![]() ![]() Meanwhile, other bizarre things start happening around the Saiko Lake community. As he cruises through the nearby village, he greets two women named Akiko, a former lover of his, and Junko. Takashi quickly gets back to fossil-hunting and heads toward the Jukai once again. ![]() He later awakens in his father's old cabin near Saiko Lake, and discovers that he was rescued by Shohei Muku, an old friend of the family. When he arrives at the small village bordering Fuji's Saiko Lake, Takashi immediately heads into the heavily forested Jukai when a sudden earthquake occurs and he is knocked out. Upon hearing about the fossilized egg, Takashi sets off to Mount Fuji to find it. Her story airs on a televised news report that is seen by geologist Takashi Ashizawa. Before falling into a coma, the girl babbles about what she saw to a reporter. ![]() When one of the eggs start to hatch, she goes into hysterics and flees until she is discovered by a construction crew. Astonishingly, "Dinosaur from the Deep" isn't Moutier's only film: he also made slasher movies ("Mad Mutilator") and action titles ("Operation Las Vegas"), many of which are available online for your enjoyment (?).A young woman wanders barefoot in the lush Aokigahara (青木ヶ原), also known as the Sea of Trees (樹海 Jukai) region of Mount Fuji, and suddenly falls into a cavern, awakening in an icy cave full of large eggs. Moutier's mix of rubber toys, crude, herky-jerky clay models, and hand puppets inspire dropped jaws not only for their ineptitude, but for how much screen time they're afforded. Scenes run on forever, change from day to night within a single edit, and are frequently out of focus or framing objects in the least appealing way. Think of the crummiest backyard movie you've ever seen (or made) - Moutier's directorial capabilities are on par, if not worse. 1993's "Dinosaur from the Deep" is one of several amateur films made by French magazine publisher and comic/video store owner Norbert Moutier, whose understanding of the most rudimentary filmmaking techniques can be charitably described as non-existent. ![]() Sounds pretty good, or at least like bad fun, but that, friends, is where you would be wrong. ![]()
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