Best movie of this year hands down!

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Excellent, smart action film.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

The good parts, er, actually John Rhys-Davis playing the captain is pretty much all. Rhys-Davis is playing the only character whose fate remains in the "might or might not survive" category. We're lucky then that the best actor present plays the character.Unfortunately, everything else goes downhill surprisingly quickly. Aside from the captain and bland leads, the characters are a pompous old woman, some professional thief, and a cryptozoologist unwilling to provide help stopping the chupacabra; occasionally even helping it escape and thus kill more victims.Naturally these people were too unlikable for their deaths to be upsetting and there's no sense rooting for this chupacabra to get them since it's inevitable.The monster being released by the crew members didn't make too much sense. Actually it didn't make any.Several gun-wielding guys appear throughout the film; first crew members and later navy SEALS. They lack established personality meaning they serve no purpose but to add to the body count.

Without John Rhys-Davies, I have to admit that this would never even register on my movie-meter. But in spite of that single fact, this is not a bad little thriller, considering the low budget, the low quality effects, the stiff acting and the Sci Fi Channel aspects. The blood effects are very convincing, and the Chupacabra actually looks realistic... regardless of what you think a Chupacabra looks like this is one good-looking Chupacabra.Aside from the positives, this runs kind of like Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Darren McGavin, remember?) meets the Love Boat, but in spite of the ultimate cheese of this work, it still holds something resembling a plot, and actually attempts to gain your respect while making you laugh and roll your eyes.As conflicted as this work is, I still managed to find some enjoyment herein. Maybe you will, too.It rates a 5.2/10 on the Made 4 TV Scale.It rates a 4.1/10 on the Movie Scale from...the Fiend :.

An amazing film that made me want to see it over and over. I saw it with a group of friends expecting a made for TV flop, but was pleasantly surprised to be scared out of my wits. i was on the ground almost in tears for a quarter of the film. The characters were believable, minus a few corny quotes: "I'm the best insurance you've got." , "We need more firepower!" "I don't know what you are talking about!?! I am a very wealthy man, this isn't what it looks like." The literal translation to the Spanish word "chokeberry" is "goat sucker" this movie shows the "chokeberry" as a savage beast thirsty for blood, and lots of it.And of course the "chokeberry" mask/ costume was very realistic. the graphics were a little sketchy but the compelling plot made up for what the visual effects lacked. It was a gory film with lots of blood. I do not recommend this movie for squeamish land lubbers. A terrifying flick to watch with friends. Just remember to lock up your goats!

I have always had a soft spot for current-day "B" horror movies. They are nice to unwind with on a dark evening, when one is too tired to bother over-analyzing what is in the DVD player or the VCR.With such low expectations, I was more than pleased with Chupacabra Terror. It packs quite a bit of action, some decent acting and about the right amount of gore (for a blood-sucking monster on the rampage, anyway) for a pleasant viewing.In this film, Giancarlo Espisito plays the morally defective Dr. Pena, a cryptozoologist who succeeds in capturing a live specimen of the legendary "goat sucker," the Chupacabra. In smuggling it back to his university (or wherever he is trying to take it), however, nosy crew members open the monster's crate and all heck breaks loose on a luxury liner at sea.British veteran John Rhys-Davies is wonderful as Captain Randolph, while Dylan Neal and Chelan Simmons are good as a McGyver-like federal agent and the captain's attractive college-age daughter respectively. Not all of the supporting cast is at this level, but these four (including Espisito) carry the load well. The Navy SEALS leaders are also well-played.One can probably guess largely what happens. On the positive side, we don't have big-boobed bimbos taking up space merely to jiggle a few times and die, as in many B horror films. Simmons indeed has a nice build and does get to do some jiggling – albeit in a somewhat original scene. (She is tied up and used as live bait to bring the Chupacabra out of hiding and quite understandably twists and struggles in panic, shaking like bowls full of jelly.) Most – although not all – of the standard clichés are similarly avoided.My only real criticism is directed almost at the state of modern film as much as it is at John Shepphird and Chupacabra Terror. The CGI scenes of the lifeboat abandoning the liner and of the ship sinking look more like a Discovery Channel or History Channel graphic, explaining WHY a ship sank than an actual movie scene. I can't help but feel that in the 1970s or 1980s … or the 1920s or 1930s for that matter .. a much more credible sinking scene could have been done with models! (If you don't believe me, compare the battle scenes in Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor!) In any case, this isn't Shakespeare and this isn't Bergman. It isn't even John Carpenter. Still, for anyone who likes a good, old-fashioned "B" horror film, this is a fun one to watch.