Tammy and the T-Rex

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Director: Stewart Raffill Year: 1994 Runtime: 82 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.4
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Synopsis

An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies who killed him, and is reunited with his sweetheart.

Tammy is at cheerleader practice, and her new boyfriend Michael Brock walks in from football practice to observe. They meet Byron Black, Tammy's gay friend, who approves of Michael as her new boyfriend. Shortly thereafter, Tammy's violent and jealous ex-boyfriend Billy arrives with his gang and harasses Michael; a fight erupts between the two. The police arrive to break up the fight and take Billy into custody, but Tammy, unable to deal with the events, breaks down and runs away in tears. The scene then cuts to a figure of a Tyrannosaurus rex in a dark warehouse as two people, Dr. Gunther Wachenstein and his assistant Helga, walk through the doors. The lights come on and the Tyrannosaurus rex figure begins to move, being controlled by someone in a room. Dr. Wachenstein is impressed by the robotic dinosaur's strength and reveals his plan to implant a living human brain into the robot to give it consciousness, mobility and "immortality". Later that night, Michael sneaks out to see Tammy. They are soon interrupted by Billy and his thugs, who chase and catch Michael. They throw him into the wild animal park where lions and jaguars run loose. A lion mauls Michael and he is left in a comatose state. He is brought to a hospital where his intoxicated uncle watches over him. Dr. Wachenstein and Helga declare Michael dead, so that they can use his brain to control their robotic Tyrannosaurus rex. After his brain is implanted, Michael escapes and wreaks vengeance on his high school tormentors and is reunited with his sweetheart Tammy. She realizes that the dinosaur is Michael and begins a search to find a more suitable body for him. Dr. Wachenstein is in hot pursuit of his monstrous creation, which leads to a chase that ends with Michael killing the doctor. Police officers open fire and destroy the mechanical dinosaur. Tammy manages to recover Michael's brain. She takes it home with her and hooks it up to her computer, speakers, and video camera. This is temporary until they find a new body for him. Through the set-up, Michael is able to speak and see, which allows him to view Tammy performing a striptease. This causes the brain hookups to spark. ^ "Plot Summary" wsu.edu. Retrieved on May 20, 2009

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler One character is kissed/felt up multiple times. A whole plot line focuses on an ex abusing and stalking the main character.
there's child abuse
Yes
there's domestic violence
Yes
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
someone is stalked
Yes
there's addiction
spoiler There is an alcoholic character who doesn't get much screen time
alcohol abuse
Yes
an animal dies
spoiler A dove is shot.
there are bugs
spoiler Maggots on a corpse
there's genital trauma/mutilation
Yes
there's amputation
Yes
someone breaks a bone
Yes
hands are damaged
Yes
a woman gets slapped
Yes
someone is restrained
Yes
someone is beaten up by a bully
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler High school students
a non-human character dies
Yes
a major character dies
Yes
someone dies
Yes
someone cheats
Yes
someone is kidnapped
Yes
there are jump scares
Yes
there are razors
Yes
someone is possessed
spoiler Technically yes
there's natural bodies of water
Yes
there are mannequins
spoiler It's not meant to be a mannequin, it's a practical effect
someone vomits
spoiler when??
There's audio gore
spoiler In the gore version (rated RV-MA)
someone is eaten
spoiler In the gore version (rated RV-MA)
there's eye mutilation
spoiler Eyes get damaged as part of the head squashing
teeth are damaged
Yes
heads get squashed
spoiler In the gore cut
there's decapitation
spoiler In the gore version (rated RV-MA) there are a couple decapitation.
there is copaganda
spoiler The cops are bumbling, homophobic twits. They make things worse for our heroes.
needles/syringes are used
Yes
there's a hospital scene
Yes
there's body dysmorphia
spoiler The central idea of the movie is that someone is (non consensually) put into a robotic T-Rex body. So... maybe?
someone has an anxiety attack
spoiler There is a brief moment of someone hyperventilating and panicking but lasts around 5 seconds and said person is able to communicate clearly after that time.
someone struggles to breathe
spoiler In a brief scene of someone shown panicking
shaky cam is used
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
spoiler The gore cut contains R-Rated level language such as "f*ck"
there are homophobic slurs
Yes
there's fat jokes
Yes
someone speaks hate speech
Yes
a minority is misrepresented
Yes
there is sexual content
spoiler There's only one sex scene and everyone is clothed/it's more humorous than sexual. At the very end there's a strip tease but there's no nudity. The sexual content in this movie is more for laughs and it's fairly inoffensive.
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
a person is hit by a car
Yes
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler In the gore version (TV-MA)... there is a lot... but its a given since it's the gore version.
there's gun violence
Yes
there's excessive gore
spoiler Only in the "gore cut" (and in the version you can watch in the video game "High on Life") for obvious reasons the gore is removed in the PG-13 version.
there's shaving/cutting
spoiler In the gore version (rated RV-MA) there is a scene where they cut open a skull.
someone is crushed to death
spoiler Implied, not shown
someone falls down stairs
Yes
Someone becomes unconscious
spoiler Two characters faint

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