The Sea Serpent

1985
3.6| 1h31m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 26 April 1985 Released
Producted By: Calepas International
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A serpent, created by radioactivity, threatens a Spanish coastal town.

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Amando de Ossorio

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Calepas International

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
sol- 'Hydra' -- better known as 'The Sea Serpent' or 'Serpiente de Mar' -- this low budget horror film involves an eel that mutates into a giant monster after exposure to nuclear radiation, terrorising locals boating off the coast of Lisbon. As one might imagine, the film has formed a cult following in Portugal as one of few horror movies filmed there, but the worth of the film is debatable. Firstly, the plot does not add up. The films opens with the Americans deciding to drop a nuclear bomb in the ocean to prevent Russia from realising they have one and retaliating, which is sort of logical; what isn't logical is them activating the bomb before dropping it (!), producing a giant mushroom cloud that the Soviet Union would have to notice! The film also features possibly the most blatant rip-off of the John Williams theme to 'Jaws' and the acting leaves a lot to be desired. Most vexing of all though is that the title creature is never very scary. When Timothy Bottom first sees the creature and shirks back, it is unclear whether he retreating in fear or simply shock at the second rate creature effects. For all its vices though, 'Hydra' is difficult to dislike a film with glow-in-the-dark fish and a local hospital that looks like a five-star hotel. The sardonic, near Kafkaesque dilemma Bottoms finds himself in also resonates, held responsible for sinking his ship as a result of being a soul survivor rather than acknowledged as a hero for warding off the beast. A scene where he wildly acts out the movements of the serpent in a hotel room (oops--hospital room) also needs to be seen to be believed.
Coventry "Hydra – The Sea Serpent" is fantastic and downright brilliant entertainment. That is to say; at least if you're into stupid, cheesy, trashy, tacky and totally incompetent euro-Exploitation material. From the creator of some really great and highly respected European horror landmarks, such as "Tombs of the Blind Dead" and "The Lorelei's Grasp", comes this must-be-seen-to-be-believed piece of 80's incompetence that you simply cannot bring yourself to hate. The film begins with a really cheesy sequence of a military airplane, code name "baby", in contact with the radio base, code name "mother", and receiving the order to drop a nuclear bomb, code name "baby's bottle", in the Atlantic Ocean. The explosion instantly causes a regular-sized sea serpent, as the only living thing in the entire ocean, to mutate into a giant and radioactive monster. And yes, all this even happen before the opening credits! Even after the exhilarating opening sequence, the monster doesn't waste any time and promptly devours half the crew of a Spanish fisherman's boat and a female American tourist who thought it was a brilliant idea to go swimming in an unlit and unguarded area whilst completely drunk. Of all stupid people I ever watched dying in horror films, she deserved it the most! Her traumatized friend teams up with banished fisherman Pedro, but obviously nobody believes in the existence of a massive sea creature and they call in the help of the eminent professor Timothy Wallace; who actually should have been retired for at least two decades already. "Hydra – The Sea Serpent" is indescribably entertaining for all the wrong reasons. Whenever the film attempts to be spectacular and terrifying, you'll find yourself practically laughing your lungs out. The monster is an adorably ridiculous sock-puppet who likes to twist itself around cardboard lighthouses and swallows entire mannequin dolls without even chewing. At a certain point in the film, the critter even manages to grab a helicopter out of the sky and munch it. Also, pay attention to the catchy but nevertheless knocked-off Jaws music whenever the monster threatens to pop its head out of the water. Okay, the film is too long in parts, especially since Amando De Ossorio insisted to provide the obligatory "let's-fall-in-love" montage and several more completely irrelevant sub plots, but overall "Hydra – The Sea Serpent" is the type of garbage I instantly fall in love with.
therealjohng This is the worst movie I have ever seen. A movie that is about a stupid looking monster from the ocean that threatens a small town which has to be filled with the dumbest people on earth. SPOILERS IF YOU EVEN CARE They can't even kill the damn thing by the end of the movie. The movie ends and they're like, "Well, some day we'll have to kill it."Avoid at all costs.
f.gimenez This strange horror/adventure film is worth watching it just for its main character... the sea-serpent. Yes, it´s a very realistic monster, at least to me. The actors are fine and the plot is quite intriguing. A nuclear bomb is the responsible for the giant serpent awakening and its rage... so never dump nuclear residues into the sea!!... that´s the lesson!!.