Blood Surf

Year: 2000

Director: James D. R. Hickox

Written by: Sam Bernard, Robert L. Levy

Threat: Crocodile

Weapon of Choice: Teeth

Based upon: Original

IMDb page: IMDb link

      Blood Surf

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The tyranist's thoughts
I really like big lizard movies and the little alligator/crocodile sub-sub-genre is my favourite of all. There is something free and fun and ridiculous about them that generally makes them vastly entertaining to me. Unfortunately, this is one of the poorer examples of them.
So a couple guys agree to shoot a "blood surfing" documentary that involves them surfing amidst semi-frenzied sharks. Of course, they happen to pick an island that is also the home domain of a very large crocodile. Sex and blood follow.
The acting wasn't abominable, but it also wasn't good. The script was a decent stab at telling a story that could have been a lot of fun. The only thing that I can really complain about related to the production would be the dialogue, which at times was absolutely terrible.
If you like big lizard flicks, you might enjoy this one some. It wasn't a bad movie, it just wasn't as much fun as some of its brethren. Of course, if you don't get into the big lizard flicks, avoid this one like the plague.

Total Skulls: 17

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue skull
Bad execution
MTV Editing skull
OTS skullskull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex skullskull
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location skullskull
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene
Car stalls or won't start skull
Cat jumps out
Fake scare skull
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse skull
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth skull
Warning goes unheeded skull
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes skull
x years before/later skull
Flashback sequence skull
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead skull
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood hits camera
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?