After another week, I take another dive into my Random Queue to see what to watch next.
This digital Grab Bag has given me a trashy 1989 Italian Shark Film called...
The Scene he did shoot has 4 kids being told a legend about an evil spirit from an 'Indian,' burying some artifact until years later.
It's like Stand By Me, but silly.
In the present (of 1989), all of our Heroes are back together.
A few of them have their own backstory, but do you care?
Nah.
The Shark starts killing people, spilling Kool-Aid into this, um, beautiful water.
It gets personal when one of the boys is killed by the shark, leaving another one of them behind as a witness.
Said Shark has a black fin, which is a key way to spot it.
If you're wondering why the Shark is killing people, there's not a good answer.
It's some yadda yadda about the Shark being a curse on the people.
Why it is still around- who knows?
As the killings keep happening, will the Mayor deny it?
Why it is still around- who knows?
Of course!
Seriously, what would these Films do without Jaws?
They also find a Shark that they say is the killer and take it out.
It's a shame that people can't come up with original idea after like 9 of these, no?
The finale is a bit prolonged since they only had Stock Footage and one animatronic shark head.
As such, we get about 10 minutes of diving, an explosion...and a reused effect from Great White.
Hey look- another Jaws rip-off inside of a Jaws rip-off. Jaws-ception! The End.
A pretty underwhelming Film all around. Deep Blood doesn't really do too much wrong. The Plot is nothing special, but it is inoffensive.
Mind you, it is basically a slight tweak of Jaws. Had I mentioned that yet?
The thing is that it promises something that you don't really get. The whole mystical angle of the Plot is basically non-existent. Does it matter that the Shark is apparently magical? No. It's a regular Shark. There's zero pay-off to the hook.
Speaking of which, all of the Shark footage is pretty underwhelming. You get reused Stock Footage of a Shark being in the water and people flailing around in a red, foamy bit of water. D'Amato tried to make that look good...but didn't succeed. So, if you don't have a cool, magic Shark and you don't have cool Shark footage, what do you have? Family drama. Tired cliché Cops. Generic Politician guy. Yawn.
As far as Italian Shark Films go, this one just doesn't have any big hook in the form of silly moments. It's not terrible, but I'm pretty sure I won't remember it by the time I do one of these next week.
At least I don't think it is as bad as whoever was in charge of marketing this DVD though...
Next time, I dive deep into stuff I added to my Queue at some point in the last year. Even I don't remember half of it, so enjoy the mystery.
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