description The Relic Overview
The Relic is a 1997 horror film concerning a detective and a biologist investigating a dangerous reptile within the Field Museum of Natural History. The creature, originating from South America, is responsible for a series of deaths occurring at the museum. Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore star in this adaptation of Preston and Child’s novel.
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info The Relic Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1997 |
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What is the creature in The Relic?
The museum killings are caused by the Kothoga, a human transformed into a large hybrid predator through a South American fungus and associated plant material. The film reveals that researcher John Whitney became the creature.
Was The Relic actually filmed inside Chicago's Field Museum?
The story is set in Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, but much of the museum interior was filmed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The production also used constructed sets for the creature attacks and flooded underground sequences.
Is FBI agent Pendergast in The Relic movie?
No. Aloysius Pendergast is a major character in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's source novel, but the film removes him and gives much of the investigative role to Tom Sizemore's Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta.
Who designed the monster effects for The Relic?
Stan Winston Studio created the Kothoga effects. The production combined a large practical creature with computer-generated shots for movements that the physical animatronic could not perform.
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