Good concept, poorly executed.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It's 1905 Ireland. Angus Shaw (Rufus Sewell) and his wife Lily (Carla Gugino) run a traveling sideshow. Lily plays the part of the mermaid. Mr. Woolrich invites them back to his mansion to show them a real mermaid he keeps in a tank. Angus returns later with his men to steal the mermaid and Woolrich has a heart attack. The group heads for America smuggling their stolen mermaid. During the ocean voyage, the mermaid uses her mind powers while Lily tries to hide a secret past.Some here have described this as an old style creature feature B-movie. It does have an old style which means that it's a slow start and the intensity of the horror is set lower. There are blood and guts but they are never mistaken for real. The production is undeniably TV movie level. There are surprisingly a few bigger actors involved. The fact is that horror has moved on as a genre since the old days. This feels slow.

This is a brilliant movie, because, is a fresh subject hardly ever use in horror movie. Too bad they didn't made a second part, the first left me longing for more.Husband and wife circus owners, give a ride to an eccentric old gentleman who came to see the mermaid show. At his mansion he shows them his mermaid. Husband abduct the mermaid. He plan to take her to U.S.A. On the voyage the mermaid makes a meal of the crew, and believe it or not get wife pregnant. Mermaid has her own agenda, and take them for a tour of her own. Turning a beautiful self, into a horrible monster with one thing on her mind human flesh, and survival of her species. But there was only one survival, who live to tell the "tail,". What happened to the mermaid offspring, well that is made for part 2, however sadly part two was never made.The acting, character and story are worth watching, it delivers and the special effects too.

Low budget 'B' TV movie, with an 'A+' in story telling. Just proving you don't need a giant budget to make an AMAZING movie. I picked up this movie from the discount Blockbuster used movies bin and thought the cover and write up looked good. I had always wanted to see a mermaid movie that was more like the Greek stories of sirens luring sailors to their deaths then happy little bubbly sea-waifs. This movie does not disappoint! Was I ever surprised to find a movie full of an amazing cast, amazing costumes and cinematography. Sexy, suspenseful, chilling, creepy and very well done. Great character development, really makes you feel a range of emotions through out. Very realistic lines and acting. A great watch again and again!

I had little expectation for this movie. In general I don't like time piece flicks especially when it comes to horror movies. But this one was quite good. Excellent production values, good acting. Somewhat of an original and intriguing story. The mermaid was very sexy and the actress who plays it, Rya Kihlstedt, did an outstanding job of playing the part even though she didn't have any lines to read; she's quite mesmerizing to watch. It helps that she's topless, too. Gugino does a nice job as well. There is some interesting sexual tension between the mermaid and Gugino's character but that never pans out. The final act goes into full monster mode and is the weakest part. The mermaid leading the boat to her lair would have been interesting if the producers hadn't opted to turn her into an all out monster. It would have been great to see the boat boarded by dozens of beautiful naked mermaids who carry their victims onto the island. This movie could have been improved with more nudity. I'd like to see some sequels to this.