Some kind of nasty critter is causing some death, damage and all around destruction down in the bayou. A biologist, a coroner, a big game hunter, and a bunch of rednecks all find themselves smack dab in the middle of a really fishy situation. No need to recast your poles, folks, because this time around we are the bait in Frankenfish.

Don't judge a film too hard by it's title, or box cover, for that matter, because for a direct to video B horror film Frankenfish packs a pretty good bite.

The storyline and generic horror movie character types are the same-old, same-old for a creature film. The evil scientist, redneck poacher and caring biologist all make their standard appearances, but Frankenfish also incorporates the Chinese mafia, some lesbians and even throws in a swamp hag for good measure. Add to the cast a floating trailer park of house boats and a genetically mutated fish and you have your movie.

What surprised me about this one was the blood and gore. There is some serious flesh ripping and arterial spray in this flick, kiddies, the swamp water always looks as if it has just been chummed. As expected, the CGI fish look a little bad at times, mostly when the fish is shown full body, but for what it is, Frankenfish makes use of every dollar of it's budget.

The title of this film really pulls you away from it, however, as from it's name and box art you would expect it to be more of a parody film, also the fish isn't stitched together either, but it is actually a pretty tight little horror film. If you want a little blood a couple of scares and don't mind looking at China Chow for about 90 minutes, I say pop a bag of popcorn, sit back and enjoy, Frankenfish is worth the rental fee.

5/10