Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
R | 02 April 2002 (USA)
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Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads towards the mythical Forbidden Islands, the mermaid begins to display its deadly side.

Reviews
Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!
GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
dgci-net I got this made-for-cable "Creature Feature" as a NetFlix rental. I'm off to the stores to look for a copy to buy for the archive.I went into it expecting mediocrity in a TV movie, and got brilliant directing and camera work, a stunning score, beautiful period costuming, and a cast of "never heard of 'em" actors and actresses I fell in love with.Most modern horror movies fail on so many levels. This one wins on them all. First of all it's a good story. It's well presented with the proper mood. It's well acted. The sets and costumes are believable. It's actually SCARY in places, and it progresses to a well thought-out conclusion (although I thought the final creature transformation from the mermaid to...whatever that was...was a little off), and that failure cost this movie a star in my rating....can't give ten, only nine.More than that would be a spoiler, but please, don't deprive yourself. I don't hand "nines" out readily. Go rent or buy She Creature. You'll be glad you did. Not for the kiddies.
slayrrr666 "She-Creature" is a certainly passable creature feature if only slightly flawed.**SPOILERS**Following a successful carnival run, owner Angus, (Rufus Sewell) catches grief that performer Lily, (Carla Gugino) not being an actual mermaid. Shown a location where real ones exist, and decides to capture a live one, (Rya Kihlstedt) for use in the traveling show. Being brought aboard Captain Dunn, (Jim Piddock) and his ship, they leave England and set sail. As they sail along, she begins to feel a connection with the mermaid, although it progresses slowly. As they continue on, the mermaid startles the crew. When she begins to feel like the connection is getting stronger, she starts to feel as though something deeper is going on between them. Taking this to mean that she understands what's going on with the mermaid, she starts to invest in her safety when she transforms into a human and attacks the ship as it tries to return to her homeland.The Good News: This here wasn't all that bad, but it wasn't that great either. The main reason why this one has anything going for it is it's ending rampage aboard the ship. This here contains a large amount of action in these scenes, and they're the best thing about it. These feature some really great stalking scenes, including a marvelous one inside the crew's quarters that almost makes this watchable alone, some really great deaths and of course, the revelation of the creature's appearance. Besides the one main stalking scene, there's also a really great one up on the top deck of the ship that takes place during a raging thunderstorm, which casts a lot of shadows and lightning-lighted scenes which are quite unnerving and can produce some great chills. There's even a fun slaughter scene were it takes out a large galley of shipmates in one setting to give it some fun. This also gives a couple of nice, bloody deaths, including a lot of scratches and claw-marks all over the body in different places, a throat is ripped out and a spiked tail is impaled into the back and the spikes come out the front, which aren't that great or imaginative but there's some nice blood and gore to be found from them. The creature's appearance, which is quite original and very creative, which is good enough for it to get some really impressive scenes on it's own. There's a great look to it that is nicely used and makes for a memorable creature. Aside from the ending, there's also a really unique spin on this one that's included in it's back-story, which is new and creative. This is a nice departure from most other ones and offers a little difference compared to others. All of these elements make it at the very least watchable.The Bad News: This here isn't all that bad, but still had some pretty noticeable flaws. One of the biggest flaws is that there's very little time devoted to the creature rampaging. That would've been the point of the film and by taking a long time to get to the point, then there's a feeling of boredom created by endless scenes that don't have anything to do with the main attraction. Having a build-up is fine and this one does a great job of that, but there's nothing to do with the creature until the end. It's pretty much a supporting character in it's own film, relegated to the second slot after the romance between the leads. There's also a couple scenes that easily doesn't mean anything to the film that could've been cut out. These include many scenes in the home capturing the creature. That sequence takes forever to accomplish something that could've been told in far less time, and aside from one brief moment that slightly makes up for it, there's nothing in it that really justifies why it's taking so long. The endless narrations during the prisoner scenes didn't have to be as long, and only do the out-of-control moments that were already there to begin with, and several points along the way could've been trimmed as well, yet these are also coupled with the film's overall cheesiness to really give it's faults.The Final Verdict: While this one's not a classic creature feature, there's enough here that at least makes it watchable. This one here is recommended to those who love these kind of films or the curious, while those who aren't that high on this style should be advised to take caution with this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity and Language
TdSmth5 I had little expectation for this movie. In general I don't like time piece flicks especially when it comes to horror movies. But this one was quite good. Excellent production values, good acting. Somewhat of an original and intriguing story. The mermaid was very sexy and the actress who plays it, Rya Kihlstedt, did an outstanding job of playing the part even though she didn't have any lines to read; she's quite mesmerizing to watch. It helps that she's topless, too. Gugino does a nice job as well. There is some interesting sexual tension between the mermaid and Gugino's character but that never pans out. The final act goes into full monster mode and is the weakest part. The mermaid leading the boat to her lair would have been interesting if the producers hadn't opted to turn her into an all out monster. It would have been great to see the boat boarded by dozens of beautiful naked mermaids who carry their victims onto the island. This movie could have been improved with more nudity. I'd like to see some sequels to this.
tomimt "She Creature", even tough stroke with such an awful name, is a rare kind of a horror film with very nice old school horror touch. The level of gore is kept on minimum and the film relies more on suspense than outrageous splatter.On the minus side the film starts to rush too much in the final part and the whole thing gets a bit too much out of focus plot wise. Also there are few too many crooked camera views of the situation, so they tend to get a bit too annoying towards the ending.Underneath of all that there can be found a very nice little horror film. Atmosphere and acting is okay during the whole film. Even the creature effects in the end are done rather nicely, tough it's more than clear, that the film isn't made with the biggest budget on the world.I liked the fact, that "She Creature" wasn't set on modern times, but in early 1900's instead. It brought in a nice, not so skeptical element to the plot. All in all very nice little horror film.
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