Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Mark Jacobs | ... | Peter van Clease | |
Lisa Jane Todd | ... | Ann (as Lisa Todd) | |
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Patrick Danz | ... | Rodney |
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Sara Hauser | ... | Kiersten |
Christopher Whiting | ... | Finner | |
Don Winters | ... | Leroy Leudke | |
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Paul Drake | ... | Wayne Duerst |
Bill Lowrie | ... | Evelyn Duerst | |
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Sandy Meuwissen | ... | Bev D. |
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Dale Dunham | ... | Denny Dobyns |
Paul Heckman | ... | The Sheriff | |
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Don Cosgrove | ... | Roger Swain |
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Bonnie Lee | ... | Shiela Swain |
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Greg Nienas | ... | Irving Swain |
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Julie Vortanz | ... | Ruth-Ann Swain |
It's time for the annual "Muskie Madness" fishing contest, and the lake is packed with hopeful fishermen. It soon becomes apparent, however, that a psychotic serial killer has also decided to join the festivities. Although the police have determined that the killer is claiming his victims by landing them with giant fishhooks, no clear suspects can be found since everyone is using the exact same hook! What is the killer's goal? And more importantly, can the murders be stopped? Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
It is kind of funny that someone who would later be one of the forces behind a television show that made fun of bad movies would have one on his resume. Not that it is all bad, for a Troma movie it does have its moments. This one is not as goofy as a lot of Troma movies get, in fact it is one of the more straight horror movies I have seen from them. The only thing odd is that people are being killed with a fish hook and reeled in like fish. And no the people are not being killed by a giant fish (though that would have been rather good). This one instead is a basic slasher with the mode of death being the only real unique touch to it. Unlike newer Troma movies this one is a real movie too. They had a movie advertised on my copy of this called "Tales from the Crapper" and it basically looked like a tape of Girls Gone Wild. So this one looks great by comparison. Like a lot of slashers you don't know who the killer is and they try to fool you, but in this case once you know the killer the movie goes on a bit too long after. It runs about 10 minutes more than it should. Though this is not a cinematic classic it is not all bad especially considering it is a Troma picture.