This gory, scary low-budget shocker from the Roger Corman stable concerns the battle over a salmon cannery in a Pacific Northwest town. Genetically treated salmon escape the plant and are eaten by coelacanths, who mutate into humanoid monsters with giant craniums and sharp claws. The creatures begin attacking teen couples, killing the boys and mating with the girls (in some pretty graphic monster-****** scenes). Eventually, a bunch of them create total pandemonium at the annual salmon festival. Barbara Peeters directs with flair, Rob Bottin's effects are nauseatingly effective, and the cast is good, especially Vic Morrow as a racist fisherman and Doug McClure as the stalwart hero. An uncompromising shockfest with enough gratuitous blood and nudity to keep fans happy, the film features an Alien-inspired shock ending which still makes viewers jump today. Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Genre: Horror
- Category Creature Film
- Theme: Mutants, Experiments Gone Awry, Terror in the Water
- Studio: Shout Factory
- Run Time: 01 hr 22 min
- Language: English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Format: Blu-ray
- Release Date: August 3, 2010
- Lead Actor: Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Penya, Doug McClure
- Supporting Actor: Lynn Theel, Rob Bottin, Lisa Glaser, Greg Travis, Linda Shayne, Don Maxwell, Amy Barrett, Breck Costin, Meegan King, Denise Galik, Hoke Howell
- Director: Barbara Peeters
