Snakehead Terror (2004)

A small town, desperate to recover from hard economic times, is under threat when voracious Snakehead fish mutate and survive previous lake chemical poisonings. The fish transform from ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Ziller

Writers:

A.G. Lawrence, Patrick J. Vitale (story)

Stars:

Bruce Boxleitner, Carol Alt, Chelan Simmons

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Sheriff Patrick James
Carol Alt	...	Lori Dale
Chelan Simmons	...	Amber James
Juliana Wimbles	...	Jagger
Ryan McDonell	...	Luke
Chad Krowchuk	...	Craig (as Chad Krowchuck)
Matthew MacCaull	...	James
William B. Davis	...	Doc Jenkins
Alistair Abell	...	Sammy
Doug Abrahams	...	Deputy Clark
Brenda Campbell	...	Reporter
Gardiner Millar	...	Hunter 1
Bro Gilbert	...	Deputy Reece
P. Lynn Johnson	...	Norma
Gary Jones	...	Colin Jenkins

Storyline

A small town, desperate to recover from hard economic times, is under threat when voracious Snakehead fish mutate and survive previous lake chemical poisonings. The fish transform from pests to predators when human growth hormones are dumped into the local lake in the hopes of reviving the local fishing industry. Thriving on the hormones, the Snakehead fish grow to monstrous proportions, devouring everything within reach. Capable of moving and eating on land, they are forced to leave the now barren lake in a desperate search for food - animal, vegetable or human.

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Plot Keywords:

fish | torso cut in half | boat | toxic waste | father daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

The fish are really biting.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for creature violence and gore

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 March 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

A rettegés tava

Filming Locations:

Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinetel Films, Sci Fi Pictures, Artsy Fartsy Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the girls are in the house shooting the fish. The one using the shotgun ejected 2 "spent" shells onto the floor. It was brief but it appeared they had smoke swirling off them but they were still closed and not open as a shot shell would be.

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Connections

References Jaws (1975)

User Reviews

Hysterically awful SciFi Channel flick

So very, very bad that it's fun. We (4 of us total) watched the entire thing (I know, no life!) while spewing various and sundry beverages out of our noses from laughing so hard at the antics of these morons with power boats.

Ugly snakehead fish who growl and snarl under water and walk on land grow large and have big teeth, and terrorize morons in a community of nitwits. Mentally Deficient Teens try to save the town, end up mostly as fish food. The females are amazingly bad at trying to deliver the absurd dialogue, while the males mostly die quickly. Lots of cheesy orange colored jello-slash-body bits fly around and land on people's shocked faces. Most of the mayhem occurs from the outrageously stupid antics of the characters themselves, such as when a boat blows up when one of the teens accidentally shoots it in it's gas-filled engine with her handy-dandy pistol. HAHAHA! She was aiming at a snakehead in the water.. or was she?!?!?! These sorry antics occured so often that we began to wonder if perhaps some of the more idiotic of these kids were really in cahoots with the snakeheads.

The dialogue is so screamingly bad that it'd make Mystery Science Theatre hard put to find anything more howlingly stupid.

What fun, I think I lost 2 lbs tonight, just from laughing so hard. However, you must be in the right (read "a very stupid-funny") state of mind to enjoy something as awful as this. Otherwise it'll just make you actually consider watching tv bowling for it's intellectual and entertainment superiority.