Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Phillemos Apparently in early 2005, SciFi Channel threatened to release the incriminating photos they have of John Rhys-Davies and said, "We need you to star in another SciFi Original." The scary thing is, he's actually pretty damn good in this movie. That's really saying something since this is a silly SciFi creature feature; you've gotta put some feeling into it in order to be well-acted. Unfortunately, nobody else does. It's your stereotypical "moster-run-amok" movie on a cruise ship. The cryptozoologist wants to keep the creature alive, the Navy SEALs think they have everything under control but they don't know what they're dealing with and they all end up dead, a girl jumps into the "movie sexpot" role as Rhys-Davies' daughter and the creature mauls about 100 or so shipmates. What this movie has going for it is, it's VERY fast-paced and lively; you're never bored or waiting for another kill. Other than that, though, it does nothing to distinguish itself, and it's silly that this thing crawls all over the ceilings and can't be wounded by Navy SEAL machine guns, but can be karate-kicked into submission by Rhys-Davies' daughter. Kinda went back and forth on giving this bad boy a 5, but for the above silliness I'm giving it a 4.

xredgarnetx "Chupacabra Terror" is saved from a '1" by the presence of Canadian cutie Chelan Simmons as the heroine. She is a delight to watch, from the front, back and side. Otherwise, what you have here is your standard monster movie, playing like a low-budget, shipboard version of THE RELIC. John Rhys-Davies plays the captain of the ship on which the monster is being transported. And the very nonscary monster is simply a man in a suit. He does commit about 100 senseless, gory killings, at least, so the body count in this one is pretty awesome. Formulaic, to say the least. I love the moment when Simmons ominously tells someone what chupacabra stands for: Goat eater! Oooohhh...scary!

mlevans I have always had a soft spot for current-day "B" horror movies. They are nice to unwind with on a dark evening, when one is too tired to bother over-analyzing what is in the DVD player or the VCR.With such low expectations, I was more than pleased with Chupacabra Terror. It packs quite a bit of action, some decent acting and about the right amount of gore (for a blood-sucking monster on the rampage, anyway) for a pleasant viewing.In this film, Giancarlo Espisito plays the morally defective Dr. Pena, a cryptozoologist who succeeds in capturing a live specimen of the legendary "goat sucker," the Chupacabra. In smuggling it back to his university (or wherever he is trying to take it), however, nosy crew members open the monster's crate and all heck breaks loose on a luxury liner at sea.British veteran John Rhys-Davies is wonderful as Captain Randolph, while Dylan Neal and Chelan Simmons are good as a McGyver-like federal agent and the captain's attractive college-age daughter respectively. Not all of the supporting cast is at this level, but these four (including Espisito) carry the load well. The Navy SEALS leaders are also well-played.One can probably guess largely what happens. On the positive side, we don't have big-boobed bimbos taking up space merely to jiggle a few times and die, as in many B horror films. Simmons indeed has a nice build and does get to do some jiggling – albeit in a somewhat original scene. (She is tied up and used as live bait to bring the Chupacabra out of hiding and quite understandably twists and struggles in panic, shaking like bowls full of jelly.) Most – although not all – of the standard clichés are similarly avoided.My only real criticism is directed almost at the state of modern film as much as it is at John Shepphird and Chupacabra Terror. The CGI scenes of the lifeboat abandoning the liner and of the ship sinking look more like a Discovery Channel or History Channel graphic, explaining WHY a ship sank than an actual movie scene. I can't help but feel that in the 1970s or 1980s … or the 1920s or 1930s for that matter .. a much more credible sinking scene could have been done with models! (If you don't believe me, compare the battle scenes in Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor!) In any case, this isn't Shakespeare and this isn't Bergman. It isn't even John Carpenter. Still, for anyone who likes a good, old-fashioned "B" horror film, this is a fun one to watch.

cvcjr 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.