Killer Mermaid (2014)

Running Time: 94 minutes

Release Date: May 1, 2014 (Serbia)

Review by: Stacey

 

Killer Mermaid aka Nymph aka Mamula- whatever the hell you want to call it, clearly SCREAMS SyFy Original.  The title (because Americans needs shit spoon fed to them), the tagline, the cover art...it makes me sad.  Let me just tell y'all right now, don't let the name fool you, the film isn't exactly what you think it is.

 

Two friends, Kelly (Kristina Klebe) and Lucy (Natalie Burn), travel to Montenegro for vacation and to meet up with Lucy's ex, Alex (Slobodan Stefanovic) and his fiance, Yasmin (Sofija Rajovic).  After meeting Boban (Dragan Micanovic), they decide to take a boat out off the coast to an abandoned military fortress, which creepy, old, seaman Niko (Franco Nero) predictably warns them to avoid.  Do you think they took heed to his warning?  OF COURSE NOT.

 

 

This movie has me fucked up because it's just not good, but it actually had the ability to make something of itself if it had just put a little more effort in.  Better yet, they should have just kept any one of the number of titles it has because Killer Mermaid is not an entirely accurate title for a film that didn't even introduce said mermaid until the last 30 minutes.  Not to mention, more than half of the people killed in the film WEREN'T EVEN KILLED BY A KILLER MERMAID.  Yes, there are actually two killers in the movie.  One is a human.  Yes, that's right, Killer Mermaid is actually more of a slasher than a creature feature.

 

   The acting wasn't deplorable but you're also watching a movie called Killer Mermaid.  The character stories themselves seemed a tad lazily put together with the lead female being the one with the most brains but a deep fear of water stemming from a childhood trauma (yes, then a vacation to the ocean is where you need to be), the "slutty" friend, the random local unknowingly leading them to danger, etc.  To be fair, I got the most enjoyment in the film from the cinematography which was pretty spectacular due to the location settings.  The beautiful water, the abandoned island, the lush surroundings- it all was gorgeous but not enough to hold up the film.

 

If you're wondering how the mermaid herself looked, I'll just leave this right here:

(It was an odd combination of decent practical effects and shoddy CGI work.)

At the end of the day, Killer Mermaid would have been better off with a different title or just taking the cheesy bull by the horns and going all out in schlock but instead we got a half-serious slasher with a creature thrown in that felt like an afterthought.

1/5 (at least there were nice butts in the movie)
 

Check out the trailer below and the movie on Netflix! 

(fuck yeah, double butt)