They Bite (1996 film)
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They Bite is a 1996 American science fiction
/horror
film directed by Brett Piper. The film stars Ron Jeremy
, Nick Baldasare, Donna Frotscher, and Christina Veronica.
The film follows some of the premise covered in the Roger Corman
film Humanoids from the Deep
– sea creatures coming to shore and attacking and mating with humans, but also contains the idea of a film-within-a-film
device. A film crew (Nick Baldasare plays the director Mel Duncan) are on location making a film Invasion of the Fishfuckers – which happens to be a story about sea creatures coming ashore and attacking and mating with humans. Ron Jeremy is part of this film crew. It is notable that this is one of his few non-porn roles. Whilst they are making the film coincentally the very thing they're filming seems to be happening around them. Thus, there's a blurring between reality and fiction.
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
/horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
film directed by Brett Piper. The film stars Ron Jeremy
Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt , usually called Ron Jeremy, is an American pornographic actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", he was ranked by AVN at number one in their "The 50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list...
, Nick Baldasare, Donna Frotscher, and Christina Veronica.
The film follows some of the premise covered in the Roger Corman
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...
film Humanoids from the Deep
Humanoids from the Deep
Humanoids from the Deep is a 1980 science fiction monster movie, starring Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, and Vic Morrow. Roger Corman served as the film's Executive Producer, and the film was distributed by his New World Pictures. It was directed by Barbara Peeters...
– sea creatures coming to shore and attacking and mating with humans, but also contains the idea of a film-within-a-film
Story within a story
A story within a story, also rendered story-within-a-story, is a literary device in which one narrative is presented during the action of another narrative. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device...
device. A film crew (Nick Baldasare plays the director Mel Duncan) are on location making a film Invasion of the Fishfuckers – which happens to be a story about sea creatures coming ashore and attacking and mating with humans. Ron Jeremy is part of this film crew. It is notable that this is one of his few non-porn roles. Whilst they are making the film coincentally the very thing they're filming seems to be happening around them. Thus, there's a blurring between reality and fiction.