Ice Age 2 [2006]: Cretaceous & Maelstrom Screen-Time 

As a kid the scene where they are revealed in the ice scared me so bad even when I was rewatching it now I had chills

Proof you don’t need a character to talk for them to be memorable

This was my nightmare fuel as a kid, especially that creepy piano music

0:10 I remember when I was a kid, that was PURE TERROR

Maelstrom and Cretaceous are really coordinated with their attacks, especially when maelstrom went for Sid and Diego

Those two were scary as hell

The scariest part for me was when they dragged Stu down and ate him offscreen

They were pretty good villains. They were scary and interesting.

Cretaceous and Maelstrom just give the eye-to-eye and then swim down is my favorite scene of the movie.

Damn lol, I can't believe I've obsessed for half my life over characters with less than 2 min of screentime. Thanks for making this compilation of their scenes!

bro, the cretaceous and the maelstrom were actually very great villians, they never needed to explain their origins or talk a bunch or even have scenes where they spout out their plans, no snarky insults to the main heroes, no cackling or sinister laughing, just simply predatorial instincts and quiet lurking, they are some of those very few villains who did not fuck around at all, you don't need them to tell you how evil they are, just them doing what they did proved all why they should be feared even more, the unsettling music, the quiet staring and the fact that they appear to always be around when you least suspect it, they may have been limited to water but that never stopped them from being able to track you down anywhere. What I also loved about them is how they gave more reason as to why manny, side and diego should stay away from the water as much as possible, it isn't safe and if you even stepped a tow in the drink then those monsters will do everything in their power to get at yah.... at any cost, for it isn't power or respect they most desire, it is food... food pushes them on and scariest of all is that there are theories that say they may still be alive in the ice age franchise to even the fifth movie, the fact that they could be anywhere in the world is frightening, they're still out there, lurking, hunting... waiting, and you know as long as they breathe, the waters will always be a dangerous place.

I remember having an Ice Age 2 coloring book, you know the ones that retell the story with fill-in images and activities. and they varied differently from their original counterparts. Cretaceous was an opportunistic schemer and Maelstrom was a silent but complacent brute with the former coming up with the idea to use thermal vents to melt the ice quicker.

Those guys are the killer duo in ice age

0:13 this scene always scared me as a kid, the way that both of them peaked out, sorta planning of what to do, buying their time, and waiting for the entire place to flood with water

As a kid, I never understood why they never talked.

I went my whole life not knowing their names nor what dinosaur they were. Cretaceous the Ichythosaur Maelstrom the Pliosaur One's named after a prehistoric period and the other is named after an adjective of disaster. _And I DOUBT this is their accurate size too..._

Their first scene, with the music box stings, sudden stab when one of them stares at the center and whatnot, truly feels like something straight out of a slasher movie.

I thought it was very creative of the screenwriters and producers to have prehistoric sea creatures like these two to be in the movie and as villains. It’s like they’re seeking revenge on the animals that were able to thrive and survive in the climate that froze them. It was their time roam the earth like they once did.

RIP Blue Sky Studios

These two, despite never talking and having very little screentime, were surprisingly effective antagonists. They were always lurking in the background, making you fear when they will come to attack, and the fact that they didn't talk actually made them even more menacing.

doctor: you have 1 minute and 49 seconds left to live me:

I'm pretty happy that the Axolotl got cut, seeing how well these two worked as a duo

I’m very disappointed that Cretaceous and Maelstrom didn’t get More Screen time 😑 man I love these villains so much That I’m unhappy That they have less screen time.

I first remember seeing these guys in theaters with my dad when I was a kid, and when I saw one of them move their eyes while still frozen in ice, I swear to god, somebody screamed! It made me jump a little and I’m just sitting there going, “JESUS!”

