The Relic (1997)
- Directed by
- Peter Hyams
- Genre
- action film, horror film, science fiction film, monster film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 629 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A detective and a biologist team up to stop a giant reptilian creature that is killing people inside a Chicago natural history museum.
tensedarkclaustrophobicmonstergruesomemysteriouschilling
What happens
The Relic is a 1997 American monster-horror film directed by Peter Hyams and based on the best-selling 1995 novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore, and Brian Steele in his feature film debut. In the film, a detective and a biologist try to defeat a South American monstrous reptilian creature which is on a killing spree in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The movie was shot in Chicago at the Field Museum of Natural History. Production was originally intended to be held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. However, a deal could not be reached and, after taking interest in the film's premise, the Field Museum offered to let the studio shoot there instead. The film was the second on-screen collaboration between Hunt, Miller, and supporting actor Chi Muoi Lo, all three of whom also worked on the film Kindergarten Cop. The Relic was released in the United States on January 10, 1997, by Paramount Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office failure. It grossed only $48 million worldwide against a $40–60 million budget. The film was the final film appearance of actress Audra Lindley before her death shortly after the film's release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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