what terror lurks in the hearts of fish
you wanna talk com-a-dee, look no further than the next showing of Snakehead Terror on the Sci-Fi Channel. i was fortunate enough the catch the last 30 minutes last night, and spent most of that time trying not to laugh too hard so as not to miss one priceless moment. it made me yearn for the heyday of MST3K.
this original picture had it all. washed up leading man? check. former supermodel whose acting career never quote took off? check. ripped from the headlines? check (extra points for setting it in Maryland and for amping the "monsters" up until they became huge and bloodthirsty). horrible special effects, terrible acting, plot holes the size of quasars? check, check, check. great scene of a guy getting his brains eaten by a rubber fish? oh baby. it airs again on July 22nd at 7pm. if you happen across it, do yourself a favor and linger for a few minutes. i hope to catch the first hour+ if for no other reason than the set-up has to be at least as preposterous as the denouement.
in the who knew? department, a quick perusal of IMDB shows at least 3 horror-type movies based around the snakehead. it can only be a matter of time before Cinemax has its own late night "Passion at Snakehead Lake" or something.
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the original snakehead was found in the pond where allison learned to swim years ago, and by "learned to swim" i mean her father threw her in the lake in her underwear and told her to paddle to shore.
Posted by: crispin | June 28, 2004 02:26 PM
The powers that be decided our hickville area of michigan needed less science and more Nascar; and thus they dropped SciFi and gave us the SPEED Channel as a replacement - so unless the snakeheads take over the body of a top Nascar driver and devour him, ie: Aliens or other such nonsense, while he whirls around on a 500 mile course of silliness - we will never get to experience such joy.
Posted by: Michelle | June 28, 2004 02:53 PM
That. Is. Awesome. Snakeheads are the overhyped eco-crisis that keeps on giving. Oh, how I love them so.
Posted by: David | June 28, 2004 04:56 PM
The snakehead menace is still with us down here, as they've been found in the Potomac and its tributaries. In one story that I edited last month for the Southern Maryland Extra, 70-year-old Roby Johnson of Oxon Hill said he would show the evil fish no mercy:
"I'll punch his head in if I see him," he said. "I'll kill him deader than hell."
Posted by: Matt | June 28, 2004 07:05 PM