NBC then turned it into one of the stupidest, most inept productions ever seen in network primetime. The reception to this was so bad that NBC buried its grand plan for reviving the Universal monsters virtually overnight. The story has scientist Adam Baldwin discover a large baby reptile creature that seems to be a salamander that has bumped way up in size because of toxic chemicals dumped into a bay off this remote Pacific island. Not one iota of a thrill to be found. Critics watched and fired their salvos, but nobody else tuned in.
Giant shark terrorizes small isolated seaside community.
In his 40 years as a journalist, Miller has written about really bad TV movies and famous monsters for such publications as TV Guide, Castle of Frankenstein, Cavalier and more than 100 newspapers.