jfgibson73 She Creature is a period piece, set around the turn of the century in Ireland. A sideshow couple somehow steal a mermaid and get it onto a ship heading for America. They plan to make money off of it, but things go wrong.The best thing about this movie was how well Carla Guigino was filmed. They made her look great in every scene. The mermaid was kind of cool looking in her antique tank, and there was a pretty nice atmosphere of menace built up.I didn't really like how it resolved. The mermaid started eating the crew, and eventually turned into a spiky creature that killed everyone except the pregnant Carla. She brought the ship to some hidden land where the rest of the mermaids were waiting to eat the remaining bodies.There were some memorable visuals, and the fact that the title suggests there are other installments gives it an air of mystery, but I think that is really all there is to it. Fun to watch, but not much payoff.

GroovyDoom This movie is one of the biggest surprises of my life. Who knew that a direct-to-video (television, actually) production of a low-budget Roger Corman concept could turn out to be one of the weirdest, creepiest films I've seen in a long, long time? How could it have had one of the best monsters I've seen in a movie, ever? Why haven't I seen this yet? "She Creature" came from nowhere and just blew me away.Set in the early 1900s, the story concerns a group of performers in an Irish traveling carnival, making their living by scamming their patrons with phony freak shows. Then they discover a real, live mermaid being held in captivity, and they hatch a scheme to take it to America and make a name for themselves by exhibiting it to the public. Once they set out by ship, they discover that their unusual passenger likes to eat human flesh. Little do they know, they ain't seen nothing' yet.One of the things that makes "She Creature" so interesting is that it is a period piece. It could have easily been a standard post-"Scream" horror flick with teens in peril, but instead it has mature characters in situations that are at least believable within the context of the movie.I can't rave about the movie without mentioning the monster, and it is amazingly realized. One of the things that was so memorable about it was that, for the most part, CGI was not used, and you can really tell. The "she creature", who spends most of the film as a topless beauty in a large fish tank, metamorphasizes into a horrible raging monster that moves in an intriguingly serpentine way. It looks strangely realistic, and it proves to be a hell of a payoff. We catch a glimpse of the creature early in the film as a sketch. We realize that we'll see it later in the movie, but never do we realize that it will look so convincing and frightening."She Creature" has some quality actors, too, who fortunately have some very intriguing subject matter to work with in the script. The core concept re-imagines mermaids as bizarre monsters who pose a danger to mankind. It fills in a lot of blanks about the creatures, who don't turn up frequently in movies. At least, not as frequently as aliens and hockey-masked psycho zombies.My suggestion is to check out "She Creature" immediately. Even if you wind up thinking the movie is boring, I'd be surprised if you could honestly say the creature didn't make it worthwhile for you. You'll be thinking about it later for sure, and that's more than I can say for "Mosquito Man", "Frankenfish", or many other horror/sci-fi efforts that have been made for television or video.

TdSmth5 I had little expectation for this movie. In general I don't like time piece flicks especially when it comes to horror movies. But this one was quite good. Excellent production values, good acting. Somewhat of an original and intriguing story. The mermaid was very sexy and the actress who plays it, Rya Kihlstedt, did an outstanding job of playing the part even though she didn't have any lines to read; she's quite mesmerizing to watch. It helps that she's topless, too. Gugino does a nice job as well. There is some interesting sexual tension between the mermaid and Gugino's character but that never pans out. The final act goes into full monster mode and is the weakest part. The mermaid leading the boat to her lair would have been interesting if the producers hadn't opted to turn her into an all out monster. It would have been great to see the boat boarded by dozens of beautiful naked mermaids who carry their victims onto the island. This movie could have been improved with more nudity. I'd like to see some sequels to this.

tomimt "She Creature", even tough stroke with such an awful name, is a rare kind of a horror film with very nice old school horror touch. The level of gore is kept on minimum and the film relies more on suspense than outrageous splatter.On the minus side the film starts to rush too much in the final part and the whole thing gets a bit too much out of focus plot wise. Also there are few too many crooked camera views of the situation, so they tend to get a bit too annoying towards the ending.Underneath of all that there can be found a very nice little horror film. Atmosphere and acting is okay during the whole film. Even the creature effects in the end are done rather nicely, tough it's more than clear, that the film isn't made with the biggest budget on the world.I liked the fact, that "She Creature" wasn't set on modern times, but in early 1900's instead. It brought in a nice, not so skeptical element to the plot. All in all very nice little horror film.