| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [Source] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tyrannosaurus Rex is the main antagonist in the Carnosaur film series. Throughout the whole series, the Tyrannosaurus which appeared (possibly with the exception of second film) were all female, and portrayed as genetically-altered dinosaurs with the ability to self-fertilize or apparently lay the eggs for a variety of different dinosaurs.
 |
Wikipedia has a more detailed and comprehensive article on Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Novel[]
Carnosaur[]
Like all dinosaurs in the novel, the Tyrannosaurus were created by Lord Darren Penward. They were made from the Dinosaur DNA fragments in fossils, which were used as a basis for restructuring the DNA of chickens.
They appear at the end of the novel, when a dying Sir Penward locks his insane wife in a farmhouse and she is devoured alive by two newly-hatched Tyrannosaurs. The Tyrannosaurs are the only dinosaurs to be still alive at the end of the novel aside from a baby Brachiosaurus.
Films[]
Carnosaur[]
A genetic engineer working for the Eunice corporation, named Dr. Jane Tiptree, breeds dinosaur creatures by genetically evolving chickens. The Tyrannosaurus is a result of these experiments, and was kept inside Tiptree's complex grid of high-powered lasers. After another one of Tiptree's creatures (a Deinonychus) escapes and kills the daughter of her supervisor, Jesse Paloma, he threatens to pull the plug on the her project. She leads Paloma into believing that his daughter is alive and in her laboratory, causing him enter to the enclosure housing the female Tyrannosaurus to help rise the creature's generation. Tiptree eventually explains her plan to Doc, after which she plans to kill him with her Tyrannosaurus, but he manages to escape from the lab and the dinosaur soon breaks free, while following its original migration pattern to lay eggs. In the end, Doc and Thrush battle it with skid steers before killing the creature.
Carnosaur 2[]
Two months after the events of the first film, a clutch of eggs is found in the desert (revealing that the Tyrannosaurus laid its eggs before death). The eggs are dumped inside an uranium mining facility (once a containment facility for radioactive material and Cold War weaponry) and kept on ice. Sometime after the first film, these eggs hatch (possibly due to the warm climate, or a radiation spill) and the dinosaurs (primarily Velociraptors) started destroying any security or communication systems encountered. It's not until later that the Raptors kill all of its crew (with the exception of Jesse). McQuade then calls for a highly-specialized electrician team to fix the problem at the facility. After which, most of the crew is quickly killed off by the raptors. At the end of the film, only Reed and Jesse are the only remaining survivors. The two try to make to the surface only to encounter the Tyrannosaurus Rex (the last dinosaur) standing in their path. It chases them, and finds its way to the surface, killing one of the rescue team members, and fighting Jesse (in a same manner on how Doc fights the Tyrannosaurus rex in the first film). Jesse succeeds in pushing the dinosaur down an elevator shaft, killing it.
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species[]
After the events of the second film, the last remaining dinosaurs of Tiptree's experiments are being shipped to a top secret lab, until the convoy is attacked by terrorists who believe the trucks are shipping uranium. One of the Dinosaurs is a female Tyrannosaurus rex. The terrorists accidentally release two male Velociraptors (one of which is an albino) and are all killed, except for one. A police team investigating the warehouse arrest the survivor, and notice the carnage, but believe it to be the result of the terrorist being drunk. Soon they hear a noise in one of the cargo holds, and open it to release another Velociraptor and the Tyrannosaurus, which later kills all the team members. A special anti-terrorist force, led by Colonel Rance Higgens, is then called in to investigate. As they soon arrive, they find the remains of the massacred victims, and the refrigeration trucks. They are shortly after ambushed by Velociraptors. After a Velociraptor is killed, only to reanimate, the Tyrannosaurus soon arrives and kills one of the marines. Then she, with the Raptor, return to hiding. After the soldiers find their lair, they infiltrate the area only to be massacred once more. They find the Tyrannosaur's nest and begin to destroy the eggs. Later, Hodges senses the creature's presence, so she and Higgens hide behind a locker, which the T. Rex then head-butts. The Dinosaur is finally killed when Higgens throws a stick of dynamite into the animal's mouth.
The first ever computer generated model of Corman's Tyrannosaurus in The Eden Formula.
The Eden Formula[]
An unrelated, but superficially identical Tyrannosaurus Rex appears in the film, and escapes into the city of Los Angeles.
Kills[]
Carnosaur Novel/Film
- Lady Penward (novel only)
- Jesse Paloma (film only)
- "Red Wing" (film only)
Carnosaur 2
- Evac. Crew Member
- Unknown woman on DVD case
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
- Emillio Garcia
- Polchek
- Rossi
Raptor
- Lyle Schell
- Reese
- Dr. Hyde
The Eden Formula
- Harlon McVicker
- Riley
- Lasseter
- Charlton
- James Radcliffe
Trivia[]
- Unlike the two other films, the gender of the Tyrannosaurus in Carnosaur 2 is unknown. It was likely a female, but the character is referred to as a male by default.
- Most of the tyrannosaurs that appeared in films were female.
- In the Carnosaur films, Tyrannosaurus rex is portrayed in a tripod position and a Kangaroo position with its tail dragging on the ground. However, in reality, Tyrannosaurus actually stood firm and horizontal with its tail lifted off the ground. A noticeable feature in the movie is the Tyrannosaur's long, but narrow tail. In reality, it would need a large, rigid tail to keep itself balanced when standing and walking.
- In reality, Tyrannosaurus was not a carnosaur but a coelurosaur, with fellow coelurosaurs Deinonychus and Velociraptor meaning none of the films actually have carnosaurs in them. The only carnosaur to appear in the franchise is the Altispinax appearing in the novel.
- The full size prop for the Tyrannosaurus had to be constructed very quickly and be built light. This allowed it to be operated with pressurized gases instead of hydraulics like many heavier animatronics require.
Gallery[]
_.jpg "Carnosaur3-newhorizons3 (VHSCollector.com) .jpg (2.51 MB)")
Miscellaneous[]
Videos[]
Carnosaur (1993) Clip - Tyrannosaurus vs. Bobcat