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There are 2 kinds of bad dinosaur movies; the painful ones and the fun ones. This is one of the latter. I think Tammy and the T-Rex was kind of destined to be a guilty pleasure of mine from the very beginning. It hits so many notes for things I enjoy and resonate with, most of them subjective, that I just can't help but love it. I love the 90s culture, I love dinosaurs, I love camp, I love Terry Kiser, I love Denise Richards and I love Beauty & the Beast stories. I was also a leather jacket wearing dork in High School who briefly dated a cheerleader at one point and have a flamboyantly gay close friend. This movie has all of those things and you're telling me I'm not supposed to enjoy it? Yeah, right.

God damn it, I don't care that the editing is laughably bad, with audio clips repeating themselves and scenes frequently ending abruptly and awkwardly. I don't care that the story makes absolutely no sense, I don't care if the film obviously uses a human actor in an obvious $20 costume whenever Michael/T-Rex needs to use his hands or we need a closeup on his moving feet, I don't care that the cast overacts to a degree that John Travolta would be envious of (Actually, this may be a bonus.) I don't care that the music feels like something off of a bad Power Rangers episode. Honestly, the only thing I really care about is the film's censoring of its graphic and brutal violence. The cuts here are obvious and laughable, made for the sole creative decision of marketing to a dinosaur hungry young audience fresh off of Jurassic Park. Never mind that these are 2 completely different movies targeted towards completely different target audiences, apparently all dinosaur movies are the same. While Tammy & the T-Rex still retains a lot of the zany, bonkers humor and manic, over-the-top energy of the original vision, stripping it of its violence just makes it lose a lot of its identity.

I'm surprised how much I really dug the characters of this film. No, the acting isn't the best (Or the 2nd best...Or the 3rd best...Or the 26th best), but I do really like these characters. Denise Richard's Tammy is lovably bubbly and energetic, Theo Forsett's Byron is charming and funny, Paul Walker's Michael is a lot of goofy fun in the limited screentime he has and Terry Kiser chews the scenery as one of those deliciously overacted bad guys we just never get to see any more. I was surprised how emotionally invested I was in this admittedly horribly made film.

A big part of my enjoyment comes from just how much heart this film has. This is the kind of bad movie where everybody on board really believed in the product. Everybody in the cast & crew really wanted to be here and you can tell they had a lot of fun. You can't help but respect the earnestness and humbleness of a movie with a crying T-Rex attending his own funeral. A movie that starts off with a cheer-leading team practicing to "Dinosaur Man" by Simon Stokes and the Black Whip Thrill Band (A song with lyrics like Dinosaur music inside my brain, Sometimes I feel like I'm gonna go insane") It's a very charming movie if nothing else and nobody can take that away from it. Not even repeating sound clips or a T-Rex with obviously human arms.

This joins Idle Hands as one of those insane 90s guilty pleasures that I would honestly love to remake. Turn it into a Troma Entertainment style Horror comedy exploitation like Tromeo & Juliet, Polutrygeist or Class of Nuke 'Em High and this could honestly be really good for the kind of ridiculous, absurd, goofy schlock that it is. Come to mention it, taking the stoner comedy elements of Idle Hands would probably make this even more entertaining. I wonder how much it would take to purchase the rights for this.

I went totally blind into this flick. I do that more and more because trailers are mostly tricking you. Already over 25 year sold and having Denise Richards in it, what could go wrong?

Well, if you ever pick this up and taking it seriously then you will be left with a bitter feeling and even as you might think it's a comedy, wrong again.

I don't know if the production took it seriuosly but hell. The sound is mostly just one the edge of distorded. Some shots are blurry. In some shots you can see the rew makingshadows on the wall behind the actors and they aren't standing still, and even a mic can be spotted here and there.

But why watch it? simply if you dig cheesy gory flicks then it's a must see. Effects are really cheap and funny sometimes but hey, the gore is attached. And then we have the dinosaur. It's mechanical but once transformed with a human brain it comes alive and it's out for revenge and it's the T-rex that makes it funny, and of course the reaction of the cops. The arms of the T even giving the big finger.

