Pond Creature.txt
The Monster Of Highgate Ponds
Cute story with a low budget monster.
A child's uncle brings back a Prehistoric egg from Malasya and gives it to his nephew David to look after. After a while, this egg hatches, revealing a dinosaur-like monster. Very small at first, it soon starts to grow and David and his friend Chris release it into the lake on Hamstead Heath.
It wouldn't be a CFF movie without antagonists, and here there were three. First, an old busybody with a yappy dog who keeps turning up at the worst possible times, usually when the creature is swimming with the boys which leads her to threaten to ruin their fun by calling the authorities. The other two were more significant, a couple of carnies who want an attraction for their sideshow and insist on trying to kidnap the monster - named "Beauty" by David, oddly - though frankly they're so inept it's a miracle they get as far into their scheme as they do.
Indeed, the monster itself was a fine creation, starting as a little puppet and gradually getting larger until it turned into a man in a costume: pity the stuntman having to spend his time up to his neck in the ponds of the title.
A short sample is included for evaluation.
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File size : 649 MiB
Duration : 56mn 22s
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