Walking with Monsters

Walking with Monsters

LIFE BEFORE DINOSAURS.

Directed by Tim Haines, Chloë Leland

Produced by Impossible Pictures

200587 min7.3 / 10

A visually stunning educational documentary that reconstructs prehistoric life through animation, emphasizing the alien strangeness and brutal survival struggles of creatures that predate dinosaurs.

Many people think of the dinosaurs as the first inhabitants of the earth, but this prequel to the acclaimed "Walking with Dinosaurs" puts viewers in the midst of a host of strange creatures that inhabited the earth millions of years before the dinosaurs ever existed.Starting from the Cambrian Period (530 MYA) and ending at the Early Triassic Period (248 MYA), Walking With Monsters shows the life and death struggles of the fantastic creatures that existed before the dinosaurs.

Questions people ask

  • Is Walking with Monsters violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Walking with Monsters end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Walking with Monsters sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is Walking with Monsters scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Walking with Monsters easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

85/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise80

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Walking with Monsters

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Walking with Monsters

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Walking with Monsters, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Walking with Monsters, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Walking with Monsters, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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