Barracuda (1978 film)

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Barracuda
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarry Kerwin
Wayne Crawford – (underwater scenes)
Written byHarry Kerwin – (story and screenplay)
Wayne Crawford – (story and screenplay)
Produced byWayne Crawford
Harry Kerwin
Starring Wayne Crawford
Jason Evers
Roberta Leighton
Cliff Emmich
William Kerwin
Bert Freed
CinematographyEdmund Gibson (as H. Edmund Gibson)
Edited byJane McCulley
Music by Klaus Schulze
Distributed by Republic Pictures (II)
Release date
  • September 16, 1977 (1977-09-16)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Barracuda is a 1977 American horror/thriller film about a small Florida coastal town that is menaced by chemically induced and highly aggressive barracuda fish. The cast included Wayne Crawford, Jason Evers, Roberta Leighton, Cliff Emmich, William Kerwin and Bert Freed. It was directed by Harry Kerwin, with the underwater sequences handled by Wayne Crawford.

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Plot

A top secret government experiment leads to fatal barracuda attacks on the beaches of a small coastal town formerly renowned for its lobster. A marine biologist (Wayne Crawford) and sheriff (William Kerwin) uncover a plot involving a mentally unstable former war-medic (Evers) pioneering research into hypoglycemia and its effects on human behavior.

Cast

Release

Home media

Barracuda was released on VHS by UAV Corporation on December 7, 1989. [1] The film was released on DVD by Dark Sky Films on September 30, 2008. [2]

Reception

Cavett Binion from Allmovie gave the film a negative review, called it "[a] muddled attempt at ecological horror". [3] Andrew Smith from Popcorn Pictures awarded the film a score of 2/10, calling it "a cheap cash-in", and criticized the film's plot, phony special effects, and lack of focus on the film's title monsters. [4]

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References

  1. Amazon.com: Barracuda [VHS]: Various: Movies & TV. ASIN   6302676789.
  2. "Barracuda (1978) – Harry Kerwin". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  3. Binson, Cavett. "Barracuda (1978) – Harry Kerwin". Allmovie.com. Cavett Binson. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  4. Smith, Andrew. "Barracuda (1978)". Popcorn Picture.co.uk. Andrew Smith. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2018.