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CrapScore 56, Certified Crap

The Crater Lake Monster

“A beast more frightening than your most terrifying nightmare!”

Certified Crap. CrapScore 56, rated by 1 admin.

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Why it’s crap
A meteor awakens a prehistoric lake dweller and gives a small community an unusually toothy tourism problem. The human interludes can feel stranded, but the stop-motion creature is skilful enough to deserve appreciation alongside the more accidental comedy.

Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones

The club’s verdict

Acting
7/10
Plot
8/10
Effects
2/10
Dialogue
5/10
Rewatchability
6/10
  • “The lake has added an extremely poorly supervised attraction.”

    @flabbergasted_jones, scored it 56

Synopsis and movie facts

The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.

Released
1977
Directed by
William R. Stromberg
Running time
85 min

Starring

  • Richard Cardella as Sheriff Steve Hanson
  • Glen Roberts as Arnie Chabot
  • Mark Siegel as Mitch Kowalski
  • Bob Hyman as Richard 'Doc' Calkins
  • Richard Garrison as Dan Turner
  • Kacey Cobb as Susan Patterson
  • Michael F. Hoover as Ross Conway
  • Suzanne Lewis as Paula Conway

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