The Primevals
Just finished watching "The Primevals" by Full Moon Pictures.
"The Primevals" was the last movie by stop motion model animator David W. Allen [no relation], who passed away back in 1999 after filming had been completed on this movie.
For reasons I'm still not exactly clear on, work on "The Primevals" came to a complete halt after Allen's untimely passing, even though filming had been fully completed. I suspect funding might have been one reason, and another reason was probably Allen was no Stanley Kubrick. Perhaps inheritance rights also came in to play. Who knows?
Fortunately, Full Moon Picture was able to take the unreleased movie off the shelf and save it from a similar fate of the destroyed for a tax-write off Bat Girl movie and released it on the festival and convention circuits.
The story behind "The Primevals" is simple. Undeniable proof of the Yeti has been found and an expedition to Nepal is mounted to discover and bring back more.
All the special effects, as far as I can tell, are done with old school practical effects like classic stop motion techniques and matte paintings with what looks like some digital composites done here and there. There's no bad CGI effects anywhere to be seen here, which is nice; and what few digital composites we see, only use practical miniatures or matte paintings. The whole look and tone of the movie feels like something that came out in the 60s while the story feels like something Edgar Rice Burroughs or Julies Vern would have written with less of an emphasis on action and more so on adventure and discovery.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Primevals-Blu-...
"The Primevals" was the last movie by stop motion model animator David W. Allen [no relation], who passed away back in 1999 after filming had been completed on this movie.
For reasons I'm still not exactly clear on, work on "The Primevals" came to a complete halt after Allen's untimely passing, even though filming had been fully completed. I suspect funding might have been one reason, and another reason was probably Allen was no Stanley Kubrick. Perhaps inheritance rights also came in to play. Who knows?
Fortunately, Full Moon Picture was able to take the unreleased movie off the shelf and save it from a similar fate of the destroyed for a tax-write off Bat Girl movie and released it on the festival and convention circuits.
The story behind "The Primevals" is simple. Undeniable proof of the Yeti has been found and an expedition to Nepal is mounted to discover and bring back more.
All the special effects, as far as I can tell, are done with old school practical effects like classic stop motion techniques and matte paintings with what looks like some digital composites done here and there. There's no bad CGI effects anywhere to be seen here, which is nice; and what few digital composites we see, only use practical miniatures or matte paintings. The whole look and tone of the movie feels like something that came out in the 60s while the story feels like something Edgar Rice Burroughs or Julies Vern would have written with less of an emphasis on action and more so on adventure and discovery.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Primevals-Blu-...
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