Claudio Carvalho The fishing vessel Solita crosses a storm during the night and the Skipper Will McKenna (Corin Nemec) witnesses a weird creature attacking the crewman Joey. They return to the dock and Will has difficulties to pay the amount he owes to the former owner of the boat, Roy (Roman Podhara). The fish population is reducing in the area and the biologist Arden (Camille Sullivan) is investigating the possible causes. Meanwhile, Will's daughter Carly (Miriam McDonald) steals the keys of her father's cottage in a nearby island and plans to travel with her boyfriend Danny (Daniel James Wisler) and their friends Erin (Christie Laing) and Drew (Brandon Jay McLaren) to spend the weekend in the island. However, Drew is murdered by a deep sea predator on the dock and his pieces are found by Will and Arden. Carly, Danny and Erin do not have any news from their friend and travel to the island without Drew. Sooner Erin is murdered by the creature and Danny is bitten by a newborn reptile. Danny and Erin seek shelter in the cabin but they are trapped there by the creatures. In the continent, Will and Arden learn that the deep sea predator is a very dangerous species, after a series of lethal attacks, and they head to the island to rescue Carly. "Troglodyte" is an unoriginal but pretty decent B-movie for television. The plot blends "Lake Placid" and Predator" and the result is a cheesy and forgettable action film with the usual clichés. The town seems to be empty and the conclusion has the usual nonsense, with Will, Carly and Arden happy and forgetting that Danny, Jay and many of their friends are dead. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Feras do Mar" ("Sea Beasts")

Tonci Pivac "Sea Beast" is a surprisingly enjoyable, if slightly flawed Sci-Fi Channel Creature Feature.**SPOILERS**Following a string of accidents, fisherman Will, (Corin Nemec) and his crew Danny, (Brent Strait) and Drew, (Brandon Jay McLaren) are becoming concerned about the disappearing fish population in the area, which puzzles Arden, (Camille Sullivan) the local biologist. When a couple of locals are attacked and found ripped to pieces, his story about a vicious sea creature being responsible is laughed off in favor of more traditional suspects. After more are attacked, and the creature is positively identified as a carnivorous reptilian sea creature that lived on the ocean bottom, which is now attacking the population. Realizing their girlfriends Carly, (Miriam McDonald) and Erin, (Christie Lang) are trapped with the creatures, they race to find a way of stopping the deadly creatures.The Good News: This here was a slightly above-average creature feature with some good stuff going for it. One of the best is that the creature looks rather cool and has a great appearance to it. From the humanoid shape, large claws and ferocious teeth within an imposing and unique- looking face, it creates a rather nice-looking creature that manages to work quite well. It's behavior techniques, from the acidic, paralyzing spit that renders victims immobile and the rather cool way it manages to blend into the surroundings to sneak up nearly invisibly on potential victims also makes some scenes a rather fun time. That it also has the fun and interesting concept of the children makes for some rather good times when they get loose is more to enjoy about the creature. It's rather enjoyable to see them attacking, as they get some of the film's best moments in their two big attacks in the beach attack and an all-out assault on the house in the middle of the forest. The beach attack is rather nice with it's slow-burning emphasis coming from the creatures slowly encroaching on the fallen victims, who suffer from a rather debilitating injury that keeps them there waiting for the attack is a great scene, and it's violent outcome is a good tapper to the affair. The real good scene, though, is the attack on the shack as there's just absolutely no flaws anywhere in the scene. From the different tactics used by the creatures to the defensive methods being just as good and utilizing some interesting props to the claustrophobic setting and the inventive finale that has a lot of good to it. Other big action scenes, from the attack on the militia in the woods where it really lets loose on the different manners of attack is a real joy, and it's first attack on the couple in the woods is a fun site as well that definitely deserves it's enjoyment. The finale, though, is the film's best part, as it's a full-on action-packed scene that features so much good stuff that it's hard to fit it all in, with a creepy setting, inventive action, lots of momentum and a sense of fun packed into it. The last plus here is the film's gore, which, when it actually comes, isn't bad, with lots of devoured remains and aftermath, a throat ripped out, a foot stuck in a bear-trap, a multitude of spears through the body and a nice decapitation, not exactly superb but enough to satisfy. These here are the film's good points.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot of stuff wrong with this one, but it did have some flaws to it. One of the bigger areas here is the fact that, like just about all Sci-Fi Channel films, the creature here is atrociously rendered in CGI. This here is standard stuff for these kinds of films, and it's par-for-the-course when it comes to looking terrible, which is made all the more obvious because the look of it is so great that to be able to see it rendered so badly is a huge disservice. It could've been rather cool to see it not rendered in CGI, and the badly- done attempt actually in the film isn't anything spectacular. The creature here also has another big flaw about it, the fact that absolutely nothing is known about it. Absolutely nothing here is given about the creature, from what it is beyond some kind of amphibian that lived at the ocean-bottom to it's species to why it's able to adapt to the conditions on the surface and its back-story at all. None of that is given, it's all a complete blank and something about, especially with the biologist on-board, would've been really helpful. The last factor holding this one down is the fact that this one has a couple of really pitiful kills at the beginning, mostly off-screen stuff that doesn't help the gore count at all. Once it gets going, they get better, but so much off-screen stuff really does a number at the time, and combined with the creature flaws, amount to the film's flaws.The Final Verdict: While not that perfect and featuring a couple of flaws, this is still a very above-average Sci-Fi Channel creature feature. Give it a shot if that's interesting or if you find these kinds of films enjoyable, though those who haven't enjoyed other Sci-Fi Channel entries should heed caution.

kosmasp There is a thing out there called ... Man-Eater series. And this is one of their "beasts". And while other movies try to be original with their titles (and only them), this does have at least some more or less decent acting behind it all. It's nothing great and even while the dialogue is spoken you can feel how the actors struggle to keep a straight face, with all the plot holes and turns they take while talking.But you won't watch it, for the acting now, will you? Exactly. So if you're here for the beast(s), you will have to do with mostly CG-generated ones. It's not a complete waste of time, but then again, you might wanna watch something more interesting (and comprehensible)

richshire For those who are looking for Jamie Foxx doing huge stunts with mega explosion, This is not the movie for you... But for those who enjoy some low budget horror movies, this mix of predator/ jaws & aliens low budget flick is a fun one. When you see the cover of this DVD, you know exactly what you're in for. I rented this last night because I thought it was time to check out a monster movie :D I was surprise, I admit there are many bad straight to DVD horror & Sci - fi movies out there I was impress with this movie Personally, I think the creatures look a lot better than I am Legend, and the movie is way better than the 1998 Godzilla. So if you enjoys flicks like Tremors, The Mist or even Frankenfish, give Sea Beast a try