Frankenfish

2004 "Welcome to the bottom of the food chain."
4.7| 1h24m| R| en| More Info
Released: 09 October 2004 Released
Producted By: Bayou Film Inc
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website:
Info

When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.

Watch Online

Frankenfish (2004) is now streaming with subscription on Prime Video

Director

Mark A.Z. Dippé

Production Companies

Bayou Film Inc

AD
AD

Watch Free for 30 Days

Stream on any device, 30-day free trial
Watch Now
Frankenfish Videos and Images
View All

Frankenfish Audience Reviews

VividSimon Simply Perfect
BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
miami1925 Frankenfish is probably one of syfy's worst movies to date.There is absolutely no plot what so ever, except for the "mutant fish killing people" if that can be considered a plot. A man is found horribly mutilated, investigators are sent in, and are killed off one by one. Most within a 20 min time period. The filming is mostly in the dark and makes it hard to see everything, especially the few shots of the fish in the water, it looks mostly like a blob. Also, most of the main characters are killed randomly and very quickly in one or two scenes. The characters are very poorly developed as well. The fish themselves are never filmed for more than 5 seconds, due to the horrible special effects. Just another Syfy creature feature (I created a profile JUST to review this movie, if that tells you anything)
Tonci Pivac To my surprise, this actually turned out to be a rather amusing B-Movie. The characters, handsome cop, brainy female scientist, unpleasant young lawyer, taciturn Vietnam vet (how many Vietnam vets in the movies are ever eloquent conversationalists?) and superstitious Voodoo lady are so much cut-out cardboard, but the actors make the best with what they have to work with. Even the fish look like they are enjoying themselves.There is the odd witty line, some great low-key action sequences and the Frankenfish themselves are great - chewing up most of the cast with great gusto and not without some excellent black humour.There are some genuine surprises and a couple of unexpected deaths amid the usual B-Movie clichés. There's plenty of gore and plenty of fun. Not a bad way to spend an idle hour or so.
relious I for one thought this movie was awesome. It also reminded me of the Andaconda movies but only better. I loved the brutal violence in it. Those fish looked so scary that I had to watch with the light on. Frankenfish also made me think of jaws because like a shark those fish can be very aggressive. I think it also related to Deep Blue Sea because there was three sharks in that movie and three fish in this movie. This movie also reminded of Snakes On A Plane because of how they slither really fast and the fish in this movie were really fast. The humans would never stand a chance. I really liked this movie and recommend it to a lot of people. If you like Andaconda then see this!
moviewizguy A series of brutal attacks in the Louisiana swamps leave the local police mystified. Sending in a coroner originally from the area and a biologist to investigate, they learn that a group of genetically engineered Chinese snakeheads are responsible. The fish chase the investigators upstream, where the fish trap them on a houseboat with several other locals. Meanwhile, a group of big-game hunters track down the fish. It all boils down to a fight for survival with the voracious predators slowly picking off the humans.So, I got this from the 99 cents store to see what it was and after watching it, it was horrible. Who would expect this came from the same guy who directed "Spawn"? You know, I'm all for a monster movie like "Eight Legged Freaks", "AVP", or "Godzilla" but it needs to be a good one.As you suspected, the monster wasn't shown as clear since it moves in a fast pace or that the lighting is dark. No surprise there. The dialog is also really horrible and there comes a point in this film where you don't care who dies because you know it'll be laughable. The movie is not suspenseful nor thrilling.ONE good point I would like to give for this movie is Matthew Raunch. He plays the comedic relief in the film, although he doesn't give out a lot of laughs until the last thirty minutes of the film. There also comes a point in this film where you are so tired of the clichés being played out. Black people die first. People showing nudity will be killed off. People who smokes, die. Oh, and you guessed right, ending is opened for a sequel.And here also comes the phrase "Sex sells". This film has so many unnecessary scenes with nudity it is not even funny. It's not even "hot". Okay, there is also one other good thing I would like to point out in this film: One scene in this film isn't clichéd and will surprise you a lot but one the bad side of that, you don't even care what just happened in that scene.So, you want a good monster movie? This isn't the one. Watch "Snakes on a Plane", "King Kong", "War of the Worlds" or anything else. Just stay away from this one. The only fantastic part of this film is when the credits role and you immediately forget what you have just watched. This is a good example of wasted money.