Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Orca

Orca (aka Orca: The Killer Whale) is one of the earliest entries in the Jaws rip-off subgenre of horror films. In the movie, some fishermen try to capture a killer whale for captivity but end up causing it to miscarry and die. The killer whale's mate goes on an epic quest for revenge, causing damage to the local fishing community and killing off members of the doomed fishing crew. The movie is kinda brutal (note the aforementioned miscarriage scene) and mean spirited and there aren't really any sympathetic characters to root for. The use of stock footage for some of the killer whale scenes can also be inconsistent at times, but that's usually par for the course when it comes to movies like this. Orca is kinda like Death Wish except with a fake killer whale instead of Charles Bronson.

Rating: Bo Derek's Leg%

(Image from horrorsnotdead.com)

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