So, cheesy lovers or B movie lovers pick it up. Don't take it serious and then you may even like it. Denise geeks do know that she is in most flicks for her beauty, which she shows the last minutes. I never heard of this flick until a week ago but I well never forget it.

Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 1/5

Denise Richards stars as the titular Tammy, a teenage girl with a bad boyfriend out to end her friendship with a boy (Paul Walker) by any means necessary. The jerk boyfriend is tipped off that Walker's character is at Tammy's house and what follows next is, well I really don't know what happens next. The boy is attacked, taken to the ICU, is stolen by an evil doctor and his minions, and his brain is put into a T-Rex. This is one of the oddest films, but the weirdness is apparently intentional as this plays off as a campy sort of parody of classic science fiction films. I hope that was intentional anyway. If you like goofball teen sci-fi films or like the idea of Denise Richards doing a striptease for a brain without a body then this is the movie for you.

I've never seen the original cut of this movie, but I can tell you right now that the gore cut of this film is one the best experiences I've ever had showing my friends a vinegar syndrome release.

This movie is completely bat crazy, and I really wish there were more films like it. From the crazy German doctor, to the jealous ex this movie just delivers on so much, and it never takes itself too seriously.

Now, if you want a serious flick this is obviously not the right choice, but if you're going into a movie called "Tammy and the T-Rex" expecting high art, you my friend have already made a mistake.

Enjoy the film for what it is.

The boyfriend of a teen girl in the Los Angeles area (Paul Walker & Denise Richards) is seriously injured whereupon a dubious doctor (Terry Kiser) places his brain in a 3-ton mechanical tyrannosaurus rex, which creates serious problems when the 'dinosaur' crashes a party.

"Tammy and the T-Rex" (1994) is similar to the contemporaneous "Leprechaun 2" and "Leprechaun 3," albeit even sillier. It fills the bill when you want to turn off your brain for some goofy entertainment with horror trappings.

Besides Denise in her prime, Shevonne Durkin stands out on the female front as Wendy. Then there's the doctor's statuesque assistant, Helga, played by Ellen Dubin. Michele Maika is also worth a mention as Michelle.

This is a fun flick but the eye-rolling Byron character is too prominent and almost singlehandedly ruins the experience.

The film runs 1 hour, 22 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles and nearby Calabasas & Camarillo, both west of Hollywood.

GRADE: C.

Everyone says this movie is bad, of course it is... do you think the people were actually serious when they made it? NO! It is to be enjoyed as a B movie. It shows a T-rex make a phone call, then check the pay phone for change after he's done, then it shows him crying with tears pouring from his eyes. I assure you no one thought they were making a great cinematic moment, they were just being silly. If you can't appreciate this movie for what it is, then you shouldn't be reviewing B-movies. They weren't made for you.

The movie is fun to watch if you don't take it too serious. An upbeat beginning, absurdity ( the dinosaur on the phone ) and nonsense as main feature of the story, very bad special-effects, some cool and fresh ideas plus the VERY hot Denise Richards ( Every man will be thrilled by her performance ! Guys - she is so sexy ! ) make this made-for-teenager-movie not good, but charming. 5 out of 10

I was channel surfing the other night on DirectTV, and came across this movie with the wacky title. When I read the nutty plot description and noticed that it starred Ellen Dubin (from Lexx) and Denise Richards in an early role, I selected it out of curiosity. I expected to watch it for maybe five minutes and then get bored and turn to something else. I ended up, however, being really surprised by how entertaining I found this film to be. I knew I had to see what other people at IMDb thought about it. And just as I expected, almost everyone here hated it. I'm not surprised that most people don't "get" this movie. Those without any sense of camp will have no appreciation for it.

