Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl is a 2005 film that premiered on the Sci Fi Channel. The film is directed by Mark L. Lester. Of interesting note is that all the characters have the surnames of famous science fiction and horror authors. Professor Lovecraft (Cameron Daddo) is a paleontologist whose career is in a slump. He hopes to revive it with a mission into the Turkish forest, where a recent earthquake has opened a rift in the dormant volcano, Mt. Ararat. His crew... more

Pterodactyl is a 2005 film that premiered on the Sci Fi Channel. The film is directed by Mark L. Lester. Of interesting note is that all the characters have the surnames of famous science fiction and horror authors. Professor Lovecraft (Cameron Daddo) is a paleontologist whose career is in a slump. He hopes to revive it with a mission into the Turkish forest, where a recent earthquake has opened a rift in the dormant volcano, Mt. Ararat. His crew includes Angie, the difficult and spoiled daughter of his funder (Mircea Monroe), and sweet, intelligent Kate Heinlein (Amy Sloan). Meanwhile, Captain Bergen (Coolio) and his special ops team which are Richard Serling (George Calil), Terri Zelazny (Jessica Ferrarone), Michael Clarke (Todd Kramer), Chief John Burroughs (Dusan Fager) and James Herbert (David Nykl) on a dangerous mission to track down a terrorist. When Angie goes for a swim in a lake she is attacked by a large Pterodactyl, but she makes it out alive and while on the run she... less