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Barracuda
Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.
Release : | 1979 |
Rating : | 4.1 |
Studio : | Republic Pictures (II), American General Pictures, Marketing Film, |
Crew : | Director of Photography, Costume Design, |
Cast : | Wayne Crawford Jason Evers Roberta Leighton William Kerwin Bert Freed |
Genre : | Horror Thriller |
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Great Film overall
Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
OK, only watched because on Svengoolie and it was really really hard to get thru.At first it's like Jaws but sub in the barracuda and that would have been so-so.Won't give away any spoilers, but then it becomes a completely different movie genre.Only watch if you have a strong need to sleep.
Some people including scientist Jason Evers have been renting out Bert Freed's plant on a coastal Florida town. They bear the underlying responsibility for some disturbing and aggressive behavior with their experiments. And also some of the waste product being dumped is making the fish which strangely enough seem to be mostly Barracuda becoming quite aggressive.It seems as though the experiments are causing hypoglycemia among the population of the town who all seem to be lab rats. Who is doing this and why is for you to watch this claptrap of a movie for. But I did look up hypoglycemia in Wikipedia and the primary results at least for people aren't borne out by their article.Unbelievable claptrap and I'm sure the paranoid conspiracy people love Barracuda.
As a fan of B-movies and creature features, I can say with much confidence that there is nothing here that makes this movie worth watching. Another reviewer claims that it "pays off in the end", and I am here to tell you that there is no pay off. Orca (1977) has a decent payoff mid way that makes it worth watching for pure "wtf" factor, this movie does not. The actors deliver their lines like they are on quaaludes and the music is so plodding and droney that it almost puts you to sleep.Also, the movie is only BARELY about killer barracuda. It has another agenda and the killer fish are only seen a couple of times. It is obvious to me that the movie was designed to be a different type of movie, but with the popularity of Jaws and Piranha, they shifted it's marketing.This movie was 90 minutes or so and it felt like 4 hours. Do not waste your time. You've been warned!
After clocking Barracuda's suitably trashy Jaws-style poster art, I took the bait and settled down for what I hoped would be an entertaining exercise in B-movie schlock horror. Unfortunately, rather than the cheesy monster-fish movie that had been promised by the publicity material, the film turned out to be an incredibly dull conspiracy thriller in which 90% of the action seemed to take place on dry land.Set in the sleepy coastal town of Palm Cove, this dreary yawn-fest stars Wayne Crawford as Mike Canfield, a marine biologist who helps the local police in their investigations after a series of vicious barracuda attacks on local swimmers results in body parts washing up on the shore. Mike traces the problem back to the local chemical plant, whose waste products are polluting the ocean and affecting the sea-life, but certain unsavoury types are out to hide the truthat any cost!Poorly directed, totally devoid of suspense or terror, and relatively gore free, this film will definitely disappoint those looking for a cheerfully cheap Jaws knock-off. The shoddy direction, endless scenes of chit-chat, and particularly cruddy fish attacks will leave you wondering why anyone would have parted with good money to make this film, or to watch it.The only positive thing that I can say about Barracuda is that it does end on a surprisingly downbeat note with the death of its two 'good guys'a small touch of originality in the closing moments.