Barracuda (1978)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Directors:

Harry Kerwin
Wayne Crawford

Writers:

Wayne Crawford (writer)
Harry Kerwin (writer)

Release Date:

January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

You Can Almost Hear The Screams! as the water below becomes a CHURNING DEATHBED of FLASHING TEARING TEETH!

Plot:

Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas. |

Plot Keywords:

Barracuda | Refrigerator | Cover Up | Billiard Game | Silencer

Cast

Wayne Crawford	...	Mike Canfield
Jason Evers	...	Dr. Elliot Snow
Roberta Leighton	...	Liza Williams
Cliff Emmich	...	Lester
William Kerwin	...	Sheriff Ben Williams
Bert Freed	...	Jack
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scott Avery	...	Toby
Wayne Hackett
Harry Kerwin	...	Agent Arriving #1
Matt King	...	Agent Leaving
Bobbie Ellyne Kosstrin	...	Maggie Snow
Ray Michel	...	Second Arguing Man
Robert G. Noe	...	Hotel Clerk
David Renier	...	Arguing Man on Street
Jerry Rhodes	...	Bubba
Rick Rhodes	...	Agent Arriving #2
Burt Richards	...	Security Guard
William Roundebush	...	Boy Student
Bob J. Shields	...	Floyd
Dick Sterling	...	Second Guard
Denise Taylor	...	Girl Student
Leigh Walsh	...	Girl Student

Also Known As:

Barracuda: The Sea Horror (Australia) (video box title)
The Lucifer Project

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 | Italy:T | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Company:

American General Pictures

Not so bad (I really appreciate it!)

I bought this movie because I really thought it would be terrible. I imagine something like "Spawn of the Slithis", or "Nazi Surfers Must Die", but this movie turns into a good one after all. In the beginning, the plot is very silly - barracudas eat people. Amazing. The filming under water, with the barracudas waving their tails while eating the limbs of people is laughing. But... in the middle of the movie the barracudas disappear, and the story, although with poor acting, is interesting. In fact, X-Files is very close to that. And the end is a lot better than one you could expect from a movie called "Barracuda".