The Red Tide Massacre

Yet another horror movie that I hadn't heard about prior to stumbling upon it here in 2024. And given my love of all things horror, of course I opted to sit down and watch what director John A. Russo had to offer.

Now, the storyline in the movie was actually fair enough. Hold your horses, because I am not saying that writers Palmer Edward and Joe Majestic put together a fantastic script and storyline, far from it. In fact, it was a pretty generic storyline that was somewhat reminiscent of the 1980s creature features.

However, the execution of the movie felt amateurish. There was nothing scary about the movie, and it was actually campy and cheesy, but not in a particularly enjoyable way.

The acting performances in "The Red Tide Massacre" were fair. Again, nothing outstanding, but taking the limitations of the script into consideration, then the actors and actresses did fair jobs. I have to say that it was actress Susan Elle who carried the movie. Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actors Michael Paré and Nils Allen Stewart.

Something that worked well enough, despite it being cheesy effects, were the evolution of the mutation that happened to the convict. And the final creature design were actually fair enough if you like cheesy and campy monsters reminiscent of something from a 1950s movie.

All in all, "The Red Tide Massacre" is not a must-watch movie if you're a horror fan. And it most definitely is not a movie that will grace my screen a second time.

My rating of "The Red Tide Massacre" lands on a three out of ten stars.