On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater Louisiana, a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. The meteor is actually a spaceship containing an alien life form which animates the museum's partially frozen Woolly Mammoth and begins a rampage. Local authorities and Government Investigators join forces with Frank Abernathy, the Museum Curator, and his father Simon, a B-Movie enthusiast, to bring down the giant mammoth in this alien-invasion flick!
Practical Effects
The mammoth puppet genuinely slaps for a TV budget.
Acting
Tom Skerritt playing a B-movie obsessive is meta-casting genius.
Writing
Sheriff named Marion Morrison (John Wayne's real name). Chefs kiss.
Director
Abram Cox
Vincent Ventresca
Dr. Frank Abernathy
Summer Glau
Jack Abernathy
Tom Skerritt
Simon Abernathy
Constantin Drăgănescu
Gordon
Cole Williams
Squirrelly
Charles Carroll
Sheriff Marion Morrison
Mark Irvingsen
Deputy Dino
David Kallaway
Deputy Bud
Leila Arcieri
Agent Powers
Dan Radulescu
Moe the Monkey Man
Julia Lashae
Tour Guide
Coca Bloos
Olive
Boris Petroff
Bruno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of SyFy's 'Maneater Series' films, which also included 'Grizzly Rage' and 'Eye of the Beast.' The mammoth suit was reportedly reused from a Discovery Channel documentary.
Summer Glau filmed this between Firefly's cancellation and Serenity's release—her 'paying rent' era that produced accidental cult canon.
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