Barracuda 1978 123movies

Watch: Barracuda 1978 123movies, Full Movie Online – A top secret government experiment leads to fatal barracuda attacks on the beaches of a small coastal town formerly renowned for its lobster. A marine biologist and sheriff uncover a plot involving a mentally unstable former war-medic pioneering research into hypoglycemia and its effects on human behavior..
Plot: Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.
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Ratings:

	4.1/10 Votes: 1,142
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Reviews:

Thriller-mystery with the barracuda used to drum up interest from ‘Jaws’ devotees.
****POSSIBLE PLOT SPOILERS***

I was hoping for another corny ‘Jaws’ rip-off with this film, but after two unknown divers are killed in a long, drawn out, silent opening scene, the plot immediately changes itself into a land-based conspiracy thriller.

The story is based around the town of Palm Cove, where a large chemical plant is the main source of employment. Chemicals are being put into the water supply in an experiment to control the population – they are also leaking into the sea and stimulate aggression in the local barracuda.

There isn’t much to get excited about here – a few ‘Jaws’ links are of minor interest: a labrador chasing a stick on a beach comes across a divers head; sheriff and marine biologist are the two main characters and they have a night search out on the water similar to the one enjoyed by Brody and Hooper.

The film has the look of a home-grown project and the multitude of credits given to the co-directors Wayne Crawford and Harry Kerwin suggest this may be the case. Once it is clear the barracuda threat is only a plot device the films interest level begins to wane.

Whilst production values are poor ‘Barracuda’ is still fairly watchable and the characters are fleshed out to a reasonable degree ( particularly Lester, the fat useless Victor Buono-like deputy ). This is still as far below ‘Piranha’ as ‘Piranha’ was below ‘Jaws’ though, so while not quite a full-blown turkey its very close.

Has a Split Personality
OK, only watched because on Svengoolie and it was really really hard to get thru.At first it’s like Jaws but sub in the barracuda and that would have been so-so.Won’t give away any spoilers, but then it becomes a completely different movie genre.Only watch if you have a strong need to sleep.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Horror, Thriller
Director Harry Kerwin, Wayne Crawford
Writer Wayne Crawford, Harry Kerwin
Actors Wayne Crawford, Jason Evers, Roberta Leighton
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
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Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm