Dive into the depths of unspeakable terror as Sharknado's Cassie Scerbo comes face to fin with a swarm of bloodsucking sea monsters in this suspense-drenched chiller co-starring Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire), Brandon Beemer (TV's "The Bold and the Beautiful") and Kevin Dobson (TV's "Knots Landing"). While dredging for gold beneath the Bering Sea, siblings Donna (Scerbo) and Joe (Lipnicki) are confronted by a horde of horrific sea vampires. When their father (Dobson) falls victim to the insatiable creatures, Donna and Joe join forces with a dedicated marine biologist (Jacqueline Fleming, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and a loyal deckhand (Beemer) to kill or be killed by the beasts. The brother and sister in this movie are twins, they have a special thing going on. This below B creature feature is directed by Don E. DauntLeRoy and may be found to be more laughable than horrifying. Captain Glenn Hunter (Kevin Dobson) and twin siblings Donna (Cassie Scerbo) and Joe (Jonathan Lipnicki) battle bankruptcy by dredging for gold in the Bering Sea. The pair are devastated following the death of their father and upon the revelation they have inadvertently disturbed the habitat of bloodthirsty amphibious predators by their dredging across an underwater cavern.<br/><br/>Miss Scerbo, by far, is the best among the bad acting. Without telling you what the creatures are…just know they are hideously laughable. You do need to check this out for yourself. Really! Other players: Brandon Beemer, Jaqueline Fleming, Lawrence Turner, Dane Rhodes and Michael Papajohn. RELEASED TO TV IN 2013 and directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy, "Bering Sea Beast" (aka "Beast of the Bering Sea") chronicles events on the Alaskan coast when gold dredgers inadvertently unleash bloodsucking sea creatures. When their father (Kevin Dobson) falls prey to the ravenous beasts, siblings Donna (Cassandra Scerbo) and Joe (Jonathan Lipnicki) unite with a stalwart seafarer (Brandon Beemer) and a dedicated marine biologist (Jacqueline Fleming) to kill or be killed by the monsters.<br/><br/>This is a snappy, action-packed TV creature feature with great ocean/gold-dredging location photography. Scerbo stands out in the cast mainly because she looks great in tight pants, which is offset by her feisty, stubborn obnoxiousness. Lipnicki is duplicitous; Beemer is palpably noble; and Fleming is intelligent, celestial and compassionate. Sure, the CGI creatures are cartoony, a meshing of stingrays, vampire bats and frogs, but they're formidable opponents. Unfortunately, the first half is better than the second, which seems to fizzle out despite all the action.<br/><br/>THE MOVIE RUNS 86 minutes and was shot in Slidell, Louisiana (but the mountains in the background show that some of it was shot in the Great Northwest). WRITER: Brook Durham.<br/><br/>GRADE: B-
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