Tubi Thursday: Demon of Paradise (1987)

 Let's go to The Philippines...I mean, Hawaii for this '80s Thriller.  It's Italian, but distributed by Roger Corman, so you know it's classy...

In definitely Hawaii (for real), a creature lurks in the Water.

It's the Ancient Creature Worshipped as a God Version of this Story.

I guess the dynamite fishing woke him up.

In the surrounding Area, a Resort manages to turn a recent death and talk of a creature into big business.

Here I thought I had the worst hair when you first woke up...

The creature will sporadically show up throughout the Film, but this Film is like 75% B-Plots.

Herpetologist wanting respect.

Sheriff trying to live down past failure.

Small Business Owner endangers lives.

A Drug Dealer with lots of dynamite causes trouble.

Pad that runtime!

As you can see, the folks at the Resort are taking the threat seriously.

Can our Heroes- including the Filipino Police in Hawaii (?!?) save the day?

Well, they've tried shooting the creature, so...I guess keep trying that.

As you can see, this creature is quite dangerous!

Can they stop it?

Well, yes.  

They just need to chase it into a Cave, chase it back OUT of the Cave and throw some grenades.  Easy peasy.  The End.

This one is...alright.  It could be alot more interesting.  The Plot itself is pretty nothing, but it is like 6 different nothings happening at once.  I guess you can't be bored.

The big draw here is the titular creature.  It...looks quite good at first.  Specifically, the head looks good.  Once you get below there, the trouble begins.

The full design is just not sleek.  It's wide in the middle- like the average American-, has a tail (I think, it's not clear), is covered in random seaweed and doesn't move too well.  How did older Creature Features- like The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Island of the Fishmen and Humanoids from the Deep- do it better?

As far as these things go, Demon of Paradise is enjoyable, but there's no subtext or bigger thing to be seen here.  It also doesn't feature the Cover Scene, since A) the woman is topless and b) the woman is not attacked.

Basic Creature Feature stuff here that is still kind of fun.  Just set that bar nice and low, folks.