Cryptid is a micro-budget horror flick about a government created monster. Cryptid gets loose and ends up in a guy's grocery bag. Once inside the house it escapes and eats his adorable dog named Spunky. He tries to kill Cryptid but the creature makes it out alive despite being injured and hides in an alley. Cryptid undergoes a gruesome transmogrification here though some of the effects are obviously black trash bags as his skin sloughing off.
A few years later murders are happening in upstate New York. The MIB are investigating including interrogating a cryptid blogger. These MIB agents are all clones. There's also a retired FBI agent on the hunt for Cryptid. There's a fair amount of cheap gore here, almost all practical FX. Cryptid himself is the highlight being toothsome, goofy looking with eyes all over and adorable despite being ravenous and needing to eat 80 times its body weight. The highlight is the attack on two wasted stone-heads who are feeding it potato chips. One decides to hand feed it as they laugh away as a crunching sound is heard. They look down to see that he has had his hand eaten away by Cryptid! There's also a violent attack by Cryptid on a bar full of people. This scene would have been better without the constant annoying screaming though. Cryptid likes to hid inside of people's faces and guts as he attacks others. At 82 minutes this might be a tad too long. The production values are low but the acting is passable and the film looks fine. The sound is also good as you can hear the dialogue and features tunes by melodic death metal band, In the Casket. Good fun for fans of low budget creature features.
