Spawn of the Slithis (1978) - Could have been worse

Seen 'Jaws?' Probably.  Either way, it kind of started a (mini!) genre of where one person knows there's a monster/threat on the loose, but the authorities clash with him because they're more concerned with the monetary cost of shutting down whatever it is.  Or the authorities are just incompetent. 

Well, 'Spawn of the Slithis' follows that formula.  A journalist teams up with a fisherman to stop a mutated sea monster-thing from ripping apart the locals of Venice Beach in California.

And it's not bad.  It's not great, but it's not the worse.  The thing I enjoyed the most was the creature itself.  Yes, it was effectively just a man in a rubber suit, but it was nicely ugly!

There's some gore here and there, but nothing particularly spectacular.  The one drawback I found was when 'new' characters suddenly get introduced at sporadic parts of the movie.  They don't stick around.  They're only on screen to be victims, but the writers feels the need for us to get to know them before they end up being 'monster munch.'

If you fancy yet another film about a monster, there are worse out there.  And plenty of better ones.  It's up to you.

5/10