It's a horror/comedy hybrid about a giant man-eating crocodile living in a Lake in Maine. After it gruesomely kills a diver, a team made up of the local sherrif and his deputies, a paleantologist, a park ranger and a kooky crocodile obsessive head off to find it.
The plot is paper thin, as is the characterisation, but it's pretty clear that the director has no interest whatsoever in putting those things in the film, figuring (correctly) that the audience for a horror-comedy about a massive killer crocodile aren't really going to be too interested in the characters' motivations or the whys and wherefores of how the creature came to be in the lake. This is explcit in places - for example, there is a debate at one point about why they would send a paleantologist to track down a killer reptile (clearly they wouldn't) and why she hangs around the camp instead of going back to the town if she hates the countryside so much. It's obvious that the real answer is "because that would lower the ratio of snappy dialogue and amusing one-liners as the motley crew bicker amongst themselves", and even the crocodile comes second to this to be honest. As for the old lady who lives by the lake - nothing about that makes any sense whatsoever. But she says some rude words, and despite yourself, you do laugh.
As a horror film it's not amazing. There are some gruesome moments but overall I'd say this is weighted towards the comedy end of horror-comedy, and the comedy's pretty good - not witty, not clever, just well-timed and dry.
Next time you feel like switching off your brain completely, give this a watch and see what you think.
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