Chupacabra: Dark Seas-720P

Chupacabra: Dark Seas-720P

Otherwise known as Chupacabra: Dark Seas this notable Scyfy Original type isn't as bad as I expected. Starring industry veteran John Rhys-Davies and the annoyingly annoying Chelan Simmons it tells the story of a cryptozoologist that captures a chupacabra and smuggles it on board a luxury cruise liner as means of transporting it. I'm sure I don't need to say anything more for you to understand exactly how the movie plays out. Unexpectedly it did go in a couple of directions I didn't expect. Though the cast are lackluster the character development is solid, the practical effects are above par and overall it's really not that bad. On the flipside however the cgi is poor, it's cliched to hell as you'd expect and did I mention how annoying Chelan Simmons is? Seriously, that girl has no place in the movie industry whatsoever. Take your brain out stuff, not good by any stretch of the imagination but for what it is there's considerably worse out there. The Good: John Rhys-Davies Passable practical effects Fairly decent characters Good setting The Bad: Needless animal death Poor cgi Chelan Simmons

Horrible Script, which was apparently directed by...no one? The Marines can't fend off the monster with machine guns, however it backs off when a 15 year old girl karate kicks it in the face a few times. It's supposed to be a luxury liner, but the Fancy Dining Room looks like a Cafeteria in a hospital. It appears that they rented a High School for the summer, and pulled out chairs and stuff to decorate the set with. In the end shot, they are pulled from the water and into a boat and less than 3 seconds later they are apparently about two miles from the ship as it sinks.How do movies like this get made? I guess anyone can be in a film these days. Aaron James, NYC

This crackerjack horror movie concerns about the Cryptzoologist Doctor Peña(Giancarlo Esposito) traps a vicious monster inhabiting the Caribbean area, he's called the Chupacabra , Spanish for 'goat sucker' . Then , he smuggles it aboard the cruise ship . While being transported the monster is awakened and breaks out from the cargo hold . The monster is biped with humanoid shape, has reptilian skin, spines or quills on the back , muscular arms , large eyes, several sharp teeth and long extractor or tongue . The cruise ship is commanded by captain Randolph (John Rhys Davies) and aboard his daughter Jenny (Chelan Simmons), along with a Federal agent named Lance (Dylan Neal) and the Navy Seals commando intent on killing the weirdo thing . When Chupacabra begins a criminal spree and running rampant around the ship , they are forced to fight for their lives . The bulk of action surrounds their attempts to chase and escape from this bizarre creature , some weirdo in a latex suit. The film packs bone-chilling action packed , thrill ride , suspense , terror and being quite entertaining. There is also a lot of gun play , several soldiers firing guns repeatedly for a long time . Contains lots of guts and blood , but it seems pretty mild compared to today cinema's gore feasts. The movie displays atmospheric blending of chills and scary thrills combined with a terrific ending . Lively cast includes illustrious veterans as John Rhys Davies at an inferior role despite his previous hits (Lord of the rings) and Giancarlo Esposito who long time ago left Spike Lee (Do the right thing , Mo'better blues , Malcolm X). Other movies about the creepy legend of Chupacabra are mostly Mexican films and is also starring one episode of X-files(Chris Carter), these are the following ones : Adventures of beyond : Chupacabra (1997) ; Guns of Chupacabra (1997, Donald Jackson) ; Bloodthirst , the legend of Chupacabra (2003) ; Bloodthirst 2 : Revenge of Chupacabra (2005) , among them.

This movie starts out with the capture of the legendary Chupacabra, a nasty little beasty that has a taste for fresh meat. The cryptozoologist who captured it decides to transport it back to civilization aboard a cruise ship - bad news for the passengers. As one might expect, all manner of mayhem ensues. Overall, this is a fairly good B movie. Quite watchable. Certainly not great by any means, but if you're at all familiar with Sci-Fi Channel original movies, this one is better than average for them. John Rhys-Davies does a nice job as the captain of the ship, and generally speaking, all the actors turn in competent performances. On the down side, there's not a great deal of suspense in the picture. In a really good monster movie, the tension build and builds throughout, but in this movie the tension reaches its high point early on and pretty much stays at that level throughout. The Navy SEALS that are called in are a bit on the cheesy side, there's some humor thrown in that's fairly well done, and the monster looks pretty good. There's some nice camera effects when the monster moves around that are pretty cool. We even get to see the cute Tai-Bo instructor use her moves on the bullet proof critter to good effect. It always amazes me that monsters that are immune to machine gun fire can be knocked around with some punches and kicks - but this is a B movie after all! Of course there's the usual cheese you get in these low budget movies - the "cargo hold" on this big cruise ship is obviously a small garage, the Navy SEALS go from land to the ship on a small boat (it must be a really small ocean. Maybe a lake?), and they never manage to make it look like there are more than about 10 people on this big ship. That all adds to the charm in my opinion. The ending is a disappointment - When you've got an unstoppable critter on the loose, one expects to see it utterly destroyed in the end; melted into oblivion with electricity like on The Thing From Another World, blasted with a nuke like in Predator or Alien, or blown utterly to bits like in most of these monster movies. But this one just doesn't pound the nail into the coffin. Sure, we get to see it "killed", but we've already seen it survive treatment just as bad as that which supposedly kills it in the end. All in all, I'd recommend it to people who enjoy these low budget killer critter movies. It ain't great, but it's an okay watch. Could be improved with some T&A, who knows. Maybe when it comes out on DVD?

