{"id":217,"date":"2008-02-07T18:06:51","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T08:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/02\/07\/new-reptisaurus\/"},"modified":"2008-02-10T08:32:58","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T22:32:58","slug":"new-reptisaurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/02\/07\/new-reptisaurus\/","title":{"rendered":"New: Reptisaurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exploitation doyen Fred Olen Ray has announced that his son Chris &#8212; clearly walking in\u00a0 the dad&#8217;s footsteps &#8212; has just finished directing his first film, a giant monster epic based on an old Charlton Comic from the 1960s. The film is called <em>Reptisaurus<\/em>; the comic it is based on was inspired by the Danish giant monster film, <em>Reptilicus<\/em> (1961; dir. Poul Bang and Sidney W. Pink) &#8212; at least for part of its rather short run.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, below are some pics from the film and some images from the original comic.<\/p>\n<p>A scene of destruction:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/repti1.jpg\" title=\"Reptisaurus 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/repti1.jpg\" alt=\"Reptisaurus 1\" height=\"292\" width=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The monster itself:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/reptisaurus.jpg\" title=\"Reptisaurus 2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/reptisaurus.jpg\" alt=\"Reptisaurus 2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The cover of a Reptisaurus comic:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/reptisaurus1.jpg\" title=\"Reptisaurus comic cover\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/reptisaurus1.jpg\" alt=\"Reptisaurus comic cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And a page from the comic:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/reptisaurus1-uncensoredpage.jpg\" title=\"Reptisaurus comic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/reptisaurus1-uncensoredpage.jpg\" alt=\"Reptisaurus comic\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Read more about the film at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/node\/26060\" target=\"_blank\">Dread Central<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Thanks, Avery, for the initial heads-up.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Addition &#8212; 9 Feb 2008<\/strong>:<br \/>\nReptisaurus in flight (courtesy of Avery and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarstarkas.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/flying.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">tarstarkas.net<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/flying-reptisaurus.jpg\" title=\"Reptisaurus in flight\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/flying-reptisaurus.jpg\" alt=\"Reptisaurus in flight\" height=\"417\" width=\"498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploitation doyen Fred Olen Ray has announced that his son Chris &#8212; clearly walking in\u00a0 the dad&#8217;s footsteps &#8212; has just finished directing his first film, a giant monster epic based on an old Charlton Comic from the 1960s. 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