History Literature / Carnivore

* NuclearMutant: That exposure to radiation will accelerate the baby's growth with no negative side effects whatsoever is taken as a given by the characters, and it does so.

Carnivore is a campy sci-fi horror novel written by Leigh Clark that is an unusual cross between ''Film/JurassicPark'' and John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982''. In it, a group of researchers and evil Russians use chemicals to make a revived and recently hatched ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' baby grow to adult size in a matter of weeks.

It's a cliche-ridden B-movie fest with characters we've come to expect in crappy horror movies and the very concept of a maneating dinosaur stalking humans in well beyond below zero temperatures of the Arctic is idiotic.

Because of this, it is immensely entertaining.

* GroinAttack: Apparently the only spot on a ''T. rex's'' body where a tranquilizer dart might actually have an effect is its pelvic region. Not long before this discovery is made, the dinosaur attacks a guy in the midst of relieiving himself and specifically targets his...er...package.
* GunsAreWorthless: Firearms are explicitly noted to be more useful for causing avalanches than actually harming bad guys.
** The tranq darts used to sedate the rex do little more than annoy it. And that's when they even penetrate its scaly hide.
* InvincibleVillain: The tyrannosaurus can move like the Flash, jump like the Hulk, is immune to bullets, is apparently sapient enough to figure out how technology works and how to counter it, and is apparently incapable of so much as twitching a muscle without killing at least three minor characters.

* NobleWolf: The high-content mixed breed wolf-dog named... er... Wolf.

* OhCrap

* SuperPersistentPredator: ''Some'' effort is made to justify this: There is literally nothing else for the rex to eat out in the frozen wilderness, and it needs constant food to stay warm.
* TooDumbToLive: Literally every single character at least once.

* StockDinosaurs

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs

* ILoveNuclearPower: That exposure to radiation will accelerate the baby's growth with no negative side effects whatsoever is taken as a given by the characters, and it does so.

* BlackHoleBelly: The T.rex eats enough people at a time that it should, but all accounts, be ''rolling'' rather than running.

* SuperPersistentPredator: Some effort is made to justify this: There is literally nothing else for the rex to eat out in the frozen wilderness, and it needs constant food to stay warm.

Carnivore is a campy sci-fi horror novel written by Leigh Clark that is an unusual cross between ''Film/JurassicPark'' and John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982''. In it, a group of researchers and evil Russians use chemicals to make a revived and recently hatched ''TyrannosaurusRex'' baby grow to adult size in a matter of weeks.

Because this is a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' and it does get mistreated, it gets loose and goes on a rampage at an isolated Antarctic research outpost. It then proceeds to eat everyone. Bloody HilarityEnsues.

* TooDumbToLive: Literally every single character at least once.
* TyrannosaurusRex

* ShoutOut: The [[Literature/CallOfTheWild designated dog fight]] between Wolf, a loyal mixed-breed (timber wolf/husky) and Grushka, a purebred husky with a nasty streak. [[spoiler: Wolf]] wins.

* MoodWhiplash: After about two-hundred pages of high-flying, nonsensical dinosaur carnage with a cast of literally hundreds dying as soon as they're introduced, the book suddenly shifts gears into a moody, high-stakes antarctic chase story.

* ILovenuclearPower: That exposure to radiation will accelerate the baby's growth with no negative side effects whatsoever is taken as a given by the characters, and it does so.

* GunsAreWorthless

* TooDumbToLive

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: While it may have been the result of chemicals mutating it, the T-Rex hatches from it's egg and grows to adult size in a matter of weeks.

Carnivore is a campy sci-fi horror novel written by Leigh Clark that is an unusual cross between ''Film/JurassicPark'' and John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982''. In it, a group of researchers and evil russians use chemicals to make a revived and recently hatched Tyrannosaurus Rex baby grow to adult size in a matter of weeks.

Because this is a Tyrannosaurus Rex and it does get mistreated, it gets loose and goes on a rampage at an isolated Antarctic research outpost. It then proceeds to eat everyone. Bloody HilarityEnsues.

* MisplacedWildlife: What was a ''T. rex'' egg doing in Antarctica?

* RedShirt: Apart from the two leads and a dog, everyone else is either meant to die or be eaten by the T-Rex.

* RedShirt - Apart from the two leads and a dog, everyone else is either meant to die or be eaten by the T-Rex.

* YouFailBiologyForever - While it may have been the result of chemicals mutating it, the T-Rex hatches from it's egg and grows to adult size in a matter of weeks.

* SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying

Carnivore is a campy sci-fi horror novel written by Leigh Scott that is an unusual cross between ''Film/JurassicPark'' and John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982''. In it, a group of researchers and evil russians use chemicals to make a revived and recently hatched Tyrannosaurus Rex baby grow to adult size in a matter of weeks.

Carnivore is an unintentionally hilarious and campy sci-fi horror novel written by Leigh Scott is a unusual cross between ''Film/JurassicPark'' and John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982''. In it, a group of researchers and evil russians use chemicals to make a revived and recently hatched Tyrannosaurus Rex baby grow to adult size in a matter of weeks.

Carnivore is an unintentionally hilarious and campy sci-fi horror novel written by Leigh Scott is a unusual cross between ''Film/JurassicPark'' and John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing''. In it, a group of researchers and evil russians use chemicals to make a revived and recently hatched Tyrannosaurus Rex baby grow to adult size in a matter of weeks.

* ClicheStorm

* NarmCharm

* SoBadItsGood