Dinosaur Island -1994- Jun 2026

In the summer of 1993, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park shattered global box office records. Seeking to capitalize on the public's massive dinosaur obsession, legendary exploitation producer Roger Corman looked for a fast way to cash in. Rather than funding an expensive, high-tech copycat, Corman turned to B-movie directors Jim Wynorski and Fred Olen Ray.

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Dinosaur Island (1994) is a campy, independent B-movie co-directed by cult filmmakers Fred Olen Ray Jim Wynorski and produced by "King of the B's" Roger Corman In the summer of 1993, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic

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The film opens with a classic setup: U.S. Army Captain Jason Briggs (Ross Hagen) is flying three misfit deserters home for a court-martial when engine trouble forces the plane to crash-land near an uncharted island. The survivors, including the wisecracking, tattooed John Skeemer (Richard Gabai) and the dim-witted Private Turbo (Peter Spellos), wash ashore on a lush, tropical paradise. But this is no ordinary island. They quickly discover it's a land that time forgot, teeming with dinosaurs and a primitive society of beautiful, scantily-clad cavewomen led by Queen Morganna (Toni Naples). But this is no ordinary island

The rugged, stoic military leader trying to keep his chaotic crew alive.