A Brilliant Conflict

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

I won't go into any other mentioned details. But typical of the time period, the death scenes were sexist. Meaning to say, in one scene a young couple are attacked in a house boat. The guy is quickly and cleanly killed and that's it for him. The girls death, however was nothing less than a rape scene in slow motion, as the monster rips her clothes off a garment at a time and casually slurps his leech-like mouth on the exposed body part while she screams while kicking her black-leather booted legs helplessly in the air. We even see her breasts exposed in one slashing, yet they are not cut by his claws...but are slurped on rather noisily. Uh, but being a guy myself, I'm not really complaining...hee hee hee!

"We catch that mean mother!" What a piece of 70s tripe this movie is. Bad on many different levels. Not totally inept. It actually could've been a fairly decent little movie, but the biggest problem is just how BORING it is. Why are these movies so BORING! I start to watch them and after a half hour my eyes start drooping. I can't help it. I think it would have helped if they had shown Slithis in the light more often. We keep seeing him in the dark and apparently they couldn't afford LIGHTS on this movie so he basically just looks like a big shadow. But then, on the flip side, when we do get a good look at him, the Slithis costume looks pretty lame, so I guess you just can't win.It also might have helped to actually have a few more scenes of Slithis killing people or doing things. Or just a few more scenes of Slithis in general. The characters are flat out dull, so that doesn't help. It's a bad sign when you start thinking "wait a minute, isn't this a monster movie?!" because you can't remember the last time the monster was On screen!!!!!The movie isn't totally without interest. But I wouldn't go out of my way to see it. And I'm certainly not going to sit through the freakin thing again (I don't think I'd be able to without falling asleep)POINTS OF INTEREST:the hero who has a girlfriend named "Jeff" the first five minutes of the movie (why exactly are they in slow-motion?) Dr. John's jaw-dropping scientific explanation of what Slithis is (even the actors look bored). the turtle race peopled by throngs of shouting fans (definitely my idea of killer Friday night entertainment). Also note the girl who kisses her turtle after it wins. Yuck. the guy who takes his date back to his boat where he has a shrine to himself complete with photograph and candles (also, why in the world does this scene go on for fifteen minutes? I thought I was in a different movie)The funky "Slithis cam" apparently achieved by taping a balloon over the camera. the police chief who looks like Ron Jeremy and acts like Peter Lorre after 100 cups of coffee.

This has got to be one of the worst movies made in the History of movie making.Ishtar was a bad movie, this movie makes Ishtar and AcademyAward nominee. It just cannot get worse than this, can it?

This movie is basically something you want to avoid.Unless you're a die hard cheap horror fan.And event then the movie is still not enjoyable.The film is as one would expect overloaded with bad acting,ridiculous scientific explanations, and annoying stereotypes.Its a good film to bypass.Instead see 'They Bite' or 'Humanoids from the Deep'.