Once upon a time, mermaids weren't cuddly singing creatures, but rather terrifying harbingers of doom for sailors who had spent too long at sea. The new flick Mermaid Down seeks to return their reputation for the malevolent, but only when pushed to the extreme by a group of bloodthirsty sailors.

The film's $85,000 budget was raised through crowdfunding and it looks like they managed to put out a pretty respectable looking movie. As to our interest in it, the flick features nudecomer Alexandra Bokova making her nude debut in the flick, playing the titular mermaid who has he fins removed and is committed to a mental hospital.

Mermaid Down is in select theaters now before making its VOD debut on October 15.