A group of College students get away from
school and go on a weekend spring break
house boat trip in a lake down in
southern California where they think that
they'll have nonstop fun. One of them
named Duncan McKay (Chris Solari) got
expelled with his friend Brady Turner
(Marc McLachlin) for cheating on an exam.
They land on a spot where an abandoned
hotel resides and one of the students
named Kit (D.W. Reiser) tells a campfire
story about a crocodile residing there as
he tells a story of a child being killed
for smashing the Croc's eggs.
They then discover a Crocodiles nest and
takes some of an egg from it's nest.
This enrages the mother Crocodile as she
realises that some of her eggs are
missing.
Meanwhile things get worst for Brady as
him and Claire (Caitlin Martin) have a
dispute after Claire finds out that Brady
had an affair with one of the students
there named Sunny (Sommers Knight) so
things get sticky.
Meanwhile, the Croc kills the students
off one by one as the group needs to find
a way of surviving from the beast since
their boat is destroyed by this ferocious
beast
A well done flick with good effects.
So what if it didn't make it to theatre's
as horror films seem to do better off on
video anyways.
The crocodile looks cheesy but
frightening.
If you enjoy Tobe Hooper's work
in horror films you'll enjoy this one as
it's very well done and a must for fans
of teen horror. It's better than his
other Crocodile flick Eaten Alive
The acting is in
good shape as we have a good cast playing
typical college students on a fun
vacation making their actions realistic.
Caitlin
Martin was probably the best one out
of all and proves she can get into
character very well with her role
especially when she gets upset.
D.W. Reiser also seems to pull
of his character well as a typical
college student wanting to party.
We also have witty performances by Harrison
Young as a Sherriff looking for the
killer Croc and by Terrence Evans
as an Alligator owner.
There is a butt shot by Sommer
Knight who plays Sunny as she moons
one of the guys in the next car.
Mark MacLachlan also shows a
butt shot briefly when someone pulls down
his swimsuit in a pond.
We get lots of people
getting chewed up and even one get
regurgitated.
There's a chewed off hand
Tobe Hooper
still does terrific as a film director
even if his heyday for horror films like Poltergeist
and Texas Chainsaw Massacre
was over a long time ago.
We have a nice set of the teens cruising
in their car to their houseboat and
showing great scenes of them hanging out
on the boat making you want to join them.
Then there's a nice direction with two
actors named Adam Gierasch and Kip
Addota at portraying two redecks
causing trouble after spotting the Croc's
eggs. It was nicely set. It makes you
jump when the croc comes out of nowhere
from the lake to attack these two and eat
them
Also he was trerrific at coaching
Sommers Knight playing a sleazy
college student especially when she is
playing a drunk one at a bonfire.
He really packs the suspense when the
Crocodile tears the students boathouse as
it makes you cringe wondering how they
will escape in the middle of nowhere from
this thing.
Also we interesting dialogue scenes by Harrison Young
and Terrence Evans when
directed as they are hunting for this
ferocious creature.
He directs another cast member named Larry
Udy very well at playing a mentally
challenged keeper when he approaches the
Croc feeding it dead chickens and then
gets attacked.
The Croc attacking these teens, moving in
for the kill and eating them looks
terrific too.
We get great reactions by the young cast
members too as Hooper still
knows how to drive people's fears but not
as well as he did with the cast in
TCM.
He made Chris Solari's role very
good and real as a prankster and when he
whines in pain while being towed in a
wheelbarrel after his leg is mangled by
the Croc
We have some interesting
music composed by Serge Colbert
as he brings alot of energtic suspenseful
playing to it.
Plus there's songtracks by
artists like
"Anywhere" and "Takes You
Alive" performed by Station
Victoria
"Emotional Wheel" and
"Lucky Day" performad by Ripe
5
"Why" performed by Alice
in the Fields
"One of Those Days" performed
by Trim
"Together" performed by Shine.
Duncan
McKay: That's from, like, an ostrich
or something.
Hubs: Or a beaver!
Brady
Turner: We'll use those sweatshirts
as blindfolds! The Australian Guy from
Animal Planet does it all the time, it
works!
Kit:
We were just attacked by some HUGE
creature and you're worried about
BLISTERS and dirt in your eyes?!
Brady
Turner: Duncan... if we ever
make it out of here, I'm gonna kill you!
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