Sea Beast (2008)
As soon as you know that this is a made-for-TV film for the SyFy Channel, most people will run away in abject terror, as this seldom bodes well for the quality. But hear me out: this one isn't half bad. In fact, it's actually rather enjoyable and much better put together than most of their output. Is it great? No. But it sure as hell is a lot better than anyone dared to expect. It also borrows heavily from much better films and manages to remain coherent (for the most part). During a fierce storm, captain Will McKenna (Corin Nemec) of the fishing boat Solita sees a bizarre creature grab one of his sailors, but because this happened just after he hit his head, he's not sure if what he saw was real. So the consensus is that a wave hit the poor guy overboard. However, it turns out there actually is a creature that has followed the boat into the harbour and is now on the hunt for easy prey. That's humans, obviously. Because even though we might think we're masters ...
