Prehysteria! (film series) facts for kids

Prehysteria! is a series of three family monster comedy films made in the early to mid-1990s about the adventures of five miniature baby dinosaurs named after famous pop musicians. The dinosaurs were Elvis, a male Tyrannosaurus, Paula, a female Brachiosaurus, Jagger, a male Stegosaurus, Hammer, a male Chasmosaurus, and Madonna, a female Geosternbergia (despite having the crest of a male, and despite the fact that Geosternbergia was a genus of pterosaur rather than a dinosaur). The films were made by Moonbeam Entertainment, the family-oriented sub-brand of B-movie producer Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment. Richard Band, Michael Bishop, and Fuzzbee Morse composed the music for the movies.

Films

Prehysteria!

The first film in the series that was released in 1993, Prehysteria! tells the story of Rico Sarno, a museum curator, who enters a forbidden temple in South America, and discovers a nest of five eggs. He steals them and brings them back to his museum. Frank Taylor (Brett Cullen), a raisin farmer, sells fossils to Rico and in a mix-up, the Taylor's dog takes a cooler, which has the eggs. The kids, Monica (Samantha Mills) and Jerry (Austin O'Brien) discover the dinosaurs when they hatch and try to keep it a secret, until their father finds out. When Vicki (Colleen Morris), a woman who works for Rico, sees the dinosaurs, she tells the Taylors not to give them back to Rico because he will expose them. Rico finds out the Taylors have them and hires two robbers to help him get the dinosaurs back.

Cast

• Brett Cullen as Frank Taylor
• Colleen Morris as Vicky
• Samantha Mills as Monica Taylor
• Austin O'Brien as Jerry Taylor
• Tony Longo as Louis
• Stuart Fratkin as Ritchie
• Stephen Lee as Rico Sarno
• Tom Williams as Whitey
• Frank Welker as Elvis, Paula, Jagger, Hammer and Madonna

Cast

• Kevin Connors as Brendan Wellington
• Jennifer Harte as Naomi
• Dean Scofield as Mr. Wellington
• Bettye Ackerman as Miss Winters
• Owen Bush as Mr. Cranston
• Greg Lewis as Ivan
• Michael Hagiwara as Mr. Hiro
• Larry Hankin as Ketchum
• Alan Palo as Killam
• Frank Welker as Elvis, Paula, Jagger, Hammer and Madonna

Prehysteria! 3

Prehysteria! 3 is the third and final film of the series, and was released in 1995. This time, the five dinosaurs fall out of the back of Mr. Cranston's truck, and they make their way to another family's home. The dinosaurs help the MacGregor family, who is struggling with their mini-putt golf course. Ella MacGregor, (Whitney Anderson) is in love with her Scottish culture, but is sad that the mini-putt golf course is going under. She finds the dinosaurs, and with her family's help, they re-build the golf course with a dinosaur theme, which helps them a lot. But Ella's evil uncle Hal MacGregor (Bruce Weitz) is determined to take over the course by all means, and Ella and her parents must hide the mini-dinosaurs to protect them from danger.

Cast

• Whitney Anderson as Ella MacGregor
• Owen Bush as Mr. Cranston
• Dave Buzzotta as Heath MacGregor
• Thomas Emery Dennis as Dole
• John Fujioka as Mr. Yamamoto
• Matt Letscher as Needlemeyer
• Pam Matteson as Michelle MacGregor
• Michael R. Thayer as Jeff
• Bruce Weitz as Hal MacGregor
• Fred Willard as Thomas MacGregor
• Frank Welker as Elvis, Paula, Jagger, Hammer and Madonna

See also

In Spanish: Prehysteria (serie de películas) para niños