Phil Tippett's Prehistoric Beast

This stop motion short film, made in a garage in 1984, was the catalyst that launched the wild idea of creating an independent business whose sole purpose was to create animation for movies. And so began Tippett Studio. Phil sort of had an inkling that Dinosaurs might be once again popular as PB preceded a wave of popular interest in dinosaurs spurred on in 1990 with the publishing of Michael Crichton's book, Jurassic Park and the subsequent blockbuster movie by Steven Spielberg in 1993.

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[UBERGEEKZILLA]

YES FINNALY!!!! i have always seen clips of this film used in other movies but i never knew the movies name BUT NOW I FOUND IT!!!

[creepycomputer]

This is the first time I've seen the movie fully. I've saw fragments of "Prehistoric Beast" in the "The Hunt" clip of the Microsoft Dinosaurs Encyclopedia on CD-ROM.

[JaylukKhan]

This is some of the best stop motion I've ever seen.

[DoomRulz]

I have a question for you @PhilsAttic,

With the upcoming release of the Walking With Dinosaurs movie, is there any chance you think you'll make a full feature-length Prehistoric Beast?

[DoomRulz]

Not at all. Whenever I eat a salad that has really crispy lettuce, I envision the Centrosaurus in the video chomping on the flowers. Hey, been doing it since I was six 8-)

[renwulf16]

It's like a prehistoric horror film for teenage dinosaurs.

[grugonk]

Am I weird for thinking those flowers actually seem really tasty?

[Tyztube21]

I recalled this when I was just around 5 maybe. I think I saw it in a museum at the time.

[Vincent Sutcliffe]

this looks so real i bet you just went back in time and filmed dinosaurs

[Josh Gab]

Nice try . Its good

[jjjerome18]

Dinosaurs are one of the coolest things ever but stop motion dinosaus just take the cake