Let me explain something to everyone: This movie is bad, and the people who wrote and directed it KNEW that they were making a bad movie. Most of the characters and things that go on in it are totally, utterly ridiculous, and the filmmakers obviously reveled in this fact, to a degree of aggressive silliness. Realism and reality have little to do with this film. Basically, it's a send-up of other B-movies--romance, sci-fi, horror, etc--and a clever one at that. But apparently very few seem to have recognized it as such. Do people really think that the filmmakers were just too dumb not to realize that real-life funeral-goers would have noticed a huge T-rex watching the burial service from behind some shrubs just a few yards away? Or that the creepiness of the tender love scenes between Tammy and her grotesque dinosaur "boyfriend" was an accident? The movie's deliberate outrageousness and low-mindedness is what makes this movie fun and is the source of some of its funniest moments. For the first half of the film, I couldn't believe what I was watching, and couldn't believe that anyone would make a film like this.

And then I loved it!

One of the greatest "how did they pitch this?" movies I've ever seen. I, somehow, avoided the PG-13 cut all these years and only recently witnessed the new uncut Vinegar Syndrome cut and I can't even imagine how they trimmed down this fairly gory movie into a PG-13. It's filled to the brim with Troma/early Peter Jackson style gore and the tone of the film is very similar as well.

Denise Richards seems to have a reputation as a bad actress by some, but after seeing this, I can't understand it at all, because she commits so hard to the ludicrous premise of her boyfriend's brain being transfered into a mechanical dinosaur that you just want to give her an award of some kind for all her effort. Did I mention that her boyfriend pre-brain into mechanical dinosaur is Paul Walker?

Weekend at Bernie's Terry Kiser shows up as the evil scientist who stole Walker's brain in the first place and John Franklin from Children of the Corn is his assistant and computer wiz.

Tammy and the T-Rex surprises at every turn, makes you laugh, and even makes you root for the relationship between a beautiful high schooler and a mechanical t-rex. If that's not art, I'm not sure what is.

I saw the uncut version of this film at an independent theatre tonight, and let me just say: this film is as bad as Troll 2, and much more entertaining. The whole theatre was laughing throughout, and I am definitely planning on making my friends watch this. I cannot speak for the value of the cut version, as I have not seen it and cannot imagine how the film would function in that state. 10/10 for entertainment value, 0/10 for artistic value; don't watch this if you plan to take it at all seriously.

This was a film that I never heard about growing up, which is interesting as this was around the time I was hitting up the video store a lot. I heard about it of course through podcasts when Vinegar Syndrome did an updated Blu-ray featuring the R-rated cut. I decided to check it out for my podcast when I used a randomizer for a show in January and this number came up. The synopsis is an evil scientist implants the brain of Michael (Paul Walker), a murder high school student, into a Tyrannosaurus. He escapes, wreaks vengeance on his high school tormentors and is reunited with his sweetheart Tammy (Denise Richards).

We start this off inside of a gymnasium where a bunch of cheerleaders are practicing. The one we're focused on is Tammy. As they're finishing up, Michael comes in from football practice. The two of them are dating and there's an interesting situation where he gives her a bracelet and flower, but she tells him she can't take it and they hint about something he shouldn't do. We meet her best friend, Byron (Theo Forsett) who goes into the school. Things take a turn when Tammy's ex-boyfriend, Billy (George Pilgrim) shows up. The two of them get into a fight which has to be broken up by two cops, Norville (George 'Buck' Flower) and Neville (Ken Carpenter).

It then introduces us to Dr. Wachenstein (Terry Kiser), with his assistant Helga (Ellen Dubin) as well as his henchman Karl (John Edmondson) and Bobby (John Franklin). The doctor has created a mechanical T-Rex that Bobby controls. Dr. Wachenstein wants to put a brain inside of it though, thinking that it will be better if it was more autonomous.

That night Michael gets a call from Tammy to come over. He is sneaking into her room when Wendy (Shevonne Durkin) and Michelle (Michele Maika) see him. They tell Billy who brings his friend Weasel (Sean Whalen) and their crew over. They bust into Tammy's house, chasing Michael away. They end up catching him and taking him to a wild life safari in town and leaving him. After a run in with some of the giant cats, he's taken to the hospital.

Dr. Wachenstein and Helga show up and convince Tammy and Byron that Michael passed away. They steal his body to take it to their warehouse. It is there the brain is removed and put into this giant T-Rex. Michael wakes up to find out his new fate and attacks the henchmen of Dr. Wachenstein before escaping. He's out for revenge and to get back to his girlfriend.