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT* One of the worst movies I ever saw was a little slice of agony called "El Chupacabra". It was a horrific, painful film. It soured me on the Chupacabra monster. I always thought that a monster legend like the Chupacabra deserved a decent film. "Chupacabra Terror" is a good step in the right direction. It is worlds better than "El Chupacabra" but that's not hard to do. So the Chupacabra gets brought aboard a cruise ship. Before you know it, the beast is loose and killing people as fast as he can. Luckily there is a Marshal aboard the vessel to assist in the Chupacabra hunt. If he doesn't get the job done, there's always the captain's freckled aerobics instructor daughter there to whip out some Tai Chi on the creature. The captain soon realizes he needs professional help and calls in the Navy SEALs. They show up with bicycle helmets on and proceed to hunt the beast. The Chupacabra may be too much monster for anyone to handle. I enjoyed this flick. "Chupacabra Terror" is a pure monster movie. Nothing fancy, just a monster and victims and lots of blood. The Chupacabra was a killing machine. He was the master of the take-down. No matter who you were, the Chupacabra would bring you down. He liked to sneak up on people and jump on their back. Then he would proceed to rip and tear. Many dead bodies will litter the cruise ship before he's done. "Chupacabra Terror" is the best Chupacabra movie I've ever seen. I'm now ready for more.

I cant believe how bad Sci Fi Channel movies could be but my lord, this is a damn travesty. Believe me, I am keeping my swearing to a minimum, but this is just a flat out bad movies. The cheesy one liners, the token hot blonde chick, the boat just happening to be helped by U.S. SEALS, come the hell on. I remember when SCI FI had some quality shows and movies, but this is just real bad. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who wishes to torture people with bad movies, because this is just too damn much! I cant believe that a production this bad was allowed to be filmed and put on regular cable TV. If you really want to torture yourself with a horrid movie or you love bad movies, I suppose this is a must see for you folk.

I found this movie to be a big disappointment, especially considering the cast. The characters are not believable, as are the ridiculous circumstances in which they find themselves. The only part of the film I enjoyed was when the most annoying characters finally get killed. The special effects consist mostly of scenes of gory dead or dying bodies. A typical unimaginative slasher flick. It's hard to believe, make that impossible to believe that a reclusive creature that sneaks up on goats in the middle of the night could be captured by a group of clumsy, noisy idiots. Equally impossible to believe is how they knew exactly were to find it, in spite of the fact the creature has evaded capture, or even photographing. The man that pulls off the impossible in capturing the Chupacabra alive is our one dimensional Dr. Pena (Giancarlo Esposito). The only thing Dr. Pena is more obsessed with than the creature is his dart gun. A dart gun that works were mere bullets fail. The captain of the ship (John Rhys-Davies) is introduced as a 'war veteran'. He employs his military prowess by having his men shoot at the creature, regardless of were on the ship they happen to be. The Navy Seals that show up from nowhere repeat the pattern of shooting at everything. Dylan Neal plays an insurance investigator brought on board the cruise ship to catch a thief. He spends most of the movie tagging along with whomever is trying to kill the creature at the moment. The creature doesn't even closely resemble a Chupacabra. It doesn't behave like one either. Instead of a small, shy, secretive animal that hunts by stealth at night, we get a bulletproof Freddy Kruger, killing everything in sight. A simple search on Google would have been very helpful to the writers and the special effects crew.

I really enjoyed it. Classic B rated movie that enters fully into the spirit of the genre. Even the cute little lap dog gets used as a potcake kebab. Nice! All the cast seem to throw themselves fully into it, even though it has some classic corny b movie lines in it: For example: "Stop giving me the mushroom treatment!" "What do you mean?" "You're keeping me in the dark and feeding me bullshit" It's worth watching just for these gems! Suggest you watch it with a few friends late at night after a few beers and don't take it too seriously. Certainly hope I don't meet a creature like that if I take a Disney cruise!