Escaped rat-monkey hybrid experiment surfaces in a Dominican beach resort where a fashion photographer (Pochath) and his models have gathered for an extended photo shoot, and the body count soon begins. Kiwi ex-pat of Italo horror Warbeck then shows up with Swedish bombshell Agren to uncover the truth of the model's grotesque murder.
Strictly by-the-numbers slasher movie with the usual villain replaced by a small, rabid science experiment with a taste for human flesh. Underdeveloped and repetitive, it's clear that the plot is little more than a promising outline in need of elaboration. The actions of the characters is at times baffling, with no apparent motivation other than to contrive a situation in which they can encounter the eponymous creature whom despite its size, makes light work of its much larger prey.
For its part, the creature is played with gleeful menace by short-statured Dominican actor de la Rosa although it's obvious he can't move as fluidly as the role demands, henceforth his appearances are often shadowy and photographed either in tight closeup or from a safe distance to try and conceal these limitations.
Gratuitous nudity allied with an extremely bloody, high body count will appeal to some audiences, whilst there's ample suspense, the logic has sadly been neglected and the result is disappointingly half-baked. Pochath, Agren and Warbeck are wasted in empty, largely incidental roles well beneath their talents, whilst Guerra is gifted the more interesting part as the English Dr Moreau imitation, a role in which Richard Johnson would've excelled had it been made ten years earlier.
Predictable and cliched, it's mildly entertaining with a few genuine thrills but also frustrating in its lack of effort, lazily constructed, poorly scripted and should've been a minor cult film instead of the underwhelming obscurity to which it's now relegated.
