A group of archaeology teachers and students head out into the everglades,
and stumble upon a haunted ancient Indian burial ground.  We know this
because twice before we're shown individuals trespassing on the hallowed
ground, and they both paid for it with their lives.  The ground is cursed by
Tartu, a long dead witch doctor who said that he would return from the dead
and take the shape of a wild creature to punish those who walk upon his
burial site.  So, we see Tartu as a snake or an alligator (and sometimes a
fresh water shark!) attack these unsuspecting people.

This movie is horrible.  There are scenes that are drawn out so long, you'd
think the death curse of Tartu was on the viewer!  Every time someone
travels somewhere, whether they are walking, running, swimming or riding, we
get the unabridged footage of their journey.  And most of the time it's with
an annoying soundtrack of indians drumming and screaming.  The lighting is
poor, the editing worse, and the sounds...oof.  Many outdoor scenes weren't
even shot with microphones - there's no sound effects and all the ddialog is
dubbed over.  There's just loud music.  Repetitive loud music.  The kind of
repetitive loud music that gives you subliminal messages.  Messages telling
you to seek out the makers of this film and string them up by their
testicles.  Well, that's what they told me - your results may differ.

At any rate, there are a few nuggets within the film to make you laugh.  The
kids roast marshmallows and then start go-go dancing on Tartu's burial
ground!  Groovy!  And the scenes of animals attacking are so bad they're
funny (too bad the chase scenes leading to the attacks are 5 minutes long
while the attack/death itself is about 5 seconds).  And when the teacher and
his wife (girlfriend? coworker? acquaintance?) find Tartu's coffin and wake
him, Tartu transforms into his younger self (or maybe some other indian
warrior?), wearing a headdress with a rubber alligator on top.  But besides
those 3 things, the movie is utter trash, with no redeeming qualities
whatsoever.
 
 

Quality: 1.5  Visuals: 1.5  Intensity: 0.5  Laughability: 2.0 
OVERALL RATING: 1.4