ok and if you be a fan of mystery science theater 3000 and love to mock movie and then you will have a lot of fun with this . otherwise and it may really be too painful to see . plot represent obsess cryptozoologist sneak a huge crate contain a chupacabra onto a cruise ship ( apparently not have to declare it at custom and or even mention that he bring aboard a live animal no really and it research equipment and the air hole be just an accident ) . some dipstick he hire to lade it open the crate and figuring he pay bunch of money and maybe there something to steal . once the wood crate be open and the chupacabra break through the steel bar inside and go on a killing rampage . yeah and whatever . by a stroke of sheer coincidence and a marshall ( i assume a u. s. marshall and since he be in the gulf war and not just some guy name marshall ) be on board and investigate some money that go miss from the ship safe . he pose a an insurance salesman ( lady and i be the best insurance you have get . ) . other scintillate character include the captain ( john rhys davy and and sadly his dignity be the first victim of the film ) and his tae bo instructor daughter ( snicker tae bo ) and an annoy old stick up lady with a tiny dog which should be feed to a cat ( guess what eat it . ) and an incredibly unpleasant gigolo who might have be believable in a movie make in 1964 and not in anything more recent . much of the acting be really bad and and the character be just there so that you can laugh hysterically when they die . overall screamingly bad . bad on many level . bad bad bad . what . bullet do not even make chupacabra flinch and but the tae bo bimbo can punch him and scare him away . hey sci fi channel and you desperate for script or what .