No film deserves to be dismissed on spec for sounding like an "Alien" rip-off. Then again, not all sci-fi pictures inspired by Ridley Scott's decades-old masterpiece are created equal. Sea Fever is a topical aquatic horror film that combines the frights of a creature feature with the suspense of an outbreak film.

Parents need to know that Sea Fever is a sci-fi horror movie about a mysterious sea creature that invades a fishing trawler and unleashes an infectious parasite. It's a simple, well-made chiller with a strong, relevant message about what it means to quarantine, as well as a smart, heroic female lead. Sea Fever movie reviews & Metacritic score: Siobhán's a marine biology student who prefers spending her days alone in a lab.

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She has to endure a week on a ragged fishing trawler, where she's miserably. Sea Fever must have the best timing in the world. It may not initially hit you, but once the crew start arguing over the. Before joining this crew, she spent four years writing movie reviews and conducting interviews on her own website. 'Sea Fever' Review: From Monster Movie to Eerily Timely Pandemic Horror Irish horror movie starts as a decent, sopping-wet 'Alien' spawn—then, thanks to a sudden pivot and a matter of. With Hermione Corfield, Dag Malmberg, Jack Hickey, Olwen Fouéré. The crew of a West of Ireland trawler, marooned at sea, struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.

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PLOT: An awkward yet brilliant marine biology student goes out on a fishing haul for the sake of science and school. Movie Review 'Sea Fever' Review: A Timely but Derivative Contagion Thriller. Self-quarantining is an issue when a mysterious infection arrives on a fishing boat.

Starring Connie Nielsen, Hermione Corfield, Dougray Scott, Olwen Fouere, Jack Hickey, Ardalan Esmaili and Elie Bouakaze. Sea Fever sets the stage for what would be a monster movie or alien sci fi a la the Abyss. Instead, human hubris turns into the monster leaving the crew at risk to nature's natural defenses. Unsettling, unnerving, and attention grabbing as the quietness and stillness of being on the sea and confined to a fishing boat intermingle with the panic.