If you're going into 'Sea Fever' expecting to see monsters or gore, you will be disappointed. If you're hoping to find a clever horror thriller with substance, this is a good choice.

'Sea Fever' is actually such a well made movie and incredibly relevant with today's Covid-19 pandemic. A young scientist, Siobhan (well portrayed by Hermione Corfield) goes with a fishing trawler to analyze their catch for research. On their way, they are informed the area they are going to is an exclusion zone. However, their boat runs into an unknown object, where it becomes stuck - in the exclusion zone.

What follows is a claustrophobic nightmare episode for the fishermen, and Siobhan, as they discover parasites in their water supply, infecting those who come in contact with the water.

The film features all-round good performances and effective suspense and scares thanks to a clever script and good set-up. The visual effects are subtle, yet highly effective. This is so much more than a horror film. This is a disaster drama set in the confines of a boat. 'Sea Fever' is not what I expected, but surprised me with a thoroughly entertaining movie on a different level. I enjoyed it!

Would I watch it again? Yes.

Siobhán (Hermione Corfield ) is a student working on her doctorate. She is on a fishing boat and is looking for anomalies. The boat enters the exclusion zone looking for fish and comes in contact with a new kind of giant quid that attaches its tentacles to the hull creating infections. Sea Fever was defined as a psychosis caused by sleep deprivation. Now it takes on a whole new meaning as the crew fights to stay alive.

A very timely film during a pandemic. Characters tended to be dull. A different take on the squid monster genre.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Granted, I hadn't even heard about this 2019 movie titled "Sea Fever" from writer and director Neasa Hardiman before now in 2020 when I was given the chance to sit down and watch it. I was lured in with the promise of it being a mixture of "The Abyss" meeting "The Thing".

Well, that promise was sort of correct in a way I suppose, but not as much as I would have liked it to be. I sat through the movie, and I will say that while the movie definitely is watchable and entertaining enough for what it turned out to be, the movie failed to really win me over. Why is that? Well, simply because there was so much squandered potential to this movie. It could have been so much more than what it turned out to be.

The storyline was nicely orchestrated by writer and director Neasa Hardiman, but sadly what was so nicely built up never really found a climax. There was no peek to the build-ups, which essentially ruined the movie, and left it in the gutter of mediocrity.

The acting in the movie was good, and they had some nice actors and actresses on the cast list. Just a shame that they were limited by a very generic script serving as anchors around their legs.

It should be said that the special effects in the movie were good. And I really enjoyed the underwater scenes with the tendrils. But sadly, good CGI could only do so much to salvage the storyline.

I am rating "Sea Fever" a mere four out of ten stars. And this is hardly a movie that I will sit down to watch a second time, truth be told.