A struggling lakeside community is thrown into turmoil when after a plague of ecologically harmful snakeheads thought to have been eradicated, re-surfaces with a mutated appetite for live meat. Local sheriff Bruce Boxleitner and expatriate biologist Carla Alt set about trying to prevent the deadly spawn from reaching the river system, where there accelerated maturity would result in uncontrollable breeding and eventual national disaster.
"Snakehead Terror" wades into the obscure but no less menacing spectre of snakeheads, which ultimately begs the question: what is a Snakehead? If you said something akin to a lung fish equipped with the jaws of a barracuda and attitude of a rabid mongoose, then you've evidently seen "Snakehead Terror". After the initial corpse (or more specifically, severed limb) turns up, and the first hero is quickly dispatched, various local identities are introduced and then casually pulped by the voracious Snakeheads, forcing Boxleitner and his beautiful boffin into action.
Despite the usual absurdities (discovery of a container marked "Human Growth Hormone") the script is by no means unintelligent and the acting and characterisations realistic and not over-played. Fans of the X-Files will relish the appearance of William B.Davis in a key supporting role, while genre director Gary Jones has a small role as the key perpetrator, unwittingly connected with the infestation. Bloody is the operative word here; there's a whole bagful of body parts on which to piece together the mystery, including the obligatory severed head, and even a thorough examination of reverse digestion. Very graphic.
Predictable formula, but nonetheless taut and involving with likable, balanced characterisations, "Snakehead Terror" is a better than average "monster-in-the-lake" movie that's definitely got teeth.
"Snakehead Terror" wades into the obscure but no less menacing spectre of snakeheads, which ultimately begs the question: what is a Snakehead? If you said something akin to a lung fish equipped with the jaws of a barracuda and attitude of a rabid mongoose, then you've evidently seen "Snakehead Terror". After the initial corpse (or more specifically, severed limb) turns up, and the first hero is quickly dispatched, various local identities are introduced and then casually pulped by the voracious Snakeheads, forcing Boxleitner and his beautiful boffin into action.
Despite the usual absurdities (discovery of a container marked "Human Growth Hormone") the script is by no means unintelligent and the acting and characterisations realistic and not over-played. Fans of the X-Files will relish the appearance of William B.Davis in a key supporting role, while genre director Gary Jones has a small role as the key perpetrator, unwittingly connected with the infestation. Bloody is the operative word here; there's a whole bagful of body parts on which to piece together the mystery, including the obligatory severed head, and even a thorough examination of reverse digestion. Very graphic.
Predictable formula, but nonetheless taut and involving with likable, balanced characterisations, "Snakehead Terror" is a better than average "monster-in-the-lake" movie that's definitely got teeth.