Mermaid (2025)

Name: Mermaid (2025)
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 2

1hr 45m

1hr 45m
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3.0/5 (314)

A drug addicted Florida man finds a wounded mermaid at his lowest point. When word spreads about his secret, he'll stop at nothing to protect her. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Tyler Cornack

Producer:

Daniel Brandt, Cole Eckerle, Dane Eckerle

Writer:

Tyler Cornack

Release Date:

Apr 8, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 45m

Synopsis

A drug addicted Florida man finds a wounded mermaid at his lowest point. When word spreads about his secret, he'll stop at nothing to protect her.

Cast

Johnny Pemberton
Avery Potemri
Nancy McCrumb
Robert Patrick
Tyler Rice
Kevin Nealon
Kirk Fox
Kevin Dunn
Tom Arnold
Julia Valentine Larson

Moviegoers are saying

This Florida-set mermaid horror-comedy divides audiences with its bizarre blend of heart and weirdness, featuring Johnny Pemberton as a lovable loser who bonds with a reptilian mermaid creature. While some praise its unique charm, practical effects, and 'capital F Florida' authenticity, others find it overly long and meandering despite standout creature design.

Top Mentions

Creature-Feature

Florida-Weird

Dark-Comedy

Practical-Effects

Offbeat-Romance

Indie-Charm

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3.0

RATINGS 1 FANS

3.0

Apr 28, 2026

More comedy than horror with strangely successful chemistry between Johnny Pemberton likable loser and the Mermaid played by Avery Potemri, this movie really charmed me amidst the brightly colored Florida backdrop and the dark gator-esque underbelly. Really liked how the…

48 Likes

Joe Lynch

Apr 8, 2026

man good movie, well acted by the homie Pemberton. And made florida look EVEN more appealing to me somehow. Watching Robert Patrick go off, was great. Lot of fun laughs, and the movie looks great, and the score is fun AF

34 Likes

Jon Gabrus

Apr 25, 2026

Sitting a little bit on what I just saw, a lot to unpack with this and is not a surface level kind of movie.

19 Likes

Francesca R
Apr 14, 2026

GHFFF2026 #2 Average Florida experience Honestly isn’t as bad as people made it sound. It doesn’t have that one standout element that instantly separates it from the long list of mermaid films out there. No crazy reinvention, no super bold direction. But for me it’s also…

22 Likes

Realkinoshit

May 16, 2025

🇩🇪Deutsche Review ist Unten⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸Seen in the program of the Fantasy Film Fest Nights 2025 One night, when Doug sees no way out during a suicide attempt on the open sea, he makes a disturbing discovery: he finds a badly injured mermaid.Contrary to…

17 Likes

Ailti

Apr 18, 2026

Florida Film fest 2026 How appropriate to end my run this year with what turned out to be my favorite of the fest, and the most capital F Florida film since Spring Breakers or the The Florida project. I always appreciate when a filmmaker captures the cinematic essence of…

11 Likes

J2daZ
Apr 18, 2026

Another entry in the: Florida doesn’t deserve a movie this good list

9 Likes

Ovarb

Apr 8, 2026

i was so happy to see wigga bo from superstore try something else and im also obsessed with mermaids but this was lowkey disappointing. i think the pacing was a little off as well as them not making the main character at least a little more fleshed out. some scenes felt out…

13 Likes

g0rewh0re

May 10, 2025

nothing more florida than snorting cocaine off a mermaids tail

13 Likes

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