GL84 Trying to have a relaxing weekend, a group of friends heading into the Louisiana bayou find the local legend of a deranged, mutated killer half-crocodile beast to be true as he begins stalking them through the swamps and must find a way of getting out of the area alive.This one here was quite the enjoyable if somewhat problematic effort. One of the better elements here is the film's rather simplistic and overly-familiar setup which gives this one plenty of rather fun moments here playing up the routine storyline. Playing up the local legend of the town's creature and the tourist-trap mentality that suckers the group in while they're in the store at the beginning gives this a nice start that gets nicely explained quite nicely with the backstory revelation that comes out to spread the story and how it's all connected to the town makes for a nicely cheesy set-up which is all part of the film's charm. As well, the way it plays into the remaining parts of the action as the inclusion of the family hunting them throughout the area in order to follow up the wrinkly in their history where they have to bring them in to mate with their deformed kinsman which is given a new addition in the whole affair putting a creature in the mix as well as this weaving in the folklore of the swampland. That dirty, sweaty swamp- land atmosphere created by this is set-up works pretty well with the high degree of incest and backwoods brutality present in the remaining parts of the storyline which gives this a nicely sleazy aspect to go along with the frequent sexual play between family members and the full-on nudity that's featured prominently in here. All of this works rather well in addition to getting the stage worked up for the generous amount of stalking and action in the second half, which has plenty of great fun here in the forest encounter while out in the campgrounds, the fun of the hand-to-hand fighting in the bushes with the creature and the big battles in the shack's underground tunnels which gives it a really great air here. Likewise, with the fine finale where it goes overboard with the action letting the cool creature design get to be displayed quite often, it really has a lot of rather enjoyable elements here that really holds it up somewhat over the few flaws here. One of the main issues here is the fact that there's just way too much familiarity and reliance on well-worn clichés here that make this feel rather rudimentary and not that original as this plays off like a stereotypical backwoods family effort looking to bred with pure tourists only they feature a deformed monster as one of the family- members which makes it play out like a majority of those types of films. As well, the fact that this one really undermines the brutality of the creature at the ending where he delivers a beat-down big enough to dish out more punishment than what's delivered yet instead there's a rather frustrating article about it that changes the outcome of the hero's antics really downplays the creatures' intensity and aggression elsewhere here, even though that wasn't all that prominent with off-screen kills cutting back to show the mangled bodies. These issues here are what hold this back.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Language, Full Nudity, Graphic Violence, drug use, violence against animals and strong themes of incest.

Bezenby This is going to come as a total surprise to you, but for the first time ever in a feature film a bunch of youngsters head off into the woods to get drunk, smoke weed, and 'make out' (whatever that is, I don't know what with me being a Benedictine monk). I was totally expecting them just to have a good time and then head home, but it turns out that there's some monster in the woods who then proceeds to hard sell the youth some unneeded double glazing, gets knocked back, then kills them all. Well, most of them.The cover of the DVD I picked up for fifty pence at an all monk car boot sale in Glasgow boasted of gore and nudity, and while it got one of them right (there's some boobs), the gore was mostly all off-screen, which is weird in these times when our horror hungry youth demands graphic torture scenes. There's some local rednecks involved too, one of the being Sid Haig, whom I've never seen in anything good.It's fine they had practical creature effects, but other than that you've seen this plot before many times. We were all disappointed back in the monastery and had to therefore entertain ourselves with the usual game of soggy biscuit.

TdSmth5 Six kids are on a roadtrip to New Orleans. They include 2 sets of brothers and sisters, and 2 couples. One set of siblings are single. The brother is the guy in charge of sorts. They stop at a rest stop along the way somewhere in Louisiana. There they meet 3 rednecks. The rest stop is also a museum of sorts dedicated to the local monster said to roam the area- a human/alligator mutant that came about after the last member of an inbred family devoured a scary alligator that ate his sister/bride-to-be. The kids decide to visit the house where all this happened and to camp nearby for the night.Of course that's when the creature goes after them, and so do the crazy townfolk who worship the creature and try to find a bride for it. The couples try to hook up, the single girl tries to take advantage of a drunk girl and later of her brother. There's a bit of twist in terms of the intentions of two of the kids.The first hour of Creature is entertaining. That's when everything is setup up. Our initial lead is a funny and likable guy. Things also become quite sexy. Unfortunately during the last 30 minutes the movie loses direction during the resolution of it all. People start running around, the creature pops up here and there scaring people and occasionally killing someone. And the least likable or interesting couple will turn out to be the heroes.Creature has a decent story and script but they needed more funds to make it work. Direction doesn't do the story justice, at the same time, it could have been much worse, too. Overall, I liked this movie more than I should have. Credit goes two likable main characters and a story that's better than what this movie manages to make of it.

rbrown7770 Wow! This is amazing, an actual movie that has teeth and not a pathetic love sick movie. It seems that there are only a few who can truly master a scary "monster" movie. I have seen numerous movies over the years such as "Humanoids from the Deep", "Terror Within", and "The Beast" that have the right combination of materials for a horror movie. There are a few want to be movies out there that I would call "a flop or a joke". This is not one of them. If you are the type of person who enjoys the movie for what it has to show you. Prepare to be entertained. For your time, money, and understanding of a horror movie you will not be disappointed.