Chupacabra Terror (2005) (V)

Director:

John Shepphird

Writers:

Steve Jankowski (writer)
John Shepphird (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

When cryptozoologist Dr. Peña traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean island, he smuggles it aboard a cruise ship with disastrous results.

Plot Keywords:

Cruise Ship | Captain | Daughter | Navy Seal | Father

Cast

John Rhys-Davies	...	Captain Randolph
Dylan Neal	...	Lance
Chelan Simmons	...	Jenny
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Dr. Peña
Paula Shaw	...	Mrs. Hartman
David Millbern	...	Rick McGraw
Mark Viniello	...	Chupacabra
Joe Miller	...	Officer Hamilton
Matthew R. Anderson	...	Commander Link (as Matt Anderson)
Luke Darnell	...	Ensign Peters (as Lucas Darnell)
David St. Pierre	...	Jonesy
Garon Michael	...	Parker
Luciano Olz	...	Mallory
Scott Jolgen	...	Garcia
Jason Pasquale	...	Eddie / Waiter

Also Known As:

Chupacabra: Dark Seas (USA) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore.

Runtime:

88 min | USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (video rating) | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Turks and Caicos Islands

Company:

Sci Fi Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Rick McGraw is dressed like a woman, he drops the bag of money. Several of the bills are blank on the back.

Quotes:

Jenny Randolph: I thought you were an insurance salesman!
Lance: I'm the best insurance you've got!

Movie Connections:

References Tae-Bo Workout (1999) (V)

John Rhys-Davies IS charismatic even in stupid movies.

A Cryptozoologist captures a mythical chupacabra on a Caribbean island.To get it back to civilization he bribes his way onto the cargo bay of a large luxury cruise ship with funny and I think the script intended disastrous results.

Lets start with the one thing I really did not like about this movie.... The monster really just looked like a guy in a rubber suit.The CGI scenes looked like a different movie. OK thats off my chest now onto all the enjoyable bits about this B movie.

The best thing was John Rhys-Davies(his daughter the eye candy a close second.)John was intermittently funny and suave and no matter what the writers made him say, he said it well.Good job given what he had to work with.The Cyptozoologist was over the top and fun to watch too,he had some funny bits.The marines all were OK and make good cannon fodder for the monster as did some of the crew and guests.There are a few pretty funny lines in this movie,and a pretty amusing sub plot involving a thief.

The special effects are generally med to low and I swear they reused the same blood spray on the wall scene in about four different parts of the movie. I did like the gore of the legless man.Really since this movie was not scary at all I feel a bit more gore would have gone along way in improving the watch ability of this movie.

All in all if you like B monsters this one is worth a visit.