Snakehead Terror

3.8
2004 1 hr 17 min Horror , Science Fiction , TV Movie

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.

  • Cast:
    Bruce Boxleitner , Carol Alt , Chelan Simmons , Juliana Wimbles , Ryan McDonell , Chad Krowchuk , Matthew MacCaull

Reviews

Alicia
2004/03/13

I love this movie so much

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Livestonth
2004/03/14

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

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Kien Navarro
2004/03/15

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Raymond Sierra
2004/03/16

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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TheLittleSongbird
2004/03/17

Now I don't mind B movies, there have been plenty that is have been critical failures yet I liked, even with their flaws. Snakehead Terror is a real shocker and not in a good way, in fact it is a "so bad, it's bad" sort of movie.So what did I hate about Snakehead Terror? Let's see shall we? 1) An awful script, with lines so bad they bring unintentional humour at their own stupidity. - check 2) A poorly structured and completely predictable story that holds no surprises and is poorly resolved, as the climax like the script is so insane it's funny. Liked the premise but was executed awfully. - check 3) Some terrible acting, either by those who can't act for toffee or those who try so hard their talents are wasted. Bruce Boxleitner was the sole bright spot - check 4) Every cliché and rip off in the book. Monster, child in peril, sheriff, obnoxious teenagers and a love interest. - check 5) Poorly designed monster that is not intelligent but instead rather dumb, with a laughable means of opportunity. - check 6) None of the characters are remotely likable and do things that are both illogical and silly. - check 7) Sloppy direction.- check 8) The visuals are nothing special really. Scenery is okay, camera work is not. -check 9) Poor pacing with very long drawn out scenes that make you reach for the fast forward button. -check 10) Complete overkill of supermodel jokes. -check 11) Pretty awful CGI and the gore was suitably gory but overdone. -check12) Geographical errors such as the Alleghany Mountains being the only mountains in the state, and doesn't have a snow capped mountain, unlike the one in the film.- check So overall, as others have put it hysterically awful, yet it is something I "kind of" recommend. 1/10 Bethany Cox

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Sandy Loam
2004/03/18

It's also called: Jaws Jaws 2 Jaws 3D Kingdom of the spiders Piranha Frogs Alligator Squirm Ants (AKA It happened at Lakewood Manor) Bug Prophecy Snowbeast The Swarm The Bees The Savage Bees Orca Grizzly DogsWhat happens is this. Man screws up the environment, and nature revolts by sending _______ to kick Man's ass. Man is having a big financial crisis, and _________ threatens it. Man summons Scientist to figure it all out. Scientist advises not to have the big _________ celebration. Government Man disagrees, because he's greedy and wants the money. Against Man's better judgment, Man lets the big ________ celebration take place. This causes mayhem and destruction. Man may or may not have romantic involvement with Scientist. Man's kid from previous marriage gets put in a vulnerable situation. Man and Scientist work together to save kid and town, and finally kills ___________. The end.

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cat-that-goes-by-himself
2004/03/19

Err... Well... Frankly this flick is bad, even for a B movie. Not enough humor (intentional or not), a sad lack of imagination, terribly hollow characters and very uninspired acting. Not bad enough to be unintentionally funny, either.For the rest, you get what you could expect from an animal terror movie with low budget and an emphasis on quantity over quality.The only good moment was when a couple of teenage girls started wading in fish entrails using a combination of ax and shotgun while the male supporting character barely managed to avoid his genitals being turned into fish food.Had the survival of the fittest theory applied, the fish would have won. Maybe this was a political movie after all ?I found it sad to see Boxleitner spouting one uninspired line after the other with a slightly hesitant half smile. I'll go and re-watch a few Babylon 5 key episodes to wash away this disappointment.As for animal attack movies of the fishy kind, I recommend frankenfish instead.

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jp76-1
2004/03/20

A shocker in ever sense of the word, even the usually fit biologist looked like she'd fallen asleep with a bot-ox needle stuck in her face, I couldn't work out most of the film, like the 'shock' on peoples faces when they saw something, but we (the viewer) didn't get to see, like the insides of the snakeheads gut's on the pier, the old bloke in the chair etc. etc. unless i was just watching a cut version but I cant believe they would bother cutting this tripe. The lake was nice and pretty but basically that was the only thing worth watching about this pathetically lame film. If a snake head fish started crawling after me I'd boot it in the head. There is no way any snakehead fish could kill me, the one that looked like a whale at the end might have a go but lets be honest you're never going to get snakehead fish that big. If they were going to include a monster snakehead fish the size of a whale at the finale why didn't they have it do something, like rear up out of the water and swallow someone like miss bot-ox? All the giant snakehead did was bang into the jetty a couple of times like can't you see the jetty pal.. oh please don't bang into the jetty its so frightening, I could have picked it off with a catapult. I quite like monster films but prefer them not to be made into comedies, it just feels like everyone involved in movies like this are in it for one thing, money, not credibility and certainly not to provide viewer satisfaction.

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