Devil Fish
(1984)
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Devil Fish
(1984)
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Michael Sopkiw | ... | |
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Valentine Monnier | ... | |
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Gianni Garko | ... |
Sheriff Gordon
(as John Garko)
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William Berger | ... |
Prof. Donald West
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Iris Peynado | ... | ||
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Lawrence Morgant | ... | |
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Cinzia de Ponti | ... |
Florinda
(as Cinthia Stewart)
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Paul Branco | ... |
Miller
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Dagmar Lassander | ... |
Several boats are torn apart, badly wrecked corpses are washed ashore... something horrible is out in the Caribbean sea. The teeth marks on the bodies don't lead to any known animal, so scientist Dr. Stella Dickens suspects it's a so far unknown life form and strives to catch it alive. She doesn't know yet that ruthless scientists have genetically created this creature as a bioweapon, or that it has been designed to reproduce by asexual means. And that the company she works for created the creature and will stop at nothing to keep their secret. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Marine biologists in Florida discover that a monstrous shark-like creature has been behind some recent deaths and seek to solve the problem.
Best known as 'Devil Fish' in America (this film has numerous titles) this rather cheap-looking Jaws take from Italy was directed by none other than Mario Bava Jr and believe me, it's far from his best work! Having said that, Devil Fish is mainly a movie for the schlock or trash horror lovers out there. After all our hero's balls do pop out of his shorts in one low-angle shot!! The film is a bit on the sloppy side as far as story and direction goes. The creature FX aren't bad at times (there's some fairly gory scenes to be had) but over all they are uneven. A decent enough cast and music score does help to redeem the film, even if the cast is dubbed something awful.
For those looking for a good Bava Jr film check out Macabrae (1980) or A Blade in the Dark (1983), but those that enjoy trashy Euro-horror might just like this one.
** out of ****