Spawn of the Slithis (1978)

Spawn of the Slithis: Directed by Stephen Traxler. With Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Dennis Falt. A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.

“High School journalism teacher Bert Convy Oops I mean Wayne Connors (Alan Blanchard) finally convinces his wife Jeff Connors played by the super foxy (Judy Motulsky) that some sort of sea monster is eating the stuffing out of the citizenry of laid back Venice Beach. Unfortunately, there is not a fish left in the sea, and a Slithis Monster has got to eat, so he continues to find food on shore including a quite tasty morsel Jennifer (Wendy Rastatter). Wayne enlists the service of nervous Dr. John (Dennis Falt) and fishing boat captain Chris Alexander (Mello Alexandria) u0026quot;whou0026#39;s voice at times sounds like it was dubbed in from a Godzilla movieu0026quot; they along with foxy Jeff set out to capture the very scary Slithis sea monster.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor a low budget movie the cinematography of Slithis is excellent, and really has a hippie dippy cool feel to it. Unfortunately, the script could have used one more scrub with lines like u0026quot;the boat wasnu0026#39;t built for comfort or speed, reliability is the watchwordu0026quot; dispersed throughout. There are a couple of great Cameou0026#39;s including a gear changing seen in the Police Chiefs ( played mirthfully by Alejandro Vass) office with droll police scientist Dr. Risling ( played by a real actor (Bill J. Stevens).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSlithis is definitely worth a watch with a solid acting job, at least movie of the week or sitcom guest star level, by Alan Blanchard who, by no fault of his own, may have been inhibited in his acting career by being a dead ringer for the aforementioned Bert Convy.”