If you couldn't tell from this review, this is an odd movie for sure. As I'm watching this, I'm not really sure who the audience was for this. It looks like it was originally released as a sci-fi comedy with a PG-13 rating. The R rated cut I saw has a bunch of blood and gore that was removed. That is why I'm not sure if this was marketed toward comedy fans, but it is a film that the horror community is embracing now that Vinegar Syndrome put out this movie.

I do have to say, and this includes me, if this film was released without the cuts back in the day, I'm not sure that it would have the buzz that it does now. I think because of this rare cut that is now being praised is why this is getting the treatment that it did. I'm not mad for having watched this and doing this review. It is just odd and that's the best way that I can describe this.

The story behind the movie is interesting. They had access to use the mechanical T-Rex so they took advantage of it. The story is implausible with how it plays out, but being that it is a comedy I'm willing to overlook some of the odd flaws for sure. I do like that having this cyborg like machine getting its revenge as that is something Michael was ready to do before passing away. That makes sense and it could do a lot of the things we see as well.

It was a bit boring if I'm going to be honest. I didn't really know what to expect early on, but as it progresses, it lost its way. I noticed myself picking up my phone to look at other things instead of paying attention and needing to tell myself to focus. That isn't a good thing when watching a movie if I don't really care where it is going. It does seem this movie is more intended to watch with friends from what I've heard. I just think the movie wasn't all that well thought out which explains it. The ending was intriguing with what happens to the T-Rex and the implications as well.

Something that shocked me was the cast. We have a young Richards and Walker here, as I'm assuming neither really had been in anything as of yet. We don't get a lot of Walker as himself but you can see from this that he had talent. Richards was hit or miss for me. There were times that she overacted and I think part of that could have been the script. I could see flashes for her as well. Dubin was solid as a villainous scientist much like Kiser here. It was fun to see Flower, Carpenter, Whalen, J. Jay Saunders, Franklin and Durkin who all appear in other horror movies I've seen over the years. The acting though in general was decent for a movie like this.

I was pleasantly surprised by most of the effects. Not all of them look good or real, but they went with practical ones which works for me. The blood and gore that put here is better than some legit horror movies I've seen. The T-Rex was done with an animatronics so that helped. There was some really bad effects at times as well that made me chuckle. I also thought the cinematography was done in a way to hide things so that's a plus.

The last thing was the soundtrack, which felt very much like the 90's. It isn't very good, but I do have to give it credit for fitting for what they needed here. It just definitely isn't one that stuck with me or would ever listen to again.

Now with that said, this isn't a good movie. I did find it fun and just an intriguing piece of cinema. We have a cast that is pretty solid, but the performances aren't great. The concept of the movie is wild and how the R rated cut was filmed doesn't make a lot of sense. I'm not sure who the target audience was as it isn't really that funny and yes it has sci-fi elements, but I don't necessarily classify it there either. I did find it to be a bit boring as well, but the blood and gore looked good for the most part. The soundtrack fit for what was needed, but not really one that I would write home about. I found this movie to be slightly below average overall and a good portion of this is just craziness that this was made.

4.5/10

There is only 1 reason to watch this movie.... Denise Richards.

Or is it Tanny and the T rex because that's utterly confusing. This movie is a mess but it's also a big guilty pleasure. From the director of Mannequin 2 and Mac and Me comes the tale of a young girl whose boyfriend is murdered and his brain is implanted in a t rex. This R rated cut is wonderfully goofy and gory and it's a perfect example of something so bad that it's good. It can be a little much at times but it mostly works. It also stars a very young Paul Walker and a career best Denise Richard's which is kinda scary, lol. All in all it's a fun, goofy mess that just works.

B-movie GOLD! Denise Richards in a movie where a mad scientist turns transplants her boyfriend's brain into a ridiculous looking t-Rex? Sign me up! This is so stupid, so absurd, but everyone knows it and goes with it. Such stupid, mindless fun and I was so into it when I watched it. Obviously, this is a ridiculous and bad movie but entertainment counts for something. If you're looking for some serious camp and 90s trash then this might be right up your alley.

