A scientist from the National Oceanographic Research Agency (James Van Der Beek) comes to a small fishing village, looking into the depletion of aquatic life in the area. There’s a local monstrous legend supposedly calling the lake home and when a young man is pulled out of the water with a story about a monster attack, the government egghead begins suspecting some weird shit is going down. The fishermen are hiding something and prefer blaming the awfulness on the local Native Americans and are obviously pieces of shit. Van Der Beek teams up with and falls for Officer Kat Thomas, a fishery officer and the only law in town following the sudden death of the sheriff. As the bodies pop up, Kat closes down the lake which has the local fishermen upset. The higher-ups disbelieve Van Der Beek’s conclusion and Kat saw the beast take her daddy when she was little, so most of the town thinks she’s a nut-bar looking for validation. When the main fisherman gets his ass attacked, racism gets put on the back burner and the hunt is on... more death follows. The significant lack of monster action definitely detracts from one’s enjoyment but there’s enough character development to keep ya are interested... if you’re into that sort of thing. The giant tentacles are delightful and mostly all you get to see which is both sensical and practical but still disappointing. James Van Der Beek fights a giant cephalopod... you’re either sold or you’re not.
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