Fun fact: Originally, there was an third creature planned to appear. It was an axolotl. Although, it's unknown what his role was going to be, either be the leader of both Cretaceous and Maelstrom, or something else. Also, i seen people saying that both Cretaceous and Maelstrom should have voices, i think that Maelstrom should be voiced by Eli Roth (director of Hostel, Cabin Fever, The Green Inferno); and Cretaceous should have been voiced by Adam Wingard (director of You're Next, Godzilla vs. Kong, A Horrible Way to Die, Pop Skull).

1:13 Cretaceous and Maelstrom: "You've won... for now."

These two eating stu disturbed me so much as a kid, and i’m pretty sure they single handedly created my primal fear of deep water.

Only thing I didn't like about this movie was that they had very little screentime. They were amazing design villains!

0:46 perfectly cut scream yo xd

Their pretty good villains

This is the reason why i have talassophobia

0:10 I remember watching this in theater when i was 5 and this scene scared the shit out of me

I just love how they don’t speak a word yet still have personality. These two aren’t just wild animals from a past era, they’re sadistic killers

Due to their short role, no lines, and merely acting on instinct, I hadn't noticed at that time that they were the main antagonists in Ice Age The Meltdown

You know what would've been kinda cool? If these guys came back in Continental Drift by just so happening to survive the climax of The Meltdown. They could've fitted so well with the travelling the ocean setting. They could've made good secondary villains.

i use to bat shit scared by them, I remember them to be this scary thing, now they just cute buddies out hunting

Imagine Soto and his tigers fighting the two aquatic reptiles

1:47 Back to the depths of hell, ye ancient demons!

Katara and Sokka should be grateful it wasn’t these two they found in the ice.

Back when children's movies were allowed to have suspense and even a moderate fear factor.

Cretaceous maelstrom and Rudy are the only ice age villains I like.

Safety Time Machine 1. Automatic door locked. 2. Goes invisible. 3. Moves airplanes over it. 4. Has camera/TV inside so time traveller only watchs history.

NICE! I love the Cretaceous of Ice Age ^^

Anyone else find this terrifying as a kid?

POV story time! [ 0:01 ] you just discovered a watering hole which is cold cause of the ice, duh, but you notice something moving… as the small iceberg turned. You say 2 prehistoric beasts trapped in ice [ 0:09 ] you get a sight of the abominable beast in purple… You scream in terror to see the eye move; this thing was still alive….

Cretaceous scared the shit out of me when I was little, I was actually hoping Manny and the others make it alive.

For those of you who don’t know Cretaceous is a metriorhyncus and maelstrom (I presume) is a dakosaurus

1:48. Take that, Cretaceous and Maelstrom!

Two of my favorite animated movie villains ever and they don’t even say a single word

0:32 Sids scream 😂

I always wondered how Manny can hold his breath for that long.

OMG I loved this characters, this was my favorite ice age movie just because of them

for those who don't know, when scrat took the churrada/flood away, the mini sloths found the dead bodies of the maelstrom and cretaceous, and soon they ate the bodies, leaving only the remains, that is confirmed not only for games and books but also for creators.

Cretaceous looks like a cross between a crocodile and a fish 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

Things I didn’t know/got wrong about Maelstrom and Cretaceous Maelstrom’s name is Maelstrom Cretaceous’ name is Cretaceous Thinking Maelstrom was a Dunkleosteus Thinking Cretaceous was a Sarcosuchus Thinking they both had more screentime

They really did a good job in making them seem like a real threat with the creepy music and scary eyes. Wish they made more of these and made em bigger

Cretaceous and Maelstrom are very underrated

This movie is f..king terrifying and I have no idea why it didn’t scare me when I was little.

It’s a shame that these 2 only got so little screentime in the entire movie. These two are brilliant!

Nice to know these guys official names all these years later

These are my favorite antagonist mainly because they sneak and if this was real life back then they could just swallow manny whole

I'm pretty sure these two and a run in with the DVD cover of the movie Jaws are about 95% responsible for my thalassophobia

I love Cretaceous and maelstrom heroes

That ice scene at the beginning fascinated me so much as a kid

Did you noticed that in the ice age short "no time for nuts" cretaceous and maelstrom appeared in a museum after their death in the second movie?

