Zaat (1971)

Zaat: Directed by Don Barton, Arnold Stevens. With Marshall Grauer, Wade Popwell, Paul Galloway, Gerald Cruse. A mad scientist transforms himself into an aquatic killer.

“I first read about this movie as being called ZaAt. Then I actually watch it under the name u0026quot;Attack of the Swamp Monsters.u0026quot; THEN I hear about it once again as The Blood Island of Dr. Z as showed on MST 3k. I have not seen the MST 3k version of this movie, but one has to admit, they would have a LOT to work with. The lighting of this movie was terrible, the kill scenes were very short, the mask! Well, the mask is very self explanatory.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne thing that boggled my mind was after the monster tipped the boat, there were two people floating in the water, while one scrambled to shore. One person in the water was still moving their hands even though itu0026#39;s my best guess that the catfish monster killed them. And then when the monster went up on the land to kill the other person, HE DIDNu0026#39;T EVEN TOUCH THE PERSON!!! It looked like he just swept a bug off of her chest and she just went limp!!! What?!? Iu0026#39;m no corroner, but I know that somebody doesnu0026#39;t die from being brushed, even if it is by a catfish type monster. My biggest complaint as in every 70u0026#39;s movie, was the lighting. I have never seen worse lighting in my life. You could use the indiglo of a watch and see what was happening better than the lighting from this movie. But what was so bad about it was that there was bad lighting during scenes that looked like they were important, like the fight scene between the people of INPET (shoulda been named u0026quot;INEPTu0026quot;) and the monster. That looked like it could have been a big scene, if only we could have seen what was going on. And how about those fresh water underwater scenes, you know, with the coral and tropical fish and currents and all. That must have seen some fresh water pond to house coral. Last time I checked, coral doesnu0026#39;t grow in fresh water, never mind that it grew in a pond. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell, Iu0026#39;ll let you watch to enjoy the rest of the movie, although I do suggest you go out and rent the non-MST 3k version, just because sometimes itu0026#39;s fun to enjoy a movie without someone telling you whatu0026#39;s funny about it.”