Zaat (1971)

Brilliant and touching

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Also known as the Blood Waters of Doctor Z, this incredibly bad, lame film about a mad scientist who turns himself into a Manphibian, is a 27th rate Creature from the Black Lagoon. Bad everything, they should have dropped the print into the ocean, but it would have left a ring around the planet!

"Dr. Kurt Leopold" (Marshall Grauer) is a mentally unstable scientist who has worked for 20 years developing a formula which can turn a human being into a fish. Since he cannot get any humans to experiment on he decides to use his own body and rapidly turns into an amphibious monster (played by "Wade Popwell"). Having successfully crossed the threshold he first decides to take revenge on those within his profession who laughed at him and tried to stop his research. Once that is accomplished he then decides to take a mate to propagate the new species he has created. Complicating this is the investigation into these tragic deaths which includes both the local sheriff named "Lou Krantz" (Paul Galloway) and a marine biologist by the name of "Rex " (Gerald Cruse). Along with that two agents for an organization called "INPIT" by the names of "Walker Stevens" (Dave Dickerson) and "Martha Walsh" (Sanna Ringhaver) are also called to investigate. Now, as far as this movie is concerned I thought it was severely hampered by its low budget as the special effects, costumes and script were quite bad. I also didn't quite care for the narrative technique used to explain Dr. Leopold's thoughts and motivations. Along with that I thought some scenes went on much too long and could have been condensed or left out all together. On the plus side, I must admit that the creature had a good eye for women as both Nancy Lien (as the female camper) and the aforementioned Sanna Ringhaver were both rather attractive. Unfortunately, too much time and attention was spent on other things. In summation, while it may have been an earnest effort the lack of resources clearly showed and the overall picture was a dismal failure. Definitely below average.

I consider myself a connoisseur of bad movies, but this one is really something special. Compared to this, Plan 9, The Room, Manos: Hands of Fate, and even Killer Shrews are all masterpieces.There are unanswered questions in almost all movies, but there are simply so many in this one:First and foremost, why exactly did crossing a man with a catfish seem like a good way to rule the world?Why do they keep cutting to a sea turtle during his attacks?What did the octopus have to do with *anything*?Why did the guy who was following him still need the Geiger counter *after* he had him in plain sight. While we're on the subject, why didn't he simply shoot him at that point?Why didn't the sheriff use the gun in his hand? Opting for a fist fight with a man/catfish really seemed like questionable judgment.While we're on the subject, where did that gun go?Finally, they rescued the girl *before* he did anything to her, so why did she decide to become a fish at the end? Was she bowled over by his charm?Anyway, all I can say is wow. Just, wow.

Lousy monster movie shot in Florida. Dr. Kurt Leopold (Marshall Grauer) transforms himself into a walking catfish (seriously) for some obscure reason (to be totally honest I kept falling asleep so I may have missed his reason). He's also killing people for their blood. (Yes--I KNOW catfish don't like blood but you just gotta go with this) He's also trying to turn a woman into a walking catfish like him so they can mate and produce a new aquatic race! The sheriff of the small town this is happening in tries to catch him and two agents from some society try to help.Deadly dull mess. For starters, the monster is some actor in a stupid looking costume. He's not scary--just silly. Kids wouldn't be scared of him. The sound is sometimes TOO loud and then inaudible at other times. ALL the acting is terrible (none of these "actors" ever made another film) and this just drags. The attack scenes are so obviously faked they're almost embarrassing--gotta love when you see a "dead" corpse moving and when you see the monster waiting for a cue from the director before he attacks someone! Also the boom mike is visible TWICE in one sequence! Then there's a truly pointless sequence where the sheriff locks up a bunch of local singing hippies so they'll be safe. (He probably rightly realizes the monster would attack and kill them all for their lousy songs!) This does have some beautiful underwater photography and a rather surprising end that I didn't see coming. Also hunky Dave Dickerson has a few shirtless scenes. Still it's mostly boring and pointless. Skip this one.