Don't buy it, don't spend any money on it, but if you can find it somewhere to stream it, absolutely give it a shot!

I dont really talk much (my gun does all the talking) so this is my first review. So when I came to my home after killing that Krubis guy (man that was nuts) my alien friend gene was watching this movie and me and my sister had an argument with gene just before watching this movie, she wanted him to move out but I wanted him to stay because I wanted his bounty hunting equipments. And it seems my sister got a new alien boyfriend, she says they are just friends but me and gene know that she is lying, she is my only family right now I dont want her to leave me for her new boyfriend. My mom and dad are missing I dont know where to find them. So I am doing this bounty hunting thing so I might come across them. Anyway so about the movie, yeah it was great, I liked the part where they crushed his nuts, oh boy it was so satisfying (my talking knife really liked it, it wanted to cut and gouge those balls). Unfortunately I couldn't complete the movie but I liked what I saw , so it's 10/10 for me.

I came across this morning early yesterday morning, 5/10/2020 by accident. With Paul Walker being in this movie, he caught my attention because he was hot eye candy to watch on the screen regardless of his poor acting skills. I must tell you, this was a very silly dumb movie with poor acting and special effects. The Dinosaur in the movie looked very fake. I recognized John Franklin aka Issac from the 1984 film, 'Children of the Corn'. At times this movie had me laughing sitting on the sofa. I wouldn't not pay money to go see this movie, however, it is something worth watching during the 'Stay at Home' order due to Covid 19. RIP, Paul Walker.

I bought this film merely because of Denise Richards, who I think is one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood. I was deceived by the title and the picture, both of which made me think it was a movie for children. Boy, was I wrong. This is a Trash movie, what made me glad that I bought it. Now I can place it among the other titles of my B-Movies collection. Is this a bad movie? Of course it is. Surprisingly as it may be for most people, it was made that way ON PURPOSE. And, what may sound even more surprising is that some people (such as myself) really do appreciate this genre of film. Trash, B-movie, whatever you call it, are based in 4 concepts: Hot chick (Denise Richards couldn't be more appropriate), bad acting, cheesy special effects and a ridiculous script. This movie succeeds in all of them.

Thus, considering the logic of those who are into Trash movies, this one deserves an 8 or 9 out of 10. For the rest of you, who just can't get what is to enjoy in a truly bad movie, I guess it would be 1 out of 10, considering a conventional rating system.

Denise Richards and Paul Walker are two rising young stars with lots of talent. The first time I saw Richards was in the 1997 sci/fi epic "Starship Troopers" and since then she has appeared in "Wild Things", "Drop Dead Gorgeous", and the recent James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough". The first time I saw Walker was in the 1998 Disney release "Meet the Deedles". Since then, he has appeared in "Pleasantville", "Varsity Blues", "She's All That", and most recently, "The Skulls". But I find it hard to believe that a couple of years before these two actors started showing up in these movies, they starred in "Tammy and the T-Rex". I saw this movie on the USA station not too long ago, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This movie is a complete mess. The first 15 minutes of the movie were O.K. which starts out as a love story between two teens (played by Richards and Walker). Then the movie takes a disasterous turn after the opening 15 minutes by turning into a sci-fi/horror/comedy with no wit and no imagination. The comedic moments are not funny, and one scene in the movie (involving Paul Walker) made me cringe big time (if you've seen this movie you probably know what scene I'm talking about). The filmmakers should have stuck with the love story then they might have had a good movie on their hands. But no. They had to throw in the plot with the dinosaur. Ridiculous. If you really want to see a good movie staring Denise Richards, see "Starship Troopers" or "The World Is Not Enough" (even though most people didn't like her in the latter). If you want to see Paul Walker do some good acting, see "Varsity Blues". Don't waste your time with this nonsense. I wouldn't be surprised that if you walked up to both of these actors and asked them "what was the worst movie you ever made?" both Richards and Walker would say this one. I'm sure they regret that they took part in this disaster.

1/2* (out of four)