For some reason, Lionsgate decided in 2007 that they needed yet another bad horror movie to add to their lineup. The only thing is, they screwed the pooch on this one and instead of drafting a legitimately bad movie, they got themselves one of the best "intentionally bad" horror movies ever made.
Razortooth is a simple story. Some eels in a lake become genetically mutated and grow to become human height. These eels then proceed to wreak havoc on the town by said lake. They continue to wreak said havoc until the hero of the story kills them all in an over-the-top, overly-dramatic fashion only suitable for a straight-to-DVD, so bad it's good monster movie.
Pictured: The far superior international DVD cover.
Intentionally bad monster movies are my absolute favorite, and it's easy to pick out the good ones from the bad ones. You've got the good ones, which play on the seriousness of most monster movies with their own sense of humor. They have actors who know that they're in a bad movie, so they go the extra mile to make their performances as hammy as possible. They also put their own twist on the monster, usually making it unique and giving it some outstandingly awesome killing scenes. And that's it. A simple formula that could easily be screwed up by actors trying to be professional about their performances, or in the case of most bad monster movies, a severely confusing and unnecessary plot element added in for "edgyness".
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However, Razortooth falls into the "good" category. The actors seem like they're just eating up their roles and enjoying every campy minute of it. The story is short and sweet, and the ending payoff is a movie full of 100% ham. I've also gotta give this movie some credit for making the monster something like eels, which we've seen almost none of until now, despite there being like a zillion "underwater" monster movies. The gore in this movie is fantastic. There's one scene where a man is hiding from the eels in a port-a-potty and the eel just slithers on through the back of the toilet, proceeding to drag the man into the toilet, butt-first. Now, they could've stopped there, but a few seconds afterwards, a fountain of blood and guts comes raining out of the toilet. Now, THAT's how you do gore in your movie! Even though that scene was obviously stolen from Doom, I'll let it slide because it was cool and Doom sucked.
This movie has like 5 different covers. Seriously, go look it up on Google Images.
Overall, Razortooth was one of the most enjoyable "intentionally bad" monster movies I've ever seen. It knew that it was being stupid and it ran with that stupidity to create one hilarious ride. Even though the CGI on the eels was some of the worst I've ever seen, I'll still give it 7 port-a-potty deaths out of a possible 10.
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