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Chupacabra Terror

Chupacabra Terror (2005)

January. 29,2005
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3.5
| Horror

Cryptozoologist Doctor Peña traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean Island to make his name in the scientific community. When he smuggles it aboard the cruise ship Regent Queen, commanded by Captain Randolph, the monster breaks out of the cargo hold and makes a smorgasbord out of the passengers and crew.

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Unlimitedia
2005/01/29

Sick Product of a Sick System

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FirstWitch
2005/01/30

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Donald Seymour
2005/01/31

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Loui Blair
2005/02/01

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

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Julian R. White
2005/02/02

Oh dear god, what is this? Never in my life have I seen acting this bad...well, actually I have, but that's beside the point. The monster looks nothing like the creature of Hispanic folklore, or even the creature on the cover. The art shows the creature as looking like some type of dog, but the movie monster looks more like some kind of fish like demon. What's hilarious as well is that they use CGI effects to show the cruise ship the movie takes place on, and on the creature as well. However, it is only CGI when the creature moves quickly (though not quicker than an average person could move), and then it's not CGI at other parts of the movie. The captain is a likable character, but the rest of the cast can go down with the ship in my opinion.

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Wuchak
2005/02/03

Released in 2005 and directed by John Shepphird, "Chupacabra Terror" chronicles events on a cruise ship when a cryptozoologist (Giancarlo Esposito) sneaks a chupacabra on board. It doesn't take long for it to be unleashed from its cage and a squad of commandos comes aboard. John Rhys-Davies plays the Captain and Chelan Simmons his tae-bo instructor daughter. Dylan Neal appears as a marshal while David Millbern is on hand as a venal charmer who milks the rich (Paula Shaw).The monster is a guy in a suit rather than CGI and it looks effectively terrifying, albeit too tall for a creature that's supposedly the size of a small bear. Freckled-blond Chelan is cute as ever, but not enough is done with her. The film generally fumbles the ball on the female front. The ship sets are fine, and the movie may even have been shot on an actual vessel, but the long shots of the ship are cartoony CGI, and it's too obvious. There's a lot of action as the crew & militarists try to take down the chupacabra, but the creature is SO invulnerable it's unbelievable. In its favor, the tone is austere and the likable cast takes the material seriously. There's quite a bit of gore.I can handle any of the negatives cited above, except for prosaic writing. And that's the problem with this movie: A by-the-numbers script with no meat on the bones. The flick's thoroughly banal and it kills it. Kids might like it though. The movie runs 88 minutes and was shot in Turks and Caicos Islands. The script was written by Steve Jankowski & the director. GRADE: C-

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ma-cortes
2005/02/04

This crackerjack horror movie concerns about the Cryptzoologist Doctor Peña(Giancarlo Esposito)traps a vicious monster inhabiting the Caribbean area, he's called the Chupacabra, Spanish for 'goat sucker' . Then he smuggles it aboard the cruise ship . While being transported the monster is awakened and breaks out from the cargo hold . The monster is biped with humanoid shape, has reptilian skin, spines or quills on the back, muscular arms, large eyes, several sharp teeth and long extractor or tongue. The cruise ship is commanded by captain Randolph(John Rhys Davies) and aboard his daughter Jenny(Chelan Simmons), along with a Federal agent named Lance(Dylan Neal) and a Navy Seals command intent on killing the weirdo thing. When Chupacabra begins a criminal spree and running rampant around the ship , they are forced to fight for their lives. The bulk of action surrounds their attempts to chase and escape from this bizarre creature, some weirdo in a latex suit.The film packs bone-chilling action packed, thrill ride, suspense, terror and is quite entertaining. There is also a lots of gun play , several soldiers firing guns repeatedly for a long time. Contains lots of guts and blood but it seems pretty mild compared to today cinema's gore feasts. The movie displays atmospheric blending of chills and scary thrills combined with a terrific ending. Lively cast includes veterans as John Rhys Davies in an inferior role despite his previous hits(Lord of the rings) and Giancarlo Esposito who long time ago left to Spike Lee(Do the right thing,Mo'better blues, Malcolm X). Another movies about legend of Chupacabra are mostly Mexican films and is also starring one episode of X files(Chris Carter), these are the following : Adventures of beyond: Chupacabra(1997) ; Guns of Chupacabra(1997, Donald Jackson); Bloodthirst, the legend of Chupacabra(2003); Bloodthirst 2 : Revenge of Chupacabra(2005), among them.

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cvcjr
2005/02/05

In general, I prefer horror movies that creep me out so much I'm afraid of everything for the next day or so, not the ones where people act stupid and get killed by an indestructible monster. This is one of those movies. The chupacabra of legend is a dog-faced lizard-skin greenish-gray monster that hops like a kangaroo, has fangs and claws, has a row of sharp spines sticking out from its back, and sucks the blood of livestock. As in many horror movies, good and bad, this movie takes liberty with the legend. It not only attacks humans, but it eats their intestines and has a bulletproof, nearly indestructible constitution. So tell me, how can a hypodermic needle penetrate its skin when bullets can't? And why, when the marines figure out that armor-piercing bullets can hurt it, do they split up so the chupacabra can pick them off one by one? John Rhys-Davies gives a performance that rises above the bad movie, and Chelan Simmons and Dylan Neal deserve credit for their performances, too. Otherwise, the rest of the acting was poor to bad, just like the rest of the movie. My rating is based on Rhys-Davies, Simmons and Neal.

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