legend of dinosaurs & monster birds 1977

Takashi explains that his father, a paleontologist, found a 'stone egg' (which I guess sounds cooler than 'fossil egg') at Lake Sai and died after fruitlessly searching for others.

in order to pack for a trip to Lake Sai, His boss barges in, demanding to know why Takashi has abandoned his business trip to Mexico. Takashi, an archaeologist, cancels his flight to Mexico and heads to his office at Universal Stone Co, Ltd. Apparently a 'stone egg' is not a usual occurrence since everyone in the lounge is shocked-and Takashi Ashizawa (Tsunehiko Watase) especially takes note. After reporting an unseasonable snow storm in Hokkaido, the news reports that a woman reported finding a 'stone egg' near Lake Sai before being rushed to a hospital. In an airport lounge, the TV station is tuned to a news report about the various strange things happening in the world in 1977, no doubt as a result of man's misdeeds. The woman somehow stumbles out of the hidden cave and runs into a group of construction workers before passing out and being taken to a local hospital. One of those eggs begins to hatch, and the terrified woman goes to investigate-only to recoil in screaming terror when a slimy eye inside the egg looks back.

She's even more freaked out when she suddenly falls into a hidden cavern full of ice and several fossil eggs. We never will find out why, but she is carrying a gun and seems suitably freaked out. A woman is wandering in the woods at the foot of Mt. This film is also damned weird, and we get a taste of that weirdness immediately. I think we've fully established that by now. Both of which are, as per movie tradition, way bigger than the actual animals in question were. The monsters in this film are a plesiosaurus (not a dinosaur, but a reptile) and a Rhamphorynchus (not a bird, but also a reptile). There are no 'monster birds' for that matter. Pop culture considers anything scaly and prehistoric a 'dinosaur,' but there are in fact no dinosaurs in this film.

Yet there were surprisingly few who went, 'You know what would be a great stand-in for a shark? Dinosaurs.'

And virtually every country that did made sure to make it as unique as possible instead of just making another killer shark film. When it comes to Jaws rip-offs, nearly every country with a film industry got their chance to make one.

Legend of dinosaurs & monster birds 1977