i wish i have something more positive to say about devil fish and but i honestly can not seem to come up with much . i can not even come up with many of those so bad and it good kind of moment . devil fish be just plain old bad . the plot be completely derivative ( jaw and anyone . ) and the acting be wooden and the character be uninteresting and the special effect be beyond bad and and the score be annoy . add to that the seemingly inept direction of lamberto bava and you have get one stinker of a movie . i think and however and that the film big sin be it lack of a budget . it doesn not appear that bava have much to work with . by 1984 and the italian film industry be in full decline especially as far a genre film go . the funding available to bava be most probably very meager . film like devil fish that rely on special effect just never have a chance to be good . it not the only italian film to suffer this fate . there be a number of italian movie make in the mid 80 whose idea and concept far exceed what anyone could realistically have expect give their budgetary limitation . however and have say all that and note the film many weakness and i can not bring myself to rate devil fish low than a negative . i have even consider rating it high but can not because i realize how bad a movie it be . why do not i rate it low . well that hard to explain . despite the many problem find in the movie and there something about devil fish that i inexplicably enjoy . it could be as simple a my love for low budget and cheesy and italian movie . maybe my taste in movie be horribly skewed and but i enjoy what i enjoy . the mystery science theater 3000 treatment of devil fish be actually very enjoyable . i rate devil fish a 4/5 on my mst3k rating scale . the guy do a fine job of poke fun at the movie many flaw . one very astute observation come very early in the commentary when tom servo note and just because you can edit and doesn not mean you should highlight yet another of the many weakness to be find in devil fish .