Cretaceous and Maelstrom are partners, despite the fact that they’re not the same species, since Cretaceous is an (inaccurate) Ichthyosaurus, and Maelstrom is a (inaccurate) Pliosaurus.

I had a toy of the green one when I was a kid! I always split the halves apart and played with them separately. Magnets are fun.

Cretaceous and maelstrom are my favorite ice age villains! They shouldve been more fight scenes involving them!! And by the way they shouldve made them able to talk. Like for example in the scene where they both keep ramming manny in the stomach (which would've hurt alot) they shouldve said "take that you hairy elaphant"!

They were one of my favourite parts of the movie, mostly Cretaceous but also Maelstrom is good

this movie gave me thallassophobia

As a kid, I use to get nightmares of these two.

WOOOOOO! I loved how sci-fi animals have strange and exaggerated features, being very popular.

The most iconic duo, alongside with Bebop and Rocksteady.

AWESOME VILLAINS!!!

These two were comparable to the Carnotaurs in Disney’s Dinosaur: Neither say one word of dialogue, they just hunt and creep you the hell out by constantly creating a sense of unease/dread. Also, that scene where they eat Stu off-screen is so disturbing because you are left to imagine how he died, you’re only shown his empty shell and hear him scream once, which implies very graphic and painful way to die (likely by being torn out of his shell and savagely eaten). As much as I prefer Ice Ages 1, 3, and 4 (Yes, even Continental Drift, mainly because Gutt is my favorite Ice Age villian) over The Meltdown, I can’t deny that these two were the best part of the film, with Ellie being the second best thing about Ice Age 2.

Theyre a Great example of villains that dont need to talk and say what theyre planing, they are just carnivorse hunting and being menacing (Like jesus)

It was the music for me That had me shakin when I was a kid😱😱😱

Is Cretaceous like an ancestor of the crocodile

Are Cretaceous and Maelstorm the main antagonists of ice age 2: the meltdown?

00:12 Maelstrom's growl is like a muscle-car engine!

From what I know, Cretaceous is supposed to be an Ichthyosaurus and Maelstrom is a Pliosaur but Cretaceous looks more like a crocodile with fins and Maelstrom looks like Dunkleosteus

I didn’t even realize they had NAMES! This was my favorite Ice Age (until DOTD) because of these two specifically!

As a kid I loved them lol

Everyone talks about how scary they are which is true. But it’s also nice that those fellows are such good buddies. They’ve probably been friends for thousands if not millions of years frozen in ice together and even when they melt they still stick together.

Glacier the size of Manhattan broke off of Antarctica a while back. Ain’t no telling what it contains 😳

Even till this day, they are truly eerie. The eyes, the music, the way they stare, their movements, their smile, etc. I remember when I was a kid I was terrified of them. I was so scared, that I stopped getting in pools for some time because in the back of my mind all I could think about was them.

I hope in a future ice age film it’s revealed Cretaceous and malestrom actually survived in the end and they come back for revenge.

I was today years old when i learned that these two had names I just knew them as the fish that scared the shit out of me as a kid

Maelstrom and Cretaceous were hostile?

Idk abt y’all but these guys were my hyperfixations

The animation on them still holds up 🔥🤌

I like those two better when they were extinct.

1:18 My Favorite Part

Jesus that eye turn still sends shivers down my spine along with with their specific theme

Cretaceous and Maelstrom ? Those are wicked sick names

Cretaceous scared me when I saw this at the dentist on the television , I didn’t know what animal he was back then , but when I first saw him , I said he looks like a crocodile 🐊

Sid’s scream getting cut of is illegal being that funny... 00.33

Walking Ichthyosaur and Chonky Pliosaur, y'all were the best Ice Age villains ever

as a kid i always wanted to believe that they were able to escape while falling in the end

Holy shit! After all these years I see that these two only had less than 2 minutes of screentime.