1/5 Eel Be Comin' Around the Mountain...When Eel Come
  by P. B Rubalcaba (Redlands, CA USA)
If this is the only film laying on your shelf on a long, long and lonely night, it is worth the effort...but don't expect anything but hokey pokey sci-fi amateur B.S. This one has no social redeeming value...and is worth the price I paid $.01 (really). I think it took more money to create the insert for the DVD box than it did to fund the horrendous special effects. If I were involved in this production, I would post a fictitious name on the credits screen. Razortooth is "dull"...has no bite...and has such a worthless script, you'll find yourself laughing out loud. I think the person that carfted the artwork for the insert should be the highest paid individual with this project. Worthless...a waste of time...if I may...TOOTHLESS!

2/5 you'll be rooting for the eel . . .
  by trebe
If you are a fan of poorly executed, low budget, monster flicks, Razortooth fits the bill nicely. You are extremely charitable, if you care about any of the characters, who are neither interesting nor particularly likeable.

Somewhere in Florida, a scientist's experimental creation is loose in the swamps, the creature is apparently a giant mutated Asian eel. Eels are fish that breathe through gills, but greenish, bug-eyed Razortooth, is also able to travel swiftly on land, moving like a snake. When a couple of prison escapees head into the swamp, the police out to recapture them, become the first victims. From there, blood starts to spatter, and the bodies quickly pile up, as the eel starts to feed on the clueless locals.

The Sheriff (Kathleen LaGue) and her animal control officer ex-husband (Doug Swander), lead a group formed to deal with the threat, which includes the scientist and his helpers. The inept posse hasn't a chance of success, and the fun really starts as the Razortooth eels continue to chomp up victim after victim. The CGI eel doesn't look much like a real eel, and isn't particularly well-done until the very end, but even so it is still the film's most interesting character. Since it appears that air guns are used as props, use of firearms is minimal, and a crossbow becomes the weapon designated to kill the creature. A plan that is naturally doomed to failure.

Razortooth is fun and entertaining, on a very basic bloody, creature feature level. The writing and acting is barely passable, and only the special effects make the film of any interest.

3/5 Lego Genetics
  by Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida)
Razortooth: 5 out of 10: I like creature features, I really do. Even cheesy made for Sci-fi channel movies can occasionally bring a smile to my face.


Lately we have been inundated with a ton of creature feature movies, many involving giant snakes. Razortooth is actually an above average member of the genre.


I know technically the creature is a giant eel, but unless it is being hunted by a French Chef for the sake of this review the Eel is CGI Giant Snake. Moreover, the CGI is very cartoon like; more animated than photorealistic. In addition, the CGI gore looks like well CGI gore. It is doubtful the movie will scare anyone. The acting, while serviceable, is not going to win any awards; and the women keep their shirts on.


Despite all this Razortooth is good B movie fun. The film is well lit. It never slows down much, there is a ton of cannon fodder and the movie is not afraid to eat a couple of kids just to spice things up. Overall, I enjoyed myself, but certainly would not go out of my way to watch it again. It is however, worth your time if you enjoy a good old-fashioned CGI Giant Snake Movie starring a giant eel.




3/5 FEEDING TIME
  by Robert F. Powers (Quincy, Ma USA)
As giant mutated eel movies go "Razortooth" isn't half bad and it has a few gross-out scenes because giant mutated eels also have the munchies. The characters arn't all that interesting, including a harmonica playing animal control officer and a fat slob who must be Kentucky Fried Chickens best customer. He has to make a quick pit stop at a port-o-pottie, must have been all those batter fried drumsticks, and soon feels Razortooth snacking on his really huge butt, and he and his bucket of chicken are soon dragged down through the plumbing by the cuddly eel. There is also a mad science professor who calls down four of his students for extra credit to help him correct his mistake of mutating eels.

The plot is thin enough to allow more screen time for the ravenous eel and the movie trots out the old cliche-no one else can out-run the eel but of course the hero does and in one funny scene he even rides the eel like a bucking bronco.

The movie is fun in a gross kind of way but if you don't see it, it is no big loss and I have to mention the poor guy running from the eel carrying a cup of coffee and he never spills a drop even with the eel severing half of his body. Starbucks must be so proud.

4/5 Original, Which Is Something Most Horror Movies These Days Are Not
  by ReviewMaster (ca)
Razortooth: DVD Review

Grade: B-

In an age of unoriginality, Razortooth stands out. Have you ever heard of a plot about a giant genetically-engineered Asian eel? I didn't think so. Although it sounds like Frankenfish, this one's better.

Razortooth begins with two convicts. They have just escaped from prison, and now a search party is after them. But then, something...eats the search party. The escapees escape, along with their lives. Soon the eel is eating again--going through shower pipes and munching on you from the drain, swimming underneath port-a-potties and eating you while you're busy, eating your dogs, eating you. This thing eats everything, and seemingly never gets full.

I did notice people are wondering how the eel fits through everything, and here's the answer: About half an hour into the movie, the professor tells his students that the eel is mostly made out of muscle, and can therefore stretch itself into anything. That's how it can fit through shower drains, and go under port-a-potties.

I do have to put out a warning though: Razortooth gets pretty violent. I haven't seen a movie with this much gore in it since Carnosaur. When it attacks, it sure does make a mess out of its meals...
Aside from some cool attacks, the movie has another thing to boast about: the cool menu. I know most people are just like 'wow. A cool menu. How interesting.' But for a low-budget movie like this, it's great.

What doesn't help the movie is the CGI. It looks pretty bad, but when you consider that the movie was made three years ago, it looks better. (Razortooth was made in 2006.) The CGI is better than the CGI in other recent movies, like Silent Venom; it just has its flaws.

The other thing I didn't like where the actors. They're terrible!! And their characters are all stereotypes--very annoying stereotypes. Can't script writers come up with some characters we actually want to care about once in a while? Because the annoying people in this movie are what really drag it down from a better grade. (Once again, just like Silent Venom. It seems like every new movie these days has unlikeable characters.)

Razortooth may have its moments, but in the end it also has some flaws. It's worth watching on a lazy afternoon (even if you watch it at night to make it "scarier"--trust me, Razortooth is not scary), and only its originality keeps it from sinking like a dead eel.