Having said that, it was nice to see a movie that recognised its own limitations and didn't pad out every scene with awful CGI.
Don't get me wrong....there is awful CGI at the end, but it brought a warm fuzzy glow to my heart to see them attempting to use more traditional methods to display the monster, or rather, its tentacles.
Of course, seeing someone wrap themselves up in a rubber tentacle is never going to be realistic, bringing back memories of old Tarzan movie "crocodile moments", but at least it was different.
Because of the lack of effects budget, there was actually some story to this flick. Not terribly involved, but enough that it could comfortably thumb its nose at SciFi Channel movies like Pterodactyl and the like. In fact the monster, as in the B-Movies of yore, makes relatively few appearances until the climax.
It is rather predictable and somewhat chortle-inducing. But at least it has the grace to not pretend to be anything other than what it is....a modern B-Movie.
SUMMARY: Rubber tentacles notwithstanding, this isn't the worst movie I've ever seen.
Don't get me wrong....there is awful CGI at the end, but it brought a warm fuzzy glow to my heart to see them attempting to use more traditional methods to display the monster, or rather, its tentacles.
Of course, seeing someone wrap themselves up in a rubber tentacle is never going to be realistic, bringing back memories of old Tarzan movie "crocodile moments", but at least it was different.
Because of the lack of effects budget, there was actually some story to this flick. Not terribly involved, but enough that it could comfortably thumb its nose at SciFi Channel movies like Pterodactyl and the like. In fact the monster, as in the B-Movies of yore, makes relatively few appearances until the climax.
It is rather predictable and somewhat chortle-inducing. But at least it has the grace to not pretend to be anything other than what it is....a modern B-Movie.
SUMMARY: Rubber tentacles notwithstanding, this isn't the worst movie I've ever seen.