BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

GL84 After returning from a fishing trip, a fisherman finds the series of strange deaths plaguing the community is brought about by their bringing back a ravenous prehistoric sea creature and must find a way of stopping the deadly creature.On the whole this wasn't all that bad of a creature feature. Among the better elements here is the rather enjoyable action which is pretty frequent in here which has plenty to like about it in here. The first attack on the couple leads into the frantic chase in the forest which features the impressive gun-fighting along the way, a series of fine attacks on the group partying on the island leading along some great stalking through the jungles and a great marina confrontation with the creature that makes for a really great series of encounters that makes this one quite enjoyable having some great parts in here. These set the stage for the film's two biggest action scenes throughout here in the militia attack out in the woods where the creature's survival instincts are put to great use stalking around the forest leading to some great attacks, the action comes off rather nicely of the group firing off at the creature while giving this one some solid gore as well, and makes the finale even better by comparison with the creature's attack on their cabin which feature some impressive defense tactics against the creatures, a lot of action trying to hold them off and segues right into the fun times in the ship at the end which is such a good time all throughout here. Along with the spectacular blood and gore here, the film's other positive is the creature itself as there's far more than expected here in their behavior and tactics that makes them far more formidable than expected throughout here, all of which help this one against the few flaws here. The biggest issue to overcome here is the completely unknown creatures here, for as much good as it does in their behavior and attack tactics it loses in terms of their biology and history, and there's not even an official species name given to them which leaves them altogether quite problematic. The other big problem here is the lame CGI present which makes for a rather obvious time here whether being utilized for the creatures or the rather lame insert shots here that tend to stick out quite obviously. There's very little times where it all looks quite cheesy and fake here, which does lower this one. Along with a few lame kills early on, these are the film's flaws.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language.

Mike Hamm People love to hate on SyFy stuff, yet Sharknado was a HUGE phenomenon. I caught Sea Beast on Showtime Next, so it was at least not edited for television & commercial breaks. The story is simple enough: amphibious sea monsters find their way to a human smörgåsbord, and it is up to a fisherman and his science-y sidekick to prove the creatures are there and then to find a way to stop them. Solid creature feature with decent "budget" CGI & practical effects. A bit of silly gore helps move it along, and I will admit I fast forwarded through the slower bits. Sea Beast is at least better than 99% of The Asylum fare that passes for a movie. (Don't get me wrong - I dig The Asylum's hokum, and, from a business standpoint, you cannot beat their ROI.) Script, characters, acting, all shallow and one-dimensional, but inoffensively so if you know what you're getting into, and moreover, you like this kind of modern B-movie effort. I enjoyed it, and I give Sea Beast a grade of Deep C. Hardeeharhar.

merklekranz Depending on your point of view, this movie either delivers what you would expect from a low budget creature feature or you should avoid at all costs. There are some similarities here with another "Sci-fi Channel" movie "Loch Ness Terror". The difference being that "Sea Beast" runs off in several different directions at a frantic pace, while "Loch Ness Terror" is far more deliberate. The CGI monsters are about equal, and interestingly both films have young creatures getting in on the carnage. One major annoyance about "Sea Beast" is the daughter, played by Miriam McDonald. Her acting is so amateurish that you will be rooting for the creature to end her misery and your's. The creatures are on screen in daylight for a good amount of time, which maintains interest throughout, although there is never any attempt to explain where they came from in the first place. - MERK

kiawa77 Overview: Paralytic-toxin-spitting, self-camouflaging monsters (ala "Predator") from the deep sea have come to shore and are killing people.Troubles at sea, harbinger of death, and a mostly-invisible sea monster that spits a paralytic goo. Not bad, despite a start that seems slow due to wooden acting and what appears to be the setup for a pathetic, predictable storyline.... and it is.The fact that the big monster has three young ones is a very cool twist, despite the questionable-par CGI renderings of the beasts. Of course the one guy who we know has seen them in the past is too terrified to talk, and apparently the town isn't fond of the ol' Corin Nemic wildly shooting at "nothing" on the beach. And of course the only other person who saw the thing AND HAS A PICTURE OF IT is too busy screwing around to do anything with it. Idiocy. Any person of average intelligence or higher would have that picture to the local authorities and/or to the news. Instead, he doesn't treat his quickly-infectious wound and goes back outside to where he saw a creature not of this *land* to where maybe he'll get chomped too. The brilliance of the script continues to unfold.So here's the thing: I understand this is sci-fi, but come on! How do monsters *from the deep* now suddenly have arms and legs and become amazingly adept at hunting on land. Not only that, but they can run, leap, and alter their extremely interesting camouflage to their new surroundings without any problem whatsoever. Most cameo-critters require objects in their immediate vicinity to which to adapt themselves, yet our land-fish-monsters can openly leap through the air or walk on the beach and remain unseen. Although the Predator needed highly advanced alien technology to pull this off, apparently the deep sea and some quick evolution helped these guys out.About an hour and fifteen minutes into it, things just turn more stupid. Suddenly every monster gathers at the island cabin, and three babies turn into about ten. Then, when finally all is quiet, the young couple leaves the safety of their room. More brilliant ideas from whoever wrote this movie. ("Hey, it's safe here... let's LEAVE!") In the last half hour (including commercials), the big momma(?) monster of course knows exactly where the human "kids" are. Why wouldn't it? Everything else in this flick defies logic, reason, and even pseudo-science. They might as well be psychic too. Suddenly it becomes a good idea to find a safe, secure room. Shocking. Of course the guy won't stay there. Safety=bad for males.The big twist here is that the ship happens to contain the gigantic nest of the land-fish-monster. This now suddenly explains why there are so many of them. This, however, does not explain why they haven't been a problem until right now. You'd think that these monsters, in these numbers, would be consuming entire towns by now. But I digress...Everything gets tied up nicely and neatly at the end with Daddy saved and all, despite being at ground zero in a large gas explosion. He didn't even lose his hair! We don't have the obligatory Sci-Fi ending kiss due to the boyfriend having been horribly slaughtered, but they need to mix it up now and then. It's all smiles and lack of bloody appendages here as the captain sails off to find his bounty once again.