''Raptor'' is a 2001 American

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horror film directed by

Jim Wynorski Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were releas ...

, produced by

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

, and starring

Eric Roberts Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor. His career began with a leading role in '' King of the Gypsies'' (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes ...

, Melissa Brasselle, and

Corbin Bernsen Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He appeared as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series '' L.A. Law'',

. It re-uses dinosaur footage from the Corman-produced ''Carnosaur'' film series, edited together with original footage shot by Wynorski. ''Raptor'' was produced by Corman's company

New Concorde New Concorde (NC) is an American Los Angeles, California based film distribution company founded by Roger Corman. NC got its start in 1983 when Corman formed the production and distribution Concorde-New Horizons (CNH) as one of the first product ...

, which had worked on the ''Carnosaur'' films.

Plot

When a series of unexplained vicious animal attacks strikes his community, Sheriff Jim Tanner and his assistant Barbara trace them back to a Dr. Hyde, a former military researcher whose government funding for a dinosaur cloning project was cut. When the Pentagon discovers Hyde obtained foreign backing to continue his experiments, they send in a strike team to save Tanner and Barbara and stop Hyde.

Cast

as Sheriff Jim Tanner * Melissa Brasselle as Barbara Phillips *

Corbin Bernsen Corbin Dean Bernsen (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor and film director. He appeared as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series '' L.A. Law'',

as Dr. Frank Hyde *

Tim Abell Tim Abell (born July 1, 1958 in Manassas, Virginia) is an American actor, and former Army Ranger. He has appeared in over fifty movies and TV shows, including ''Desert Thunder'' (1998), '' The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option'' (2001), ''Cu ...

as Captain Connelly * William Monroe as Captain York * Lorissa McComas as Lola Tanner, Sheriff Tanner's Daughter * Frank Novak as Lyle Shell * Bruce Nozick as FBI Agent *

Harrison Page Harrison Page (born August 27, 1941) is an American television and film actor who has appeared in many popular series, including ''Sledge Hammer!'', ''Cold Case'', '' JAG'', '' ER'', '' Ally McBeal'', '' Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero'', '' Melrose ...

as Deputy *

Grant Cramer Grant Cramer (born November 10, 1961) is an American actor and producer who has starred in films and on television. He is the son of actress Terry Moore and Stuart Warren Cramer III, and a great-grandson of engineer and inventor Stuart W. Cram ...

as McCoy, Hyde's Henchman * Brian Lynn Graham as The Coroner *

GiGi Erneta GiGi Erneta, an American actress, talk show host and writer known for her starring role in the award-winning film ''Flag of My Father'', as Captain Judith Rainier. Early life and education was born in New York City, to Argentinian parents. S ...

as Henderson

Reception

Psychotronic Video ''Psychotronic Video'' was a film magazine founded by publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon in 1980 in New York City, covering what he dubbed "psychotronic movies", which he defined as "the ones traditionally ignored or ridiculed by mainstream critics ...

'' wrote that the dinosaur effects "are as painfully awful" as the ''Carnosaur'' films. Riley Black, writing for '' Smithsonian'' in 2011, criticized the film's recycled footage for its lack of continuity.

References

External links

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