RELEASED TO TV in 2014 and directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy, "SnakeHead Swamp" chronicles events at Blackbriar Park in the Louisiana bayous when a truck carrying modified snakeheads crashes, unleashing the killer fish, which is linked to a voodoo curse on the swamp. Dave Davis plays the male protagonist while Terri Garber & Anthony Marble play his soon-to-be divorced parents. Alpha male Ross Britz emerges as a semi-antagonist while Antonio Fargas plays the great great grandson of the voodoo woman who cursed the bayou almost 200 years earlier.
The plot's hackneyed and the CGI snakeheads are more laughable than scary, but the movie otherwise works for what it is. Winsome & curvy Ayla Kell materializes as the heroine and shines in the role. Melissa Cordero & Sloane Coe are also effective as nubile maidens. You can't beat the authentic Louisiana bayou locations and I valued the warmth of the main protagonists as the story develops. The voodoo angle is also interesting. This is noticeably superior to similar Grade B flicks like "Frankenfish" (2004).
The film runs 86 minutes and was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. WRITER: Greg Mitchell.
GRADE: B-
