Great film, bad title

I agree! My girlfriend gave me this film for x-mas as we have a tradition of giving each other gag gifts (i.e., let's find the crappiest gift we can find and give that) but shockingly, i enjoyed this film. while another poster noted the acting as "nothing special", there as some very talented (and recognizable) character actors in this film, the script is funny and intelligent and it is well shot. as an imdb regular, my first thought was "i bet the working title was something else" (it was, "bayou", which while generic, is still better than what they decided on) this isn't the first time i've thought "would these people have even signed on to do this film if they had known what it would end up being called?"
it's unfortunate that even the most hardcore horror fan would pass this up when it is a creepy, well written and directed "killer fish" movie (and i hated jaws, which i found boring, though that arm floating in jaws 3D was pretty cool...)
i'm not sure if they were making an enept attempt to latch on to the frankenstein legacy, or a political statement, as this film deals with genetic manipulation and genetically altered food is sometimes referred to as "frankenfood" but either way, they missed the boat (pun intended) and probably could have had more commercial success with just about any other title. i would have called it "killer fish"

This movie is so bad its good. Actually, its not really that bad. Movies like Boa vs. Python among others are far far far far worse. I agree that the title of the movie gives it the traditional "cheesy monster movie" feel. In comparison to others, its not bad at all.

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the title was the best part of the movie.

bad film and even worse title

but its still kind of fun

I Worship The Goddess Amber Tamblyn

I honestly would have preferred it to be cheesier and less serious.


See my B-movie review of Frankenfish at
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