Product Details

• Actors: Eric Alegria, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Elina Madison, Jerry Rodriguez, Layton Matthews
• Directors: Brennon Jones, Paul Wynne
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: York
• DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AZT47
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,109 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "El Chupacabra" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

When an animal control officer discovers that the legendary latino monster, a "Chupacabra", is killing in his city, he hunts it down with the help of a pretty scientist and uncovers a plot to use the deadly creature for the military.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This movie is testimony to Amazon needing zero-star ratings, January 29, 2005

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ChildInside - See all my reviews

This review is from: El Chupacabra (DVD)

This has got to be one of the worst B-horror movie ever. Of course, no one expects a B-horror movie to be good or make sense, but this is ridiculous!

All throughout the movie, we have people doing things for no reason at all! We have the scientist who will do anything for science, including sacrifice people. We have the greedy man who will do anything for money, including sacrifice people. Then we have the good guys. We have the hero who will do anything to save people, including risk his life. We have the pretty girl's father who will do anything to save people, including risk his life.

My description may sound like an overexaggeration, but that is how it normally is with B-movies. All the bad guys act the same, all the good guys act the same, and there are generally two types of women. There's the bad ass female who can kick ass despite her rather small stature (and most of them have petite figures, so don't lie to yourself) and there's the female who actually acts like how she looks. In this movie, it's the latter but she gets to kick some ass later on in the movie. She fails miserably at it, but she does it.

The chupacabra itself is a rather big enigma. It growls loudly all the time, yet no one hears it. It mauls everyone it comes across, yet no one except the main people sees any dead bodies. It moves like it has a giant spring in its ass, yet it slows down when near someone and speeds up again when it's right next to them.

However, that is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem in this movie is that everyone and the chupacabra does things for no reason. The scientist decides to kidnap the admiral's daughter even though kidnapping someone else would have made it tremendously easier for him. The thief tells the soldiers that the heroes are dead for no obvious reasons. As a matter of fact, telling the soldiers the truth would have made things EASIER for him. Then there's the chupacabra itself. It really mauls EVERYONE it comes across! How can anything be hungry all the time? Even so, it never eats all of its victim. It swallows maybe a tiny part and then it moves on to something else. Why?

You guys should save yourself the agony of this movie. Nothing makes sense. In one scene, one of the soldiers will toss grenades all over the place, but almost NOTHING is destroyed! Please don't watch this. You'll thank me for it later.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CHUCKLES FOR CHUPACABRA, May 27, 2006

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Chupacabra (DVD)

Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is soooo...bad it's great. EL CHUPACABRA joins the list; this movie is funnier than many comedies I've viewed recently. The monster looks like a smurf and the acting is unbelievably bad. They stop sometimes in midstream and act like they're trying to remember their lines. They can't several of the doors to open. The sound and editing are atrocious. And the actors are just the worst I've seen, but their characters are given such dumb lines and behave so unbelivably, it just made me laugh and laugh and laugh. What a hoot!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Was Really Bad!, January 14, 2005

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The Bride "Diamond Pate" (Bellflower, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chupacabra:the Island Terror [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you are reading this bad review and look at the others which are bad and still think "Hey, forget what they say, I bet it'll be a good movie," Don't count on it. When I read the reviews I wanted to see the film for myself first. when I saw it the reviews were correct. This sucked! All they did was talk, talk, talk ,talk,talk, talk, talk. And there was this stupid sentence which stayed right in the middle of the movie saying Property of Retarded Films or something like that. Anyway trust me. I know and I was in the same position you were in. This movie sucked. If you don't believe me rent or borrow it and see it yourself.