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Absolutely Brilliant!

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

This ultra-cheap time killer stars William Bryant, Wanda Curtis, Douglas Henderson, and Patti Gallagher as a quartet of scientists sent to explore a strange new world that has just entered our solar system, and come in close proximity to Earth. They discover a planet much like Earth, with a lot of flora and fauna. They also find an island populated by so-called "dinosaurs", which do battle with each other before the humans' eyes."King Dinosaur" marked the directing debut for Bert I. Gordon, soon to make a name for himself with many "giant thing on the loose" sci-fi thrillers. It's therefore interesting as a somewhat historical curio, with not so special but still amusing effects, which basically consist of photographically enlarging various animals - iguanas, gators, ants, snakes, etc. The movie consists of a lot of stock footage, a very nondescript cast (the little honey bear "Joe" is the most endearing character in this bunch), and mucho exposition to start with, narrated by Marvin Miller. It doesn't have much of what viewers could consider highlights, other than Bryants' character wrestling with a gator and the epic giant reptile title fights near the end. (Not to mention an utterly *ridiculous* resolution.)This passable if not inspired schlock was scripted by Tom Gries (who went on to bigger and better things like "Will Penny" and "Breakheart Pass"), who'd made *his* directing debut on Gordons' first production, "Serpent Island".Five out of 10.

A coed group of astronauts are sent on a mission to explore the new planet Nova. The quartet naturally runs afoul of a motley assortment of giant beasts who live on said planet. Director Bert I. Gordon keeps the entertainingly cornball story zipping along at a snappy pace and maintains an endearing earnest tone throughout. The compact script by Tom Gries offers a neat array of dangerous animals for our protagonists to fend off. William Bryant, Wanda Curtis, Douglas Henderson, and Patti Gallagher play their silly roles with admirable sincerity. The monster fights are quite lively and fairly gory. The copious use of stock footage and the two-cent (far from) special effects further enhance this clunker's considerable ramshackle charm. Gordon Avil's crisp black and white cinematography makes nifty use of fades and overlapping visuals. Louis Palange's robust score does the rousing trick. A fun diversion.

Pretentious to the point of absurdity, this is one of the dumbest "smart" movies ever made. It all takes place on "the planet next door", a new arrival in our solar system that somehow parks itself between Earth and Mars. Four scientists (two men and two women) catch the express rocket to what is named Nova and find the planet to be exactly like Earth and inhabited by similar critters. Encounters with snakes and some friends mammals leads to an island filled with large Rubbermaid and alligators, and some of the silliest looking creatures outside of "It Conquered the World". There's also a giant fly that gets pelted with bullets simply for landing too close. A fight between one of the men and a normal sized rubber alligator is the comic highlight of the film. Calling a giant lizard a duplicate of a T-Rex has to be the dumbest scientist statement ever made. This one truly ranks among the worst of the worst and makes Ed Wood a genius in comparison.

Bert Gordon may have hit the nadir of his career with King Dinosaur. This one is a stinker of massive proportions just like the creatures discovered on a new planet in the solar system.The first third of the film is documentary like with the solemn tones of Marvin Miller telling us how four select scientists, two men and two women got chosen to explore the new planet Nova. After that the players take over none of whom you will ever have heard of.A lot of nature films fill in as the explorers discover a planet that looks like a giant national park. But there's a lake and a mysterious looking island in the middle. So two of them paddle over in a rubber raft.The island is Jurassic Park with stock footage from One Million BC used as it is in a slew of cheap science fiction films. What to do, but blow the place up.And for that the expedition has packed an atomic bomb. With a timer too. Just set it for a half hour delay and then run and paddle for your life. The end the island blows up so future explorers will never see a glimpse of real prehistoric life. To think scientists did this and none of them is a nuclear physicist.It's one of the worst science fiction films ever done and definitely one of the worst productions to come out of Lippert Pictures which was on its last legs.If you watch it you'll find it frighteningly ghastly.