With other titles to his name such as Dinosaur Prison and Snake Hotel, it wouldn’t be unfair to assume that Director/Writer Tyler James has a penchant for creature features. In his latest film, James introduces audiences to a far more mythical and intriguing creature – the Loch Ness Monster.
Released on VOD and DVD as of November 7, 2023 through Uncork’d Entertainment, The Loch Ness Horror follows a team of rescue operatives who are dispatched to find out what happened to a submarine that has seemingly vanished without a trace. However, whilst some of the team are aware that the submarine was attacked by a mysterious monster, the rest of the team have no idea. That is until their warship is also attacked and soon they find themselves up against the Loch Ness Monster who has escaped from Loch Ness and is ready to unleash decades of pent up aggression. Monster movies have covered a whole myriad of creatures with certain beings inspiring dozens and dozens of films. That in mind, when it comes to the Loch Ness Monster, there are only a handful of horror films on the subject. In that respect, The Loch Ness Horror is a welcome addition to the genre.
At the same time, the framework is there for a classic creature feature, yet the execution is a mixed bag. One aspect of monster movies that makes them so much fun is that they do not really need to make much sense. In this case however, The Loch Ness Horror would benefit from making a tad more sense. For instance – How did Nessie escape the Loch?, Why did Nessie escape the Loch?, Why are a skeleton crew of six manning a warship? Why are half the crew bad guys?
The Loch Ness Horror also feels like it cannot quite make its mind up about which storyline it wants to go with. The film begins as a rescue mission to discover what happened to the lost submarine and frankly that is all it needs to be until the Loch Ness Monster shows up. Although, it then gets distracted with a subplot about half the characters actually being baddies and waving guns around. That element of the plot loses steam as soon as they are all in mortal danger and later everyone seems to have forgotten that they were held at gunpoint and they are all ‘friends’ again. As if that was not enough, The Loch Ness Horror then becomes a sort of alien hybrid as one character ‘hatches’ a mini monster from their body and soon the inside threat is just as dangerous as the outside one.
So, yes The Loch Ness Horror is not one for the pedants. With all that being said, none of that stops the film from being good fun. And to be frank, if you are watching this for anything other than good fun then you are definitely in the wrong place. Yes, it is a bit silly and a bit nonsensical, but The Loch Ness Horror has all the trappings of a Horror B-movie and that is meant as a compliment. Let us just hope that if Nessie does exist then she is a vegetarian! For everything considered, Cryptic Rock gives The Loch Ness Horror 3 out of 5 stars.
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