A deadly, yet still desirable nymphomaniac mermaid (slim'n'sexy brunette Terri Hall) with a penchant for fellatio kills men by performing lethal oral on them. Director/co-writer Robert J. Kaplan keeps the delightfully loony story zipping along at a constant quick pace, maintains a blithely bawdy tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, and gets plenty of belly laughs from the cheerfully raunchy sense of unapologetic lowbrow humor. Moreover, it's acted with zest by an enthusiastic cast: Robert Kerman as kinky sex expert Dr. Sy Smegma, who carries a blow-up sex doll around with him; Paul Styles as horndog Sheriff Rooster Coxswain, Ian Morley as the greedy Mayor Ike White, Jody Maxwell as amorous secretary Miss Mayhem, Ras Kean as the hunky Deputy Dick, and Zack Norman as pesky reporter Norm Gingold. However, the whole show is easily stolen by the one and only Brother Theodore, who delivers a gloriously dynamic and unhinged portrayal of crazy Nazi sea captain Carl Clitoris. Hall looks blazing hot as the slinky mermaid and shows off her dancing skills a few times. In addition, there are several inspired moments of genuinely surreal lunacy that include the mermaid attacking one male victim while he's on the toilet and the truly nutso climax in which two actors are replaced by puppets sporting obscenely large penises (!). Brad Fiedel's funky-throbbing score hits the right-on groovy spot and, of course, provides a nice spoof of Paul Williams's famous theme from "Jaws." Better still, we even get a sidesplitting naughty send-up of "Mack the Knife" that plays over the ending credits. A total riot.
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