For what possible reason would there be a naval base on the shore of the Salton Sea which is an inland body of salt water stuck smack dab in the middle of a California desert? Could it have been put there for the extremely slim possibilty that a monster might show up? Yeah, that's gotta be it cause a whole family of monsters is on the loose.

Also, why would they have guys parachuting into the middle of this overgrown pond? Because that's the only stock footage they could get their hands on? Bingo.

Two navy guys in a boat shoot out to pluck a parachutist out of the water but there's no sign of him when they get there, just his chute. One of the guys dives into the water to look for him, oops, bad decision dude. Suddenly a big something or other rears up out of the water and scares the other guy to death. We only get to see a shadow of the beast at this time. A search party is sent out to retrieve the bodies. An autopsy reveals that the bodies have been sucked dry of all fluids.

Commander Twillinger, (Twill to his friends, and yes I consider myself to be his friend), takes charge mostly because he's a take charge kind of guy. Twill meets Gail who has a whiny little girl child that causes a major problem later on. The two get all droopy eyed over each other immediately. Well, we gotta have a love story happening don't we?

Teenager Jody, she's a very disobedient brat which lets us know she'll soon be toast, goes for a swim with her boyfriend. Mmmm, chomp chomp, munch munch, two very tasty treats for you know who.

Soon the police and navy are patroling the Salton Sea and also the nearby All American Canal which is suspected of being the route that the monsters use to travel to and from their breeding pool. The breeding pool is found so Twill and another guy do some scuba diving to set charges to blow the beasts and their eggs to hell while they sleep. The mission is accomplished and everybody rejoices, a little too prematurely though.

Remember that whiny little girl child that I told you about earlier? Well, you see, they had this monster egg kept in a water tub kept at exactly a 38 degree temperature to keep it from hatching. Guess what this little twerp did? C'mon, guess. That's right, she turned the temperature up and the egg hatched. Now she's stuck in a store room with her mother and the monster is eating it's way through the door at an alarming rate. Fear not, Twill to the rescue. He single-handedly takes on the 12 foot tall monster with a fire extinguisher. Then he rips a steam fitting right out of the floor with his bare hands and cooks the beast to a lovely shade of medium-rare. I guess they must be really in love because the three of them stroll away down the middle of the road as cars fly by them. Oh, what heavenly bliss is love....

Okay, so I made it sound pretty cornball and I guess it is. But I do like this picture. The monster is not bad, a lot better than most actually. Besides, you gotta love the flicks where the scientist guy throws a short movie that teaches something about the subject we're dealing with, in this case snails. The cast is good and everything moves along at a lively clip.