Barracuda (1978)

98 min · Animalhorror, adventure film, horror film, monster film, thriller film

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Directors

Harry Kerwin, Wayne Crawford

Cast

Wayne Crawford, Jason Evers, Roberta Leighton, Cliff Emmich, Bert Freed, William Kerwin, Matt King, Bobbie Ellyne Kosstrin, Jerry Rhodes, Scott Avery

The story

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 (Wayne Crawford) and sheriff (William Kerwin) uncover a plot involving a mentally unstable former war-medic (Evers) pioneering research into hypoglycemia and its effects on human behavior.

Catalogue themes and tags

Aggression By Animal, Assault, Barracuda, Chemical Industry, Chemistry, Ermordung, Fish, Fishing village, Research, Studenten, Wasser

Genres

Animalhorror, adventure film, horror film, monster film, thriller film

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