into the obvious con. The script feels cobbled together at random, cocaine haphazard. And by Act Two you have zero doubts or qualms that Denise Richards wants to fuck an animatronic dinosaur. Cool.

7

Perfect Double Bill: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)

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