Killer Mermaid
Killer Mermaid
NR | 26 August 2014 (USA)
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Two young American women go on a Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned military fortress.

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a_baron

After a promising start, this film fizzles out until around the three quarter of an hour mark, when the time taken to set the scene becomes worthwhile. The film buff will recognise a lot of themes common to horror, adventure, comedy and indeed romantic films. Two American girls arrive in the Mediterranean where they meet up with an old friend/lover from university; a group of teens are stranded in an eerie building, or in this case on an island, and they are of course well post-teen. Is this a supernatural enemy as suggested by the title and the promotional literature, or are we looking at human artifice? Well, the figure who was pouring a bucket of blood and human remains into that well looked terrestrial enough, even more so close up when one of the group wrestled his shotgun from him and was repaid with a slashed leg by his back up weapon. Now we come to the chase.The big question is how many if any of them will survive? As low budget movies set largely in the dark go, "Nymph" is thoroughly unpredictable down to the final dramatic scene. It may not win any awards, but you won't be sorry you watched it.

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gpeltz

Unexpected, Nymph (2014) Is a Serbian horror film. Directed by Milan Todorovic, and written by written by Marko Backovic and Barry Keating. Spoilers ahead. The story about five young people stuck on an Island that they were warned against visiting, is standard horror fare. It's a mixed lot including two American girl tourists, played by Kristina Klebe and Natalie Burn, their friend with a boat Niko, played by Franko Nero, and other assorted acquaintances. The movie presents itself in the genera of, "Mad hook wielding Stalking Maniac" With an interesting overlay of the mythological; the Siren of legend, luring men to their death. Here we have a shape shifting, from beautiful to monstrous, mermaid. The Serbian perspective is interesting, there is a bit more depth of character then one might expect from a C grade exploitation horror show. Kudos for some of the actors, and for the location shooting, The movie generates some tension and suspense, The fight scenes were well done, There was some amount of gore depicted, One of the major horror film clichés, "The Resurrecting Killer" makes an appearance here. Surprisingly, it works. The end had a tacked on feel, as if the writers could not find a proper resolution, My first impression was negative, I am not a torture porn advocate, and wondered if the film was going to go in that direction, Glad to say it did not, I found it watchable and gives it Seven out of Ten "Somethings Fishy" Stars

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Nicole of ArchonCinemaReviews.com

When you're a fan of B-movies and you come across a horror film titled Killer Mermaid, you don't think, you scramble for the remote and hit play.Netflix has really upped its game in terms of supplying an ample variety of B-movies on its repertoire. So it should be no surprise that a Serbian film called Mamula…I mean Nymph…I mean Killer Mermaid would make itself available.As a B-movie, Killer Mermaid had a lot of potential going for itself: a cheeky poster highlighting the audience's interest for B-movies by showcasing a killer mermaid, grade C horror pedigree from its lead actress Kristina Klebe, and an awareness in teasing the viewer to keep them watching until the very end. True, the very end wasn't that great by any means but you have to hand it to the director Milan Todorovic and writers Marko Backovic, Barry Keating and Milan Konjevic – I stuck it until the credits stopped. Not just that, Killer Mermaid managed to bait three unsuspecting roommates into warming up a seat on the couch and watching with.Two American girls are vacationing in Montenegro when they meet up with an old friend and his fiancé. Up for any adventure, the group of four meets another traveler and they go exploring a long abandoned monstrous castle off the coast. But something isn't right, they aren't alone and the group appears to have stumbled upon the cause for all those missing tourists – but they could never have imagined the unspeakable truth behind the horror.I can only imagine the makers of this film getting together to conspire to make this film. Setting the film in the Mediterranean and filming in Montenegro is envy-inducing genius. Seriously, I hope the film was somehow sponsored by the tourism bureau of that vacation spot because it's added to my list of 'must-visits'. There's drinking, dancing, death scenes involving boobs and that's all within the first twenty minutes, I swoon! But that is where the fun ends unfortunately. Sorry folks, but Killer Mermaid falls incredibly short of delivering. Once the characters start exploring Mamula, the name of the abandoned military fortress located on a remote island, the fun and suspense ends there – except in the form of blind stupidity on behalf of the characters. Though the reveal of the killer mermaid is adequate and not disappointed, it doesn't quite live up to its potential, as the rest of the film quickly follows suit. The makers then do the unconscionable, decide to take the film sorta-seriously and bypassing the fun tone of the beginning of the film.The scares are minimal and infuriatingly imbecilic, thanks to the completely illogical actions of the surviving characters. The story becomes more convoluted, as expected with B-movies, but then the movie lasts twenty minutes longer passing by numerous opportunities to call cut – despite the fact that my whole viewing group did. Though I don't think B-movie fans will be disappointed in Killer Mermaid, I just don't think it has that ability to garner a lasting impression.Please check out our website for full reviews of all the recent releases and horror films.

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Hubert Philips

Worst then Sharknado and is not the "best" worst like... is that awful. Such as it is, the story is a classic, school development plot filled properly announced crafts and discharging, what many would call the existing cliché whereby. This determination can be made ​​only if the cliché is understood as something most universal and also the best that has survived in two thousand and seven hundred years of dramatic tradition, and if you repeat the formula is understood as part of the entertainment. The film and other elements used genre conventions and pop-cultural references, especially when tension during chase solves the camera in motion, and dreadful ambiance far totals and nautical passages. An incredibly pathetic achievement.

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