Monsters Down Under (2026)
Director: David James Armsby
In the vast, strange wilderness of Early Cretaceous Australia, a land teeming with creatures unlike anything seen before, *Monsters Down Under* takes viewers on a thrilling journey. This is the third chapter of *Dinosauria Volume 2* and the eighth installment of the entire *Dinosauria Animated Series*, diving deep into a prehistoric frontier where evolution took a truly alien turn.
More About This Film
Monsters Down Under is a 2026 animated short from David James Armsby's Dinosauria series. The film travels back more than 100 million years to Early Cretaceous Australia, imagining a cold, wet prehistoric landscape where dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and enormous marine predators struggled to survive.
The short treats the ancient environment almost like an alien world, focusing on the ecosystem and behavior of prehistoric animals rather than a conventional human-centered narrative. Among its most notable creatures is Kronosaurus queenslandicus, presented within the vanished Eromanga Inland Sea ecosystem.
- David James Armsby created and directed the animated short.
- It is the eighth short in the Dinosauria animated series and the third film in Dinosauria Volume 2.
- The story is set in Early Cretaceous Australia more than 100 million years ago.
- Ivan Duch composed the music and original soundtrack.
- The film was released online in March 2026 and attracted millions of views shortly after publication.