Prehysteria! 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 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 Vandell (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 Vicki Vandell • 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
Prehysteria! 2 Prehysteria! 2 was the sequel to the first film and was released in 1994. Mr. Cranston is a friend of the Taylors and he watches the mini-dinosaurs while they are on vacation. The five mini-dinosaurs break out of the Taylors' farm and accidentally get shipped into a crate of
raisins. The crate is found in a box car by Naomi (Jennifer Harte), a girl whose father works at the train station and a rich kid named Brendan Wellington (
Kevin Connors) who is hiding in the box car because he is being chased by bullies who are about to attack him. When the two discover the raisin crate, they get into an argument on who should keep the dinosaurs, Brendan claiming that he saw them first and Naomi claiming them on the fact that it is her box car. Brendan pays a worker for the crate, knowing that the dinosaurs are inside. Brendan is unhappy because he has no friends and is desperate for attention because his father does not spend much time with him. Naomi and Brendan later become friends and the mini-dinosaurs help the boy get the attention he needs, and try to save him from his abusive
mistress Miss Winters who is allergic to animals. When she finds out about Brendan having pets (not knowing that they are dinosaurs), she hires two
exterminators. She also views Brendan as a child with a lot of problems and wants to send him to a
disciplinary school.
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 •
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