The Lost World Dinosaurs are antagonists in the 1960 film, The Lost World.
Anthropology professor George Challenger, explorer Lord John Roxton and an assorted team of thrill seekers and experts trek through a Venezuelan rainforest that they suspect may be home to living prehistoric creatures. Before long Challenger, Lord John and company discover a valley filled with vicious dinosaurs and oversize arachnids. Unfortunately, their chopper breaks down, leaving them stranded in one of the deadliest environments on Earth.
Appearance
The Lost World Dinosaurs appearances are best described as:
- Iguanostyracus portrayed by an iguana with glued on horns
- Protostegosaurus portrayed by a monitor lizard with a glued-on frill and plates
- Ceratopspinus portrayed by a spectacled caiman and an alligator with glued-on horns, a small tail, and a small sail.
Powers and Abilities
Lost World Dinosaurs possess the following powers and abilities:
- They Fight
Fate
The Lost World Dinosaurs all perish in the film's finale volcanic eruption except the baby T.Rex which is carried back to London by Professor Challenger
Trivia
- One of the last screen credits for Willis H. O'Brien who was the mastermind behind the special effects for the original King Kong (1933). O'Brien's input was largely restricted to hundreds of conceptual sketches for the dinosaurs. Budget limitations meant that none of them were realized on film.
- Irwin Allen wanted stop motion for the special effects but the film's budget precluded that, so they were forced to work with lizards and other reptiles.
- When the two monsters are fighting, a pair of hands can be seen pushing them together.
- The first sound version of Arthur Conan Doyle's tale.
- A common special effect of the era, the dinosaurs were created from iguanas, monitor lizards, and adolescent alligators, with horns, bony hoods, or fins attached.
- David Hedison appeared in this film shortly after appearing in The Fly (1958). Jeff Goldblum appeared in the remake The Fly (1986), which he followed up with appearances in Jurassic Park (1993) and its sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).
- Despite having to give up on stop-motion animation because of budgetary concerns, the (lizard, alligator) dinosaur scenes, and general special effects, are actually pretty good for 1960 audiences, and are on par with high budget films of the 60s like "Journey to the Center of the Earth", and "One Million Years B.C.", which also used live reptiles.
- Versions of: The Lost World (1925), The Lost World (1992), The Lost World (1998), The Lost World (1999) (TV Movie), The Lost World (1999) (TV Series) & The Lost World (2001) (TV Series)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2 (1997) is not related to this book or these movies.
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