Mammoth

Not Just a Frozen Elephant
There have been a lot of movies where a prehistoric beast is thawed/discovered/created just so it can go around killing people but this one is different and more original than most. After five years of study a frozen mammoth comes back to life after the museum is struck by a meteor. But if you payed attention to the wonderful dancing cave paintings in the credits, you will have a better understanding of the alien involvement in this event. Said mammoth goes on a rampage and sucks out people's life force (like the creature in Stephen King's Cat's Eye). Only the scientist studying it and his crazy family have any chance of stopping the beast. Add a couple of government agents to the mix and you have a pretty good movie.

Tom Skerritt is excellent as the UFO conspiracy believing patriarch of the dysfunctional family. The agents are well played as are most of the remaining recurring characters. As the film progresses we see that this story is bigger than just the events...

Tongue-in-Cheek Gem
This tongue-in-cheek film is a gem. Filled with jokes poking fun at other sci-fi staples, characters, and themes, it also packs some surprise plot twists and moments. The actors were top notch and fun to watch. At points where it looks like the movie is going to drag, something always pops up to surprise and delight. If you want a serious horror film or don't like comedy mixed with your thrills, this isn't the movie for you. But if you enjoy a rollercoaster ride of great chills, unexpected moments, quirks, and laughs, this is a wonderful choice.

Forget the Elephant
When you think of a movie about mammoths, you might not think of flying saucers, reanimated corpses, or 1950s-style sensibilities. But then, you're not director Tim Cox.

It all starts with a little blue pill. No not THAT pill - this one can wake up an elephant. Ahem. Never mind.

Anyway, a mammoth discovered perfectly preserved in a hunk of ice at a museum in Blackwater, Louisiana. Dr. Frank Abernathy (Vincent Ventresca) has noted the little blue pill in scans of the ice that have been otherwise undetected by the scientific community and decides to take a sample - which sets off a homing device. A flying saucer fires a sphere from space through the beginning credits, which smashes right into the mammoth, reanimating it. From there the mammoth goes on a rampage, goring, smashing, and sucking the souls of its victims through its snout.

Yes, you read that right. The undead mammoth sucks up souls like one of those mastodon vacuums on the Flintstones...

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