Crabs!

Having stumbled upon the 2021 horror comedy "Crabs" by random luck in 2022, of course I had to sit down and watch it. Why? Well, because the synopsis sounded interesting and it could be a great movie. And also with it being a horror comedy that I hadn't already seen, of course this was a no-brainer in terms of having to watch it. And I will say that writer and director Pierce Berolzheimer was definitely on the right track here, because the concept of the movie was great and there was a good story being told here, with elements of comedy and horror in a good mixture. And I have to admit that the whole premise of killer crabs of this kind was just right up my alley. But... And yeah, there is a but here, while the movie was enjoyable and entertaining, then writer and director Pierce Berolzheimer opted to make an abrupt turn and introduced gargantuan fighting mechas and a Kaiju-sized crab, that is where it just all came tumbling down. And it was a shame, because the movie had been great fun and hilarious up to that point. But this is where it snapped for me, and the movie nosedived and never recovered. And that reflected poorly on the overall rating of the movie for me, because it went from a good movie to a laughably poor excuse of a movie. The acting performances in the movie were good, and it was an almost unfamiliar cast ensemble that performed in "Crabs". I was only familiar with Robert Craighead here in this movie. I will say that the cast definitely put on good performances for a movie such as this. Visually then "Crabs" was good. I liked the design of the crabs and they had a good mixture of realism and comic relief to it. And no doubt about it, that definitely worked well in favor of the movie, and it was something that I enjoyed. The movie would have received a six star rating from me, but the whole last 30 minutes or so of the movie just totally ruined the experience with the Kaiju crab and the mecha robot. It was just laughably bad and ridiculous. And it results in a final rating of four stars from me. So, a downgrade in two stars because of something that bad. Sure, "Crabs" is watchable for a silly creature feature, but just don't get your hopes up too high.

This movie is made in the style of the old B-Movies. Low budget. Cheesy acting and special effects, implausible things, etc. Some of it I liked, some of it I didn't and some of it was just downright offensive (like the stereotyped foreign kid that no one can understand). It starts off good. People have sex on the beach. So no problem there. But the horseshoe crab that moves like a speedboat was too much. And the one before the nuclear explosion was moving the same way. On to the crab attacks. They were just too graphic for b-movie stuff. I don't need to see eyeballs hanging down to someone's chin in a cheesy b-movie. Then there's the crippled kid in the wheelchair that gets cursed out by the local Priest (too much) and he also has a pricey tech workshop in the barn on the property that they can't afford to keep (unrealistic). One bright point, they have the cop from Future Man as the Sheriff! So, overall, it's a mildly enjoyable movie. It could have been a lot better with a better script, though!

source: Crabs!

This movie is exactly what you are expecting and many things I guarantee you are not. The monsters are fantastic and brutal but once the threat is understood they are a blast to watch be dispatched by the heroes. Make no mistake though, there is a heart at the center of this monster film and it is by far my favorite part.

Having stumbled upon the 2021 horror comedy "Crabs" by random luck in 2022, of course I had to sit down and watch it. Why? Well, because the synopsis sounded interesting and it could be a great movie. And also with it being a horror comedy that I hadn't already seen, of course this was a no-brainer in terms of having to watch it. And I will say that writer and director Pierce Berolzheimer was definitely on the right track here, because the concept of the movie was great and there was a good story being told here, with elements of comedy and horror in a good mixture. And I have to admit that the whole premise of killer crabs of this kind was just right up my alley. But... And yeah, there is a but here, while the movie was enjoyable and entertaining, then writer and director Pierce Berolzheimer opted to make an abrupt turn and introduced gargantuan fighting mechas and a Kaiju-sized crab, that is where it just all came tumbling down. And it was a shame, because the movie had been great fun and hilarious up to that point. But this is where it snapped for me, and the movie nosedived and never recovered. And that reflected poorly on the overall rating of the movie for me, because it went from a good movie to a laughably poor excuse of a movie. The acting performances in the movie were good, and it was an almost unfamiliar cast ensemble that performed in "Crabs". I was only familiar with Robert Craighead here in this movie. I will say that the cast definitely put on good performances for a movie such as this. Visually then "Crabs" was good. I liked the design of the crabs and they had a good mixture of realism and comic relief to it. And no doubt about it, that definitely worked well in favor of the movie, and it was something that I enjoyed. The movie would have received a six star rating from me, but the whole last 30 minutes or so of the movie just totally ruined the experience with the Kaiju crab and the mecha robot. It was just laughably bad and ridiculous. And it results in a final rating of four stars from me. So, a downgrade in two stars because of something that bad. Sure, "Crabs" is watchable for a silly creature feature, but just don't get your hopes up too high.

But ever too late for the mood and minds of todays generations. Its a soup aux creative of stuff and caracters in comedy that we enjoyed in the 1980's, and to make a success either through irony or forreal it bellydives into oblivion for sure. It made me laugh a few times cause i do love the 80's comedy with practical joke and slap stick instead of verbal throwups that rules today. Cast and plot and all over special effects are loudicrous and qualifys itself into some of the most cringeworthy and cheesy stuff ever made in this millenium. I know my comedy, and its not what the grumpy old man enjoys, therefore a degraded recommend, pointing at the first half as viewable.

Gremlins meets Critters with a good dose of Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla! No one thing in this movie makes an ounce of sense - from the crab DJ to how a kid is able to build a giant robot kaiju in his garage overnight! Just go with the flow and enjoy it for what it is - silly enjoyable nonsense.

Believe it or not, I was rooting for the Crabs. I liked the movie though, it was fun, It was the right amount of it making a joke of itself and being serious, some of it was so stupid but I absolutely loved it. Radu was the best character, his stupid actions were just golden, and the credit music was fantastic, I heard of this movie before it came out and I instantly wanted to watch it.

Not sure what year this is supposed to take place in but the props they are sing are at leas 30 year s old -- a 35mm camera, an original gameboy. Was the budget that sparse? One of the computers appears to be DOS based (now we're talking 40 years ago) however the screen is flat. It's rather distracting and cnfusing. The movie is sort of stupid and predictible, bu what else would you expect?

The opening craptabulous explosion of a power plant, in all of its obvious After Effects glory, is a fairly good indicator of the general quality of low-budget comedy creature-feature Crabs!: cheap, tacky, trashy. The story is incredibly stupid -- frequently too dumb for its own good... The folk of a sleepy coastal are being attacked by mutated horseshoe crabs - so far, so good and gory - but the film goes awry with the introduction of the film's unlikely heroes: wheelchair bound teenage genius Philip McCalister (Dylan Riley Snyder), his best friend Maddy (Allie Jennings), his pot-smoking brother Deputy Hunter McCalister (Bryce Durfee), his hot pot-smoking science teacher (and Maddy's mother) Annalise (Jessica Morris), pot-smoking Sheriff Flannigan (Robert Craighead), and pot-smoking exchange student Radu (Chase Padgett). They're a woeful bunch of walking clichés (except for Philip, who can't walk). All of the pot smoking should give a pretty good idea of the type of humour involved: it's stoner comedy, and far from sophisticated. Writer/director Pierce Berolzheimer takes his film from extremely unlikely (Philip purchasing a revolutionary energy source from the internet to power his home-built exoskeleton legs), to blatant rip-off (the mischievous crabs misbehaving exactly like Joe Dante's Gremlins), to completely unexpected Kaiju movie, as Philip pilots a giant robot to battle enormous crab monsters!!! Even if you're able to swallow the stupidity of the plot, there's a very good chance that Radu will have you reaching for the off switch, a more irritating character it is hard to imagine. I was down for a dumb creature-feature -- just not this dumb.