Title: The water horse : legend of the deep

Call No.: PN1995.9.A5W324 [check availability]

Based on the novel by Dick King-Smith, The Water Horse depicts the tale of a friendship between a young Scottish boy and his “pet” which that he discovered at the tide pool while looking for abandoned shells.

Set during World War II, the movie focuses on Angus MacMarrow who lives on an offshore island and discovers that the hatchling from the egg is the lochness monster, or the Water Horse as commonly know. He named it Crusoe taken after the character Robinson Crusoe in Treasure Island. Central to the plot is Angus’ role as a protector to Crusoe from the destruction by the war and from Angus’ family and friends. I can’t help but notice the plot’s resemblance to other movies , specifically E.T.

Visual effects are done by WETA, the same visual effects team for Lord of the Rings and King Kong. Though, no one really knows if lochness monsters actually exist, the visual effects team has done a great job in providing the life like forms of the monster’s physical features, starting from an hatchling, which grew ten times its size daily till to a full grown water horse.

The DVD contains bonus features such as the creation of Crusoe using visual effects and behind the scenes featurettes and deleted scenes.

Check out the movie’s theatrical trailer below.