Stargate Theatre - Loch Ness Terror
Stargate Theatre
Loch Ness Terror
On this new episode of Stargate Theatre part of the Stagate Archives podcast I am taking a look at the 2008 tv monster movie “Beyond Loch Ness” aka “Loch Ness Terror” which starred Brian Krause (James) with Carrie Genzel (Karen Riley), Niall Matter (Josh Riley) and Don S. Davis (Neil Chapman).
The movie opens upon the shores of Loch Ness in 1976 as Michael Murphy played by Paul McGillion leads an expedition to locate the Loch Ness Monster. He finds a huge egg in an underwater cavern but when he brings it to the surface the mother follows which naturally leads to carnage as his assistant played by David Lewis is attacked followed soon after by Dr Murphy, his young son witnesses the deaths which sets his life on a course leading eventually to Lake Superior many years later.
We are introduced to many of the local residents of the town through some solid exposition and plot points including Sheriff Karen Riley and her son Josh as well as Deputy Neil Chapman and the sacrificial lambs aka local teenagers which included Neil Denis playing Chad and Serinda Swan as Caroleena. The other major player in Uncle Sean played the veteran Donnelly Rhodes who is mildly obsessed with the idea of aliens and monsters to the point that his family (Karen and Josh) are concerned for his health and well being. Sean convinced there is something in the lake chumps the local waterway and alas draws the attention of the beast which looks very similar to the animal that killed Michael Murphy. It’s at this time that a now adult James Murphy comes to town and hires Josh to take him out onto the lake, he claims he is a Cryptozoologist but carries himself like some sort of bounty hunter or Clint Eastwood wannabe.
Poor old Sean learns the hard way that his suspicions were correct and the teenagers who pick a very bad time to camp on a deserted island in the lake have to deal with “Nessie” and her spawn. As the body count mounts up the local authorities are finally convinced the threat is real and take to the water to track down the beast while Josh heads to the island to find his ex-girlfriend Zoe. The battle is joined when the nest is discovered with James bringing all his high tech toys to the party but Nessie and her youngsters are no easy targets and make the humans pay for every bit of blood spilt!
Beyond Loch Ness is perhaps the most entertaining movie I have watched for Stargate Theatre and a lot of that has to do with solid production value and a decent script and acting talent. The use of CGI is hit and miss but for the most part above average and the decision to use puppets for close up shots works surprisingly well, would have been even better if skin tones were the same for the CGI and puppet creatures. The DVD is nicely presented with a informative behind the scenes feature so if streaming isn’t your thing then physical media offers some extras. Brian eat the scenery in every scene which these sort of movies allow for and every cast member contributed to the whole especially some of the actors who we know from roles many years further down the line. A highly recommend “b” monster movie.
I hope you enjoyed my look at Beyond Loch Ness and if you watched the movie that good for you. Any thoughts or comments I’d love to hear and if you want to join me on the podcast to talk Stargate (pick an episode and we’ll sort out the details) or a “b” movie with Stargate links then get in touch and we can sort something out. I’m not sure what I am going to be looking at next but there were some candidates found when I searched through my DVD collection so stay tuned and feel free to help me promote the podcast on social media and more importantly to promote Stargate in all its forms.
