Directed by Zach Lipovsky. Written by Brook Durham. Starring Danica McKellar, Mike Dopud, Kenneth Mitchell, Rekha Sharma and Apolo Ohno (for about a minute).
Plot: a group of BASE jumpers enter forbidden territory in Australia and awaken a sleeping Tasmanian Devil.
When the group of BASE jumpers go into the forbidden area, one of them dies. It’s a television movie though so it’s not so terrible gory or anything, but his blood does awaken an ancient Tasmanian Devil who begins to come after them one by one.
This is pretty standard made-for-TV, horror movie fare. There’s a bunch of cliches, of course. She ends up with her hair down and in a tank top by the end of the film. Also, they always just assume there is one monster. Never a family. Like, why do they do that? You really do see everything coming before it happens. There are no surprises.
But there was a terrific motive. And it followed rules. It had a good cast and the plot was even okay, but the individual character stories seemed a little forced. It was pretty good for SyFy though.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. My favorite place in the world is Atlantic City. The food, the smells, the beach - I love it all.
2. I am particularly good at crafting. Especially scrapbooking and cross-stitch.
3. I am mixed. My dad is black and my mom is white. I'm very proud of both sides of myself.
4. My favorite food is either the cheesesteak or the hoagie. Not the sub, not the grinder, the hoagie. Totally different experience.
5. I have a number of pen pals I write snail mail to. We exchange stickers and little gifts sometimes, too. I have an extensive sticker collection.
6. I just reconnected with my father after 15+ years. It's going great so far. I've missed him.
7. My brother is my best friend, hence the reason we do this together.
8. I don't have a favorite book. I like too many to have a favorite. But Paul Zindel is my favorite author. Stephen King and Jane Austen are close seconds. I know, eclectic.
9. I'm not very religious at all. I consider myself agnostic.
10. I would say that my most prized possessions are my dogs, but I don't consider them possessions. I consider them people. They